Project in Mérida – Mexico
Marist Global Family Fund Projects
Project in CEMADE, Mérida – México
Date of Approval: Oct 20, 2020 / Completed
Donor: Marist Global Family Fund for Humanitarian Emergencies
Project Manager: Daniel Dorantes Arroyo
Objective: Food distribution
Beneficiaries: 750 families and 840 people including the elderly: To offer pantry and daily prepared food to the elderly and to families affected by natural disasters, in the neighborhoods near CEMADE.
Amount: 15,000.00€
Observations:
The impoverished remote rural Mayan population of the Yucatan jungle in Mexico benefited from the “Global Marist Family Fund for Humanitarian Emergencies” in October and December 2020. The 2470 families and 2250 people involved included the homeless sick and elderly and the victimes of the floods caused by the tropical storm and hurricanes. Through the Food Distribution program organized by the Marist Centre for Development (CEMADE) they received the Covid-19 pandemic prevention materials and food items as well as prepared food especially for the elderly.