5 Non-Profit Organizations in Puerto Rico
Non-profit organizations in Puerto Rico are essential to our society. In a world where a high percentage of the population is in need, people get together to create these organizations with a sense of service and care for others and to present solutions to urgent problems.
Hunger, lack of education, poverty, abandonment, disasters, and so on are still everywhere.
PUERTO RICO’S MAIN PROBLEMS
Puerto Rico is an island with a dynamic commercial activity. It is characterized by high productivity and fast economic growth. Being ruled by the United States Congress makes it a country with many benefits and opportunities for those who want to grow and open businesses.
Nevertheless, Puerto Rico is not the exception when speaking about demanding problems. Due to its geography, it is a very vulnerable region to climate change effects and has been hit by hurricanes several times -on average, once a year-.
But there are also hunger, poverty, health, and environmental problems, just to list some issues impacting Puerto Rican population.
To help minimize this, there are a lot of non-profit organizations in Puerto Rico. Hereunder we will list only five of them. But there are more than 300 in the whole island.
5 NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN PUERTO RICO
ACOMERPR
Their mission as a grassroots non-profit organization is to improve policy, strategic programming, and infrastructure to bolster Puerto Rico’s food security. It initially started as a group of eager volunteers who wanted to help marginalized and emergency-struck communities receive the food they needed to continue their daily life. Distributing food to communities throughout the island during the pandemic made them realize the enormity of the issue of food insecurity in Puerto Rico. Since then, it has grown into an organization that collaborates with over 120+ community organizations and manages a mesh network of over 500 volunteers.
PUERTO RICO AUTISM ALLIANCE
The Autism and Related Disorders Alliance of P.R., Inc. is a non-profit organization created in 2004. The mission of the Alliance is to improve the lives of people impacted by autism in Puerto Rico. They are the leading organization supporting and advocating for the rights and needs of people with autism and their families. They raise awareness and education about autism and its possible causes and treatments. The Alliance has a membership of 500 families and has leaders and support groups in San Juan, Caguas, Ponce, Mayagüez, Isabela, and Arecibo.
RAY OF HOPE
It’s a non-profit organization founded in 2010 to improve the quality of life of children from 0 to 21 years old, cancer patients, and survivors in Puerto Rico, providing medical programs and services completely free of cost.
They collaborate with the main public pediatric hospital on the island, the Dr. Antonio Ortiz Pediatric Hospital, located in the Medical Center.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR POPULAR CULTURE
The National Foundation for Popular Culture aims to promote the development of Puerto Rican popular culture through the study, promotion and sponsorship of events of cultural interest and the artists who exhibit them.
Their objective is the organization, research, study, archiving, publication, cataloging, dissemination, competition, conservation, production, promotion, exhibition, exchange, and dissemination of knowledge about popular, classical, and folkloric culture of Puerto Rico and the world.
FRIENDS OF PUERTO RICO
Friends of Puerto Rico is a non-profit 501(C)(3) that supports the economic development of the people of Puerto Rico through entrepreneurial initiatives, education, and creating opportunities for women and girls. Since 2015, we have mobilized a passionate community of over 30,000 global entrepreneurs, donors, and partner organizations focused on driving economic success and innovation to cultivate the next generation of leaders. Through a combination of training, education, and mentorship initiatives that utilize the beautiful culture, art, and people of Puerto Rico, our goal is to end financial hardship and provide economic opportunities and self-sufficiency for people on the island, in Washington, DC, and around the United States.
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