Celebrating 10 Years of The Sato Project

DISASTER RELIEF
PREPARING FOR AND RESPONDING TO DISASTERS
DONATIONS
Since Hurricane Maria, preparing for and responding to
disasters has become an everyday occurrence for The Sato
Project team. The constant threat of more hurricanes and
earthquakes has taken a severe toll on the people, animals,
and communities all across Puerto Rico. In our desire to step
up and help relieve suffering, we recognized that we were
in a unique position to provide additional support to the
island. Every private airplane that we charter to fly dogs off
of the island has to first fly into Puerto Rico, and they used
to fly in empty. Thanks to a collaboration with our partners,
Wings of Rescue and Greater Good Charities, we’ve
ensured that these airplanes are filled with humanitarian and
animal relief supplies whenever possible. From there, we
coordinate distributing the supplies to other organizations
across the island. In August of 2021, alongside Wings of
Rescue, Georgina Bloomberg, and Project Medishare, we
even coordinated an airplane of humanitarian supplies to
Haiti to assist in their earthquake recovery.
Through all of our aid and
recovery efforts, The Sato Project
has distributed 136,000 lbs of
disaster relief supplies since
Hurricane Maria.
When the pandemic began in the spring of 2020, we also
started holding periodic pet food pantries to distribute
supplies directly to the people and animals who needed
it the most. With so many people laid off from work due to
stay-at-home orders, we knew there were many pet owners
across the island struggling to afford to feed their pets.
Through these efforts, our team has distributed 34,000
lbs of dog and cat food directly to hungry pets in need
during the pandemic.
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