America Continental 2000, a Florida based 501(C)(3) not for profit organization specialized in engineering and technical support for disaster relief is participating in the oil spill mitigation.

The organization is getting good nationwide response from citizens that are willing to help in the cleanup efforts along the Gulf of Mexico Coast, but needs more equipment in order to reinforce and improve the manual cleanup process along the shoreline.

After an evaluation trip to the region with other representatives from the organization, we observed a lack of proper and efficient methods and lack of specialized equipment, tools, materials and supplies to handle the cleanup.  Just shovels and rakes are not enough to cleanup a massive invasion of oil along the shoreline.

In others words, the manual labor is necessary but not enough.  Besides that, we are cleaning on a daily basis, but the oil is still coming right after.

Heat and the sunburn are the 2 main hazards that are threatening the worker’s life.

America Continental 2000 is making a plea to collect supplies and raise money for equipment, tools, materials and supplies to support the workers in the cleanup frontline.