JOVA Northern Support

On Wednesday Oct,12, 2011 hurricane Jova hit the area of Costalegre which consists of many little towns on the west coast about half way down Mexico. Melaque was one of the little towns that was hit which is also my home town, and where all my friends and family live. The area was badly flooded and a lot of people lost their homes. It was a serious tragedy that at first went ignored by the media and government. Many people where left feeling abandoned and without any hope. I knew even though I was here in Canada I had the responsibility to do something to help. I reached out to good friends of mine in the area and asked them what I could do? They responded quickly and let me know what they were doing to help. Tony and his lovely fiancé Anisol put a plan together. Anisol was in Guadalajara and was receiving donations from her friends and other concerned people. We soon realized that a lot of people   wanted to get involved and i decided to help by reaching out for financial donations from people who visit Melaque and surrounding areas. The amount of replies and financial donations was incredible I was so happy and pleased to see such an out-pour of support. The money was gathered and sent to Mexico and given to Anisol to buy supplies for people affected by the hurricane. She bought tuna cans, cooking oil, milk, cans of tomatoes, beans, sugar, oatmeal, soy, cereal, toilet paper, crackers, chocomilk, pasta, mayonnaise, cans of vegetables, soap (body, clothes, and dishes) bleach, and flip-flops. They also received clothing donations. She  took all the things she bought and her and our friend Edgar Gutierrez started the gruelling job of putting together over 200 donation parcels. After everything was done they put everything in two trucks and drove it down to Melaque and Cihuatlan. Edgar said it was about 3 tons of donations that were sent down.    Photos of the distribution of the donations