Disaster Response Mexico Project #29870

Helping families affected by Mexico Earthquakes

by World Vision

Project Report | Jan 19, 2018
Final report

By Bernadette Martin | Corporate Engagement Manager

Playing in the Child-Friendly Space

Thank you for your support of World Vision's disaster relief work in Mexico after the devastating earthquakes last September. Here is a brief summary of all that was accomplished.

Through the support of more than 400 volunteers and 60 institutional allies, World Vision Mexico was able to serve 10,229 children, 7,858 adults and 2,389 families.

World Vision (WV) support included:

Protection of children with friendly spaces. In total, 42 Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) were opened, serving 3,316 girls and boys.
Through the distribution of personal hygiene packages and water treatment kits, 1,905 children and 2,930 adults benefitted.
Food packages were provided to 852 families, 2,589 adults and 2,432 children.

World Vision is operating a Child-Friendly Space (CFS) in Iglesia el Buen Samaritano (Good Samaritan Church) in Santa Rosa. The CFS are set up after a disaster to provide a safe place for children to play and receive psychosocial support to process the trauma they experienced. Teachers at this particular CFS was also teaching children about good hygiene practices. During World Vision’s staff visit, one of the volunteers delivered a great presentation to a group of children on good hygiene practices, and helped distribute hygiene kits to the children.

Jorge, a World Vision volunteer who lives in Santa Rosa, attends pharmacy school in Cuernavaca. He is passionate about helping the children and people affected by the earthquake in his community. About a block away from the church, Jorge took our staff to visit a family whose home was completely destroyed in the earthquake. The mother was at home when the earthquake hit, but made it out uninjured. The mother, father, and son, were kind enough to take the World Vision team onto their plot of land where their home used to stand. Now, it is nothing more than a pile of debris. They told World Vision that the government had promised to come and help, but never showed up. This family was extremely resilient and showed gratitude for what they had and the assistance they received from World Vision.

Distribution in Mexico City

Playing at the Child Friendly Space

CFS staff and some of the children who attend

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Nov 3, 2017
One month after the earthquakes in Mexico

By Bernadette Martin | Corporate Engagement Manager

Kids have a safe place to play and learn

Last September Mexico was shaken by two earthquakes of 8.2 and 7.1 degrees on the Richter scale, claiming the lives of 440 people in the most affected states: Chiapas, Tabasco, Puebla, Morelos, Guerrero, the State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Mexico City.

World Vision Mexico responded immediately, helping to date to more than 6950 people. The focus was the protection of children, the provision of food, the provision of hygiene items and clean water and the supply of tools and protective equipment for rescuers.

In Mexico City, World Vision received many product donations from different partners. More than 300 volunteers came together through social networks and organized, packaged and distributed the aid that reached more than 600 families in the first days after the earthquake.

World Vision established Child Friendly Spaces, safe environments of peace, support and psycho-emotional support, so that children can recover after the emergency through play, dialogue and expression. These spaces are attended by specialists and trained volunteers.

6,957 PEOPLE REACHED in a little more than 1 month of intervention:

CHILD PROTECTION

21 Child-Friendly Spaces opened
422 Volunteers
Children Participants: 952

WATER SANITATION & HYGIENE ACTIVITIES

155 families received water filters
302 families benefited from water purification kits; 797 boys and girls and 1,284 adults
342 families received hygiene kits; 596 children and 921 adults
48 families benefited from baby kits

FOOD

136 families benefited with feeding kits: 256 boys and girls and 224 adults
76 families received milk for their children 4 years: 253 children benefited

World Vision Mexico also distributed:

620 protection equipment and tools to remove debris (delivered through allies)
12 boxes with medical supplies
30 light-generating plants and 4 reflectors
118 children and 124 adults benefited from mattresses
11 temporary shelter tents that benefited 12 adults and 30 children

World Vision currently has a 2-year recovery plan

Many schools were damaged. World Vision is working on reconstruction and repair of those damaged. Also creating spaces for technological education that raises the quality of teaching
Economic recovery projects for families that lost their income and/or business - with the aim of being able to resume it and for the communities to return to their normal lives with the help of a microfinance fund partner of World Vision.

Training volunteers

Staff prepare relief supplies for distribution

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