# Symbolic stays in devastated homes raise over £500,000 for Mexican earthquake appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/03/symbolic-stays-devastated-homes-raise-500000-mexican-earthquake-appeal/
- Published: 2017-11-03T07:22:54+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A campaign raising funds to rebuild earthquake-damaged Mexico has raised over 
£500,000 by asking people to book symbolic stays in the country.**

The [Arriba México](https://arribamexico.org/) campaign is raising funds for [CADENA](https://cadena.ngo/)
to rebuild homes in the states of Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Mexico City.
The campaign has been created by two creative directors from Mexico City agency 
[Anonimo](http://anonimo.mx/). Through a website designed to resemble the likes 
of AirBnB, it asks people to book a symbolic stay in a house, apartment or room 
devastated by September’s earthquake with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity.

The site lists ‘available’ properties with a photo of the devastated ruin and details.
Prices start at €2 per night for a room in Colomy Navarte in CDMX, to €22 per night
for a house in Juchitån, Oaxaca, up to €112 per night for a penthouse in the City
of Mexico. Visitors to the site can donate in Mexican pesos, US dollars or Euros.

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So far the appeal has raised $664,940.00 (roughly £509,277). CADENA is using the
funds to implement its reconstruction plan, which will be carried out in two phases.
Firstly, to provide temporary shelters to people who were left homeless. Each shelter
will house 5 people and includes tents, beds, lamps, pantry, kitchen kit, stove 
and water filter. Secondly, the funds will go towards the reconstruction of homes
in the most affected areas of the country.

> .[@LRZague](https://twitter.com/LRZague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) te invitamos a armar
> 1 [#CadenaxMéxico](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CadenaxM%C3%A9xico?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> donando en [https://t.co/7jS0ACRhug](https://t.co/7jS0ACRhug) y retando a 2 personas
> a no romper la cadena. Le entras?
> — ArribaMéxico (@ArribaMexicoOrg) [October 20, 2017](https://twitter.com/ArribaMexicoOrg/status/921507168188227584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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