Our MISSION

DOOR TO DOOR AID FOR THOSE OFTEN OVERLOOKED

 

COREFI has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service to be a charitable organization described by section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code. COREFI provides direct services to disadvantaged and underserved communities in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Established in 2008 as a response to the overwhelming amount of neglected residents, we have been working hard to provide solutions for our most underserved citizens. Currently, we are assisting hundreds of residents on a regular basis with critical services and basic human necessities. Without social security numbers, Medicare, or family support, the majority of those that we assist are unable to access government funding and live far below the poverty line. Many are ill, bedridden, or physically unable to leave their homes.

We built ramps and accessible bathrooms, repair damaged roofs, deliver food and water, and provide life-saving medicines.  Learn more about Our Team and join us to Volunteering

Our COREFI team is almost 100% volunteer operated. We believe that access to food, water, shelter, and medical care is a basic human right. Your donations go directly to those who need it.  

OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS:

  • Support for door-to-door humanitarian work

  • A Community Kitchen

  • A new truck

  • Goods and services

OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE: 
COREFI will continue to expand services in the in the wake of these storms. In addition, we hope to establish an integrated services facility with a community kitchen, showers, laundry services, and support.  

We’re proud of our community partnerships with independent relief programs, like Community Through Colors, La FInca de Hamberto and Fe que Transforma

Elizabeth Rosario Ortiz
President COREFI
 
(COncerned REsidents for Improvement, Inc)

 

Weekly volunteers from everywhere helps COREFI to fix meals and to deliver door to door to those underserved in the beautiful island of of Vieques, Puerto Rico.