Mission: Las Marias
With every stop we made around the island, the handshakes, the hugs, the raw emotion flowed – just like the clean water that we were there to provide. In Las Marias these gentlemen stopped time with their voices.
With every stop we made around the island, the handshakes, the hugs, the raw emotion flowed – just like the clean water that we were there to provide. In Las Marias these gentlemen stopped time with their voices.
All around the island we found communities helping communities, watching out for one another. The residents of Cidra guided us to this small town near this river called Comerio, knowing that the water was contaminated and unhealthy. The DIVVY system deployment in Comerio couldn’t have gone any smoother.
This small and remote community, located in the center of Puerto Rico, was completely cut off due to washed out roads and bridges…the people had no potable water. In addition to bringing in truckloads of much needed FEMA relief commodities, Ray and the group set up right in the middle of the river and started … Read More
In addition to bringing water purification systems to communities and hard to reach areas of Puerto Rico post Maria, Veterans Response was also a key player in developing distribution depots through the island. Ray, veterans on the ground and local charity group collaborated with FEMA to deliver much needed commodity items; toiletries, blankets, propane camp … Read More