PeaceWorks is part of a larger network of organizations, both in Nicaragua and the in U.S., working to provide releif aid directly to the people on the ground in Nicaragua.
If you need more information regarding any of these organizations, please contact them directly. Mail, phone and e-mail information are all included below.
In Nicaragua
In US
Accion Medica Cristiana (Christian Medical Action)
Monetary donations should be sent as follows:
Pay US$________ to BICSA
(Banco Internacional de Costa Rica, Miami Agency)
PO Box 111002
Miami, FL 33111
ABA No: 066011567
Fax. 305-381-6971
Tel. 305-374-0855
Favoring Account no. 2100-20-02-10200-1648 of Banco de la Produccion (BANPRO), Managua, Nicaragua, for final payment to Account name: Accion Medica Cristiana, Acct. No. 10-1-14997-3 Account no. 2100-20-02-10200-1648
Notice of deposit for hurricane relief should be sent to:
Accion Medica Cristiana
Apdo. 216, Managua, Nicaragua.
Tel/fax 505-2674003, email AMC@netport.com.ni
Managua, 6 de November de 1998
Dear Friends,
We, as CANTERA, are developing a comprehensive plan to accompany communities hit by Mitch where we work. Soon we will communicate this plan to you.
Here are two ways to send your emergency funds' contributions in response to the requests we received from many of you of how to channel funds in a secure manner:
Alice Waco
Friends of CANTERA
918 Benton Street
Santa Rosa, California 95404, Phone 707-545-1798
Whitney Bank
CANTERA Account Number 00003007177
Post Office Box 61260
New Orleans, Louisiana 70161
Phone 504-586-7140
Fax 504-586-7412
Please send us an Email message [ cantera@nicarao.org.ni ]to tell us of your donation and if you give it for a specific purpose .
We suggest monetary aid due to the obstacles that the government is giving at this moment for non governmental groups to receive material aid, as we already told you. If these difficulties are lifted we will let you know.
We thank you for your solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and we will be in touch with you.
CANTERA- Julie Marciacq and Montserrat Fernandez
Centro Ecumenico Antonio Valdivieso
Wire transfers order to:
NATIONS BANK International Miami Miami, FL
ABA 066002482 favoring account (BBK) no. 0075-067890-001 of INTERBANK, S.A. Managua, Nicaragua for final payment to #201-02-001-017644-0.
Beneficiary: Centro Ecumenico/Mujer y Comunidad SFL (project in San Francisco Libre).
Please notify the Centro Valdivieso of wire transfer for hurricane relief at:
Apdo 3205, Managua, Nicaragua. Fax 505-2223032 or email cav@nicarao.org.ni
CEPAD
(Council of Evangelical Churches of Nicaragua)
Monetary donations can be sent to CEPAD's U.S. account at:
Pay US$______to NATIONS BANK
Miami International Airport
Miami, FL,33159;
ABA No. 067003985
Account no. 1180221920
Account name: CEPAD
Please advise CEPAD of deposit for hurricane relief at Apdo. 3091, Managua, Nicaragua, or fax at 505-2664236 or email cepad@nicarao.org.ni
Network of Women Against Violence
This is a translation of s fax sent out by the Network of Women Against Violence, in the name of the Coordinator of NGOs, Social Movements and Unions:
Here's updated information about how to send tax-deductible donations via check (not transfer) to the Women's Network against Violence. This is much easier and cheaper than doing bank transfers:
CEPAD-USA, an ecumenical organization with strong ties to Central American organizations, has offered to be a 501(c)3* umbrella for these donations. They will receive and track the funds and wire them to our special bank account.
* Tax identification number 93-1088705
Make out your check to CEPAD*USA / Women's Network and send to:
CEPAD*USA
P.O. Box 160
Brightwood, OR 97011-0160
They will send receipts to all contributors, and send a report to us. You can also send us an e-mail message or fax with your name, the name of the organization (if any) and an e-mail (preferably) or postal address where we can acknowledge receipt of the donation and later send a report.
We are setting up an English language e-mail listserve for people who want to continue to receive information about what the Coalition is doing (including information from the Network). If you're interested, send a message to cwalter@nicarao.org.ni and put "subscribe Coalition list" in the subject, putting your e-mail address in the message part.
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Below is some updated text about what the Network is doing and
why we set up this account.
The Women's Network against Violence in Nicaragua is a member of the steering committee of the Non-governmental Coalition for Emergency Relief and Reconstruction, made up of non-profit organizations, social movements, unions and associations who are participating actively in relief efforts. From the national Network office, we're in constant contact with dozens of groups in the most affected zones, gathering information about their priority needs so that we can channel aid to them. In addition to playing a leading role in organizing relief efforts in their communities, many of these women's centers converted themselves immediately into refuges for families who had lost their homes. Now many of these families have begun to go back to where their houses once were, and most have discovered they are left with nothing. The women's centers are continuing to support them and other families with food, medicine, clothes and other materials. In addition, they continue to attend to women in crisis who are suffering domestic violence and are looking for support. The centers in areas most impacted by the hurricane face demand for their services at a time that they have decreased organizational resources to respond to women experiencing the effects of both the disaster and domestic violence.
The Network has opened a
special bank account to channel relief aid. This account is the
result of requests from women's, community and international aid
groups and individuals in various countries who wanted a
trustworthy national organization that could get aid especially
to women. At the same time, many women's groups in the affected
areas have asked us to be a channel to receive donations. Women's
centers in Managua and from other less affected zones are
mobilizing their vehicles and staff to take aid to places that
are accessible. We are also putting together a project to train
community promoters in psychological and emotional support so
they can work with the thousands of people in hundreds of
communities who are suffering
from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
It's both easier and more useful for us to receive financial aid (as opposed to shipments of goods, which is much more bureaucratic). We are then able to either channel funds directly to the groups, or we can buy and deliver the things that they need that are not included in other aid packages (for example, one group asked us to send underwear, an item that doesn't usually come in donations of used clothing). We will inform everyone who makes a donation about how we've used the funds.You can help people affected by "Mitch" in Nicaragua through the Network of Women Against Violence.
Network of Women Against
Violence
Fax: (from the US: 011-505-268-3141 (if they answer the phone,
say "fax" and they will give you the fax tone).
Also 011-505-266-6305
Electronic Mail: LaRedMCV@ibw.com.ni
Quixote
Center/Quest for Peace
PO Box 5206
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Tel. 301-699-0042
Fax 301-864-2182
quixote@igc.org
The Quixote Center can receive monetary and material aid for hurricane relief in Nicaragua to be distributed by their counterpart JUAN XXIII Center, Apdo MR-48, Managua, Nicaragua, fax 505-267-0416.
Please advise JUAN XXIII of your deposit for hurricane relief.
Please contact the Quixote Center for address to send material aid.
American
Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Address: 1501
Cherry Street, Philadelphia PA 19102
Phone: (215) 241-7060 (Carl) or (215) 241-7296 (David)
Write Out the Check To": Make checks payable to Hurricane
Relief Fund,
American Friends Service Committee and to donate
funds to a specific country in the memo line write
the country you wish to focus your money on.
Donations will be distributed through AFSC's programs and program
partnerships working in Honduras and Nicaragua, including the
Mennonite Social Action Committee, and will be used to support
local recovery efforts. Funding will provide food and materials
most needed, especially blankets, sheets, children's clothes,
medicines, and canned foods.
Catholic Relief Services
Address: PO Box 17090, Baltimore MD 21203-7090
Phone: 1-800-736-3467 or 1-800-235-2772
E-mail: webmaster@catholicrelief.org
Write Out the Check To: Make checks payable to Catholic Relief
Services and in the memo line writer either: (1) "Hurricane
Relief" to designate towards relief throughout Central
America or (2) "Hurricane Relief (specific country)" to
designate towards relief efforts in a specific country.
The money will be channeled to the Catholic Relief Service organizations already established in Central America. Catholic Relief Service over the years has used donations to respond to natural disasters as well as to service human needs within this region.
Church World Service
Address: PO Box
968, Elkhart IN 46515
Phone: 1-800-297-1516, ext. 222 or (212) 870-3151
Write Out the Check To: Make checks payable to Church World
Service and write in the memo line either: (1)"Hurricane
Relief" (appeal #976309) to designate towards relief efforts
to countries throughout Central America or (2) "Hurricane
Relief (specific country)" (appeal #976309) to designate
towards relief efforts in a specific country.
The money will be channeled for use by Church World Service affiliated organizations abroad for assistance in all the countries affected by Hurricane Mitch.
Lutheran World Relief
Address: Church Street Station, PO Box 6186, New York NY
10277-1738
Phone: 1-800-597-5972
Write Out the Check To: Make checks payable to Lutheran World
Relief and in the memo line write "Hurricane Mitch".
The money will channeled to CEPAD in Nicaragua as well as the Christian Commission for Development (CCD) in Honduras. Both organizations are seeking emergency funding for blankets, medicine, food, tents, and basic utensils. CEPAD and CCD are well known Protestant development organizations.
Mennonite Central Committee
Address: PO Box 500, Akron PA 17501
Phone: (717) 859-1151
Write Out the Check To: Make checks payable to Mennonite Central
Committee and in the memo line write "#59002030, Hurricane
Mitch".
The money will be distributed throughout those countries affected by Hurricane Mitch in Central America, with an emphasis on Honduras and Nicaragua. The money will go to partner organizations in these countries that are part of an ecumenical coalition for emergency relief assistance. In Honduras the money will be targeted towards the North Coast and San Pedro Sula through the Mennonite Social Action Commission. In Nicaragua, the money will be channeled through CEPAD and the Anabaptist Emergency Committee.
United Methodist Committee on
Relief
Address: 475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 330, New York NY 10115
Phone: (212) 870-3807
Write Out the Check To: Make check payable to UMCOR and in the
memo line write either: (1) "982515-0, Hurricane 98" to
send it to countries throughout Central America that have been
affected or (2)"982515-0, Hurricane 98', (specific
country)" to designate towards relief efforts in a specific
country.
The money currently being donated is being used to send emergency financial grants to church partners of the United Methodist Church in Central America who are carrying out relief efforts.