Australian Disaster Aid Response Team members Helene Bo Morse, Peter Newton, and Di Holland responded to the Earthquake in 2017.
Two months after the earthquake many homes still looked like this photograph.
Disaster Aid have been helping local people build back better by providing materials including steel reinforcing to make new houses much more resistant to earthquakes.
36 housholds were identified in Nuevo Palestina, Jiquipilas and Rizo De Oro, Cintalada for repair.
A typical material list per household was:
At just over $1,000 per household.
A triple SkyHydrant unit at the Chiapas Hospital has been installed.
After testing by Mexican Authorities the water has been approved as suitable for consumption.
This will result in considerable savings to the local hospital which has previously had to rely on daily purchases of bottled water.
The Ignacio Zaragoza Primary School has been re-opened following repairs to damaged classrooms.
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