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The United States government has offered Cuba $100,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Gustav, funneled through international aid groups, and much more if Havana allows a disaster assessment team to visit the island. (For more on the politics of the relief effort, read the Cuban Triangle.)
You can contribute to non-governmental agencies with licenses to send food, medicine and other assistance to the island. They include:
Catholic Relief Services. Checks should be made out to Catholic Relief Services and sent to Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, Md. 21203-7090. Checks should be marked: “For Cuba Gustav Relief.” Also, you can donate online here.Jewish Solidarity. You can send your donation check to: Jewish Solidarity, attention: Maricusa, 100 Beacon Blvd., Miami, Fla. 33135. Check should be marked “humanitarian relief."
For those of you in the Miami area who would prefer to take food items in lieu of a check donation, you can do so by taking these to The Daughters of Charity at 500 NW 63 Avenue in Miami. They also have a license to send aid to Cuba and are sending two containers in the next few days. Items they have expressed a desire in getting are: powdered milk, evaporated milk, canned little hot dogs, lentils in packages, black and red beans in packages.
(H/T to Cuban American Commission for Family Rights.)
UPDATED, 10:30 p.m., Sept. 6, 2008
The Cuban government has rejected the $100,000, instead suggesting that the United States lift limits on how Cuba can buy foodstuffs from American producers.
UPDATED, 1 p.m. EDT, Sept. 9, 2008
Also collecting donations to provide storm relief in Cuba, as well as Haiti, is the Pan American Development Foundation. Make your tax-dedudtible contribution here.
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UPDATED, Sept. 24, 2008
For information on other agencies collecting donations for Cuba, go here.
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