A 400-page draft outlines the Puerto Rican government’s recovery vision for the next 10 years. While the report does an admirable job of outlining the damage done by Hurricane Maria and the infrastructure recovery needs, the plan fails to tap into the creativity of the island’s own people.
All proceeds from January’s performances of the musical “Hamilton” in Puerto Rico will be donated to the Flamboyan Foundation’s new arts fund. The award-winning actor-playwright explains why.
While we often focus on direct storm fatalities, far more die in the aftermath, as care for the vulnerable is disrupted. Community preparedness in advance of storms can prevent many such deaths.
The large amount of informal housing in Puerto Rico has resulted in almost as many FEMA claims being denied as are approved.
Thousands of Puerto Ricans march to protest government austerity measures in a context where austerity makes recovery from the damage wrought by Hurricane Maria cruelly absurd.
Art is omnipresent in Puerto Rico. It’s not defended or extolled as important; it just is. Art is also a significant site of social discourse—even more so for a nation struggling with colonialism. At Crearte, it’s described as a potent form of self-creation.
The ongoing challenges of recovery to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico compel philanthropy to respond. But not all responses are the same. One approach is to support grassroots, community groups. The other is to reinforce existing service-based nonprofits. These approaches have very different equity implications.
Puerto Ricans and lawmakers question FEMA’s subcontracting snafu that left millions of emergency meals undelivered after Hurricane Maria.
With all of the talk about the failure of the energy grid in Puerto Rico, there has been little discussion about what citizens on the island are doing to ensure that it is rebuilt in a way that respects the earth and the island’s sustainability. This article is one in a series of original reports on Puerto Rico’s recovery by NPQ’s senior editor, Cyndi Suarez. We chose to take this project on because the devastation brought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria puts Puerto Rico in a unique position from which all nonprofits in low income communities can learn.
Puerto Rico may see a further increase in homelessness as Puerto Ricans start receiving letters notifying them that the moratorium on their home mortgage payments following Hurricane Maria come to an end this month.
