ACFEL Calls on Authorities Not to Politicize Aid for Victims

In a note published Friday, October 31, 2025, the cultural association of women in struggle warns any local or national authority wishing to politicize aid intended for victims of Hurricane Melissa. “This is not the time for politics,” the organization’s note states.

Contacted by our editorial team following the publication of the note, the coordinator of this structure, Costarica Louis, recalled numerous past cases where the primary victims never received aid. She cited the example of Hurricane Matthew in the south, the 2021 earthquake, among others. “In the majority of cases, support intended for families is diverted,” she said. This indefinitely plunges victims into precariousness.

“This is not the time for waste or politics. It is a time for solidarity,” she declared. “Aid should go to those who need it. Not to individuals.”

Ms. Louis also took the opportunity to draw the authorities’ attention to the situation of many organization members who are victims of the hurricane. “Most are sheltering in schools, without water or food.”

While extending its sympathies to the victims, ACFEL asks the government and the CPT to act quickly in favor of the hurricane victims. There are families who have lost everything: livestock swept away, gardens destroyed, etc.

The cultural association of women in struggle reminds that peasants live from agriculture and livestock farming. “In this regard, the Ministry of Agriculture and Social Affairs must act,” the coordinator stated.

Gedeon Delva