Hurricane has destroyed Pinar del Rio - reconstruction must succeed - please help!

Pinar del Rio was destroyed by Hurricane Ian. People have lost their homes. Important food growing areas and the important tobacco industry have been destroyed. Four people in Switzerland have been working flat out to prepare something very important. Your donation is urgently needed now!

The material donation goes directly to the tobacco farmers

Addendum, 06.10.22, 19:45:

Material requests from Cuba Tabacco:
Corrugated sheet metal
Cement
Hardwood
Nails
Screws
Covering over the greenhouses
Chainsaws
Hammer
Screwdriver
Pliers
Etc.

This is how it works: Mark Kuster (children's aid organisation Camaquito) uses the donations to buy building materials in Panama so that the materials reach the tobacco farmers in Pinar del Rio as quickly as possible. Important buildings are rebuilt for the coming tobacco harvest.

Mark Kuster has already received authorisation from the Cuban government via Camaquito to import the material as a donation for Pinar del Rio.

Important: This material goes directly to the tobacco farmers - and NOT to the Cuban state.

The organisers are therefore working together with Camaquito for this campaign. The website will report on the progress of the campaign and donations can be made here:

Donations made simple and secure

Short video interview with Thomas Portmann

The organisers and the creators of the idea

Andi Stachl, La Corona

Thomas and Mark Portmann, Urs Portmann Tabakwaren AG and La Casa del Habano St. Gallen by Urs Portmann

Yannick Goetschy, Intertabak AG

Executive organiser, purchases the material and ensures transport directly to the tobacco farmers: Mark Kuster, Camaquito