Carlos Slim's Telmex Delivers Tons of Humanitarian Aid to Storm Victims in Mexico Dolia Estevez - Forbes
go to original September 25, 2013

Telmex delivers aid in Sinaloa state. (Telmex)

Telefónos de México (Telmex), the dominant Mexican fixed-line phone carrier controlled by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, responded to the current national emergency caused by Tropical Storm Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid with aid for thousands of victims in Mexico. Telmex said on Monday that it has delivered 114 tons of humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of Mexicans affected by the twin storms in the Gulf and Pacific costs.

In 24 of Mexico’s 31 states, towns and cities were flooded, highways and communication lines cut off, and deadly landslides set off.  More than 1 million people have been affected across the country and 50,000 have been evacuated from their homes.

Telmex said that the aid — food supplies, mats, blankets and purifying water plants– is being delivered by company volunteers in the worst hit states of Guerrero, Sinaloa, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Veracruz and Chihuahua. Arturo Elías Ayub,  Slim’s spokesperson, estimated the amount of aid distributed so far is 15,000 essential food packages, half a million liters of purified water and around 20,000 mats and blankets. He did not answer a question requesting an estimated cost for the aid.

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