Rat infestation spoils food, donated supplies never sent to Puerto Rico
Bianca Padr Ocasio
FEBRUARY 6, 2018 6:35 PM
A rat infestation closed down a government office in Kissimmee that was storing donations destined for Puerto Rico, contaminating boxes of supplies that were never sent to the island.
The office of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration does not have the budget to finance the shipping costs of the supplies, according to PRFAAs executive director Carlos Mercader. He added that previous efforts to send the boxes of water, food and other supplies through other organizations have been unsuccessful.
Mercader could not say how many boxes were on the property, but the islands regional office had collected the items in Hurricane Marias aftermath, from local organizations and private individuals.
Due to the many Puerto Rican families that have been displaced to Florida because of the hurricane, we have donated the meals to Puerto Rican families in need, Mercader said Tuesday in a statement. We will soon conduct an inventory of the donations to identify which ones are fit to be given out to Puerto Rican evacuees in Central Florida.
More:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-fema-prfaa-puerto-rico-rat-invasion-20180206-story.html
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