Posted by Lisa Fern on October 28, 2015, 6:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Important Info on DONATIONs directly from La Manzanilla"
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Thank you for flagging this Larry. The $600 per family was a ballpark suggestion from the group. I would like to clarify.
Of course any donation will be gratefully accepted, and there is a great need here after the storm's devastation.
If a small amount of cash donations come in, (lets say less than $5000 us), then Paul Zuniga, Lety, myself and possibly others can manage it pretty easily it through community connections to help those families in need.
On the other hand, if say a total of $10,000 usd or more comes in from the many that have offered, then we feel obligated to create a more robust system that would be as transparent and equitable as possible.
I hope this makes things clearer. I would be open to suggestions, but the locals asked me to take this first step to just get a sense of the amount we might be receiving.
Thank you for your questions!
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