Disaster Recovery- Elders, San Antonio Puerto Rico

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza continues to have a challenging time meeting the needs of our seniors.  Our participants are low-income elderly and the economy and their daily expenses have impacted their lives in a negative way.

Our organization continues distributing meals on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.  Our goal is that by 12:30 pm all of our 50 participants have received their meals.  The homes are our participants are somewhat far from each other and the driver must secure the best routes to get their meals on time.  In addition, the driver will report to us if any participant has a new challenge so we can take any action required.

From July to October 2025, our program distributed 2,466 meals to the homes of 50 participants.  We were also able to assist the community with 85 emergency bags of food so they can prepare their meals.  Some of these families, referred to us by another local agency, are unemployed or with small children.  The break-down of Federal food programs will not help.

These meals are probably just a drop on the bucket, because of our limited funds, however, we were able to assist some of these families in need.  

We appreciate any help you can give us to continue our programs, donors are very important to our organization.  

Since March to June 2025 Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza prepared and distributed meals to 57 elderly participants. They received the meals at their homes. During this period a total of 2,422 meals were distributed during the weekends. Our cook prepares different menus each week. This service is very important for our low income participants because food prices are increasing and nutrition is necessary for a good health.  

Four participants received the housekeeper service (cleaning and cooking).

We distributed 35 groceries boxes to participants and community families who were in special need.

Three participants were taken to governmental offices and/or to the supermarket.

On special days 55 gifts were distributed among our participants: 33 on Mother’s Day (a mug, shampoo and hand sanitizer) and 22 (a mug and cookies) on Father’s Day.   On Father’s Day one elderly said: “This is the first gift I receive on this day and I really appreciate it.”

We are pleased to be able to help our elderly thanks to our donors that make this possible.