Thank you to Zydecocruiser for posting this on another thread... I am copying it to here.
From yesterday, so 2 days ago was the first day when there wasn't a single donation. But the are still accepting donations and will continue to make runs to Majahual.
" Update on $ collected
Just wanted to give everyone an update on donations collected. So far since Hurricane Dean struck the Mahahual area, we've collected a whopping $28,552.13! Yesterday was the first day since we started that a donation didn't come into the account. We have another trip planned for Wednesday where we'll be taking down many of the current needs: food, mosquito nets, mosquito repellent and some focused help for some individual families.
Again, the ONLY aide coming into this area is from private donations. There is still no organized relief efforts in the Mahahual area.
Thanks again to all the wonderful people who donated time, money and other items to help these people. Believe us, your donations have made a HUGE difference to the people of Mahahual and the outlying communities. Regardless of what happens to this region in the future, these donations made this tough time a lot better for many, many people.
It's been a while since Tony and Cheri (Laguna Blue) have poosted any news of Majahual. This is from the latest note (on the 11th) on their blog, so hoperully, they'll update us soon.
Sorry we haven’t been posting much lately. We know a lot of you want to know what’s happening in Playa del Carmen and Mahahual. Unfortunately Tony had another bout with dengue and was very sick for a long time. We’ve also been busy with the Mahahual relief drive, selling our place in Paamul and a trip back to San Francisco to re-rent our little home there. Don’t worry; we’ll be posting updates on Playa and Mahahual very soon
Thanksk for finding this, Zy. Looks like another mall-like project.
You are right. Looks like they are putting that beautiful little village on the road to ruin. Here in the US, the landscape is littered with malls and strip centers. You can't go 5 miles without encountering one of them. Why would I want to sail to Mexico just to go to yet another mall?
Majahual was beautiful and attractive and special specifically because it WASN'T just another mundane cookie cutter mall look-alike. The port area was mall enough. We always rushed through that as fast as we could to get to the transport AWAY from it. What a shame!
Sure, the mall there had a swimming pool. And that made it a mall with a swimming pool. We have pools here, too - on every block. We DON'T have Majahuals here, though, and it looks like there will no longer be one there, either.
Well, that's one good thing.
I remember a little bit after the storm, some of the residents were starting to rebuild their homes / businesses. Then, they were told they had to buy a permit, and lots of them could not afford it. So the rebuilding came to a halt.
Guess now we know the whys and wherefores.
And we understand why, on another site, it was said that not everyone is happy about the new development plans.
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We have another trip planned for Wednesday where we'll be taking down many of the current needs: food, mosquito nets, mosquito repellent and some focused help for some individual families.
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