People serving in catastrophic events are familiar with the term “second disaster.” It’s the problem that develops after the original crisis. For the Puerto Rican Cultural Society, the second disaster was the discovery of an inability to deliver hundreds of tons of supplies to family and friends who were suffering the effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria that hit the island in the summer of 2017.
As the donations of food, water, cleaning supplies and more piled up to the ceiling, happiness at the generosity of the community turned to frustration when quotes for shipping the donations were overwhelming expensive. Some things simply can’t be budgeted. Shipping hundreds of tons of supplies overseas at a moment’s notice is one of them. The PRCS was quoted more than $100,000 to deliver a small portion of their donated supplies to the disaster zone. That’s when Restore Global and it’s logistics expertise entered.
The Puerto Rican Cultural Society could have asked donors to support the six-figure price tag required to ship the supplies and they may or may not have reached that goal. With Restore Global’s assistance, the cost for this project landed at $25,000.00. Not only did the supplies get to those who needed them most, but the money donors saved was able to be invested in other worthwhile programs of impact.