MCC assesses damage from Hurricane Felix

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AKRON, Pa.—Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is helping provide food and other aid in seven indigenous communities in northeastern Nicaragua that were devastated by Hurricane Felix. MCC has provided $42,000 to purchase and distribute a five-day supply of groceries and basic items, such as water purification tablets and plastic sheeting, to about 3,000 people.

An MCC partner organization, Centro Intereclesial de Estudios Teologicos y Sociales (CIEETS), is distributing the aid in remote areas near the border with Honduras.

Most of the beneficiaries are Miskito and Mayagna indigenous people who lost crops, livestock and other possessions to the hurricane, according to CIEETS.

Felix made landfall in northeastern Nicaragua on Sept. 4 as a powerful category five hurricane before continuing over Honduras and dissipating.

 MCC partner organizations are assessing needs in this region and preparing requests for aid. Nicaragua’s Anabaptist Emergency Commission sent representatives to hurricane-affected communities that take three days to reach, according to Mark Epp, MCC’s associate director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

MCC is accepting financial contributions to assist people affected by Hurricane Felix and Hurricane Dean, which struck Mexico and Belize in August. Contributions may be made online at mcc.org/donate or at any MCC office. They should be designated for “2007 Hurricane Relief.”—Mennonite Central Committee

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