It is about to be a week since the fires started in Los Angeles (California) and according to the latest report from the authorities, they have already left 24 dead, 16 missing and have devastated 16,000 hectares.
In response to this emergency situation caused by the fires, several channels have been set up to help those affected, not only from the field but from practically anywhere in the world.
The most common way to do so is through donations, and here are some of the organizations and foundations with which you can collaborate for this purpose, selected and verified by our colleagues from Secret Los Angeles and other international media such as Vanity Fair and NBC News.
Where to donate for the Los Angeles fires?
1. Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation (LAFD). Donations to provide equipment and resources to firefighters on the ground.
2. California Fire Foundation.
3. Best Friends. Save Them All. To help animals affected by the fires.
5. Emergency Network Loa Angeles (ENLA).
6. United Way of Greater Los Angeles.
7. Los Angeles Regional Foodbank.
8. Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE).
9. California Community Foundation (Calfund).
10. Direct Relief. Provides medical supplies (such as masks) and other resources.
11. Project HOPE.
12. National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). Aims to help especially vulnerable groups.
13. LAIT911 Fire