Several grants were distributed to various organizations for assistance with post-hurricane needs. Special Community Grants (Fundación Banco Popular) Resilient Power Puerto Rico (Fundaciòn Banco Popular)Įight organizations in Loíza, Yabucoa, and San Juan received solar panel installations. Immediate disaster relief across Puerto Rico. Impact: 22 startups, 144 jobs, $2.3M in sales Impact: 963 children SOMOS UNA VOZ partnered with Fundación Banco Popular to provide grants to the following organizations:įunds were provided as emergency grants to start-up businesses in order to assist in restarting operations and preventing business closure. These specific islands have difficulty accessing medical services due to their geographic location. Efforts provided by FECM focused on the eastern islands of Puerto Rico which include Vieques and Culebra. Somos Una Voz funds were utilized to create a comprehensive children’s health program. Students from Loíza, Morovis, Ceiba, and Fajardo were enrolled in the backpack program.įundación Educativa Concepción Martín (FECM) The Backpack program feeds children from ages 3 to 12 years old who are experiencing food insecurity during the school year, summer, and holiday weekends. Somos Una Voz provided funds for Banco de Alimentos’ “Backpack” program. The program was implemented in six schools in the municipalities of Fajardo, Naguabo, Loíza, and Morovis. The purpose of Voice of Nature was to develop resilience in children that live in high impacted areas utilizing personal experiences. Somos Una Voz provided EcoExploratorio a grant to develop and implement the “Voice of Nature” educational program. Impact: 700 families and counting Community Rebuilding and Support In December of 2017, Fundación Yo No Me Quito (YNMQ) was awarded a gift to aid with immediate disaster relief in the municipality of Fajardo. Impact: 450 individuals and 500 families and counting In December of 2017, Extra Bases was awarded a gift to aid with emergency disaster relief in the municipality of Morovis. In December of 2017, the Boys and Girls Club of Puerto Rico (BGC) was awarded a gift to aid immediate disaster relief in the municipality of Loíza. Puerto Rico Immediate Humanitarian Response in Puerto Rico Below is a comprehensive list of SOMOS UNA VOZ grant recipients. In total, approximately 185,000 people have been reached by 27 programs across the region since the end of 2017.
The grant recipients include child serving organizations that provide immediate disaster response as well as medical care and auxiliary services, education, and housing. Threatened by a grown list of disasters, SOMOS UNA VOZ has expanded aid beyond Puerto Rico and hurricane relief. Since its inception, SOMOS UNA VOZ has partnered with several non-governmental organizations to assist in rebuilding the island. NCDP has also facilitated relationships between grantees and with other agencies and organizations active in the recovery efforts. NCDP was engaged from the beginning of this initiative to help to develop a strategy to maximize the reach of the funding, ensure vetting of proposals through the establishment and management of an Expert Advisory Committee, and to manage the proposal granting process and impact follow-up.
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