by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Oct 20, 2017 | News
JUNCOS. In the midst of the crisis that Puerto Rico is experiencing after the impact of Hurricane Maria, other stories of need are being woven simultaneously, such as the one facing “La Casa de Todos”, a home that welcomes battered children and surviving...
by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Oct 9, 2017 | News
CAONILLAS, Utuado, P.R. — Dr. Lissette Gutierrez is normally not one to curse. But when the S.U.V. she was traveling in hit a rut and bounced wildly on a mud road carved into a mountainside — a steep decline inches to her right, the pounding rain all around — an...
by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Oct 5, 2017 | News
Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Dr. Janice Santos, assistant professor of surgery and a physician with Brown Urology, has been working to help provide relief where an urgent medical crisis continues. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In the wake of...
by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog
One of the first things Karen Caraballo noticed from the window of her plane is how colorless Puerto Rico looked, as if it’s a war zone. “There is no green, everything looks gray, and dark, and dirty,” she said. On Saturday, Caraballo, who lives in Bay Ridge,...
by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Oct 3, 2017 | News
RICHMOND, Ind. – It’s been nearly two weeks Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, directly or indirectly killing 18 people and leaving millions stranded without power. President Donald Trump visited today for the first time to check in on the relief efforts, which...