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Revision as of 18:34, 24 May 2023
| Organization | Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico |
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| Region | Puerto Rico |
| Website | Website |
| ProjectLeader | Ariadna Godreau |
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This is a disaster legal aid initiative with a legal empowerment perspective. We provide legal education and support to families and communities recently affected by Fiona. This program trains pro bono housing and just recovery advocates who accompany communities and also leads advocacy words to ensure equitable recovery. Since 2017, Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico has led disaster legal aid and advocacy efforts regarding recovery in Puerto Rico.
Challenge
Amidst five years of hurricanes, earthquakes, the pandemic and multiple economic disasters, Puerto Rico endures a lack of access to justice and inequitable development crisis without precedent. Promoting legal awareness and empowerment regarding just recovery and access to assistance is a stepping stone to ensure that survivors and communities will not be displaced by catastrophes or by the institutional neglect of their needs. This program provides accompaniment to empower and recover.
Long-Term Impact
The experience of 2017 major hurricanes taught us that while first response is critical, hands and voices to amplify demands for assistance to repair houses, get temporary shelter assistance and have a just recovery. Disaster legal response is instrumental to safeguard the long term and equitable recovery of these communities, denouncing and acting against actions that discriminate or hinder access and by promoting the empowerment and permanence of social tissues.
References
Additional Documentation
https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/44440/projdoc.pdf
Project Gallery
- Disaster Response in Puerto Rico Projects
- Lack of access to legal aid for communities affected by natural disasters in Puerto Rico Projects
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