●  Oxfam​ ​International​ ​Confederation ́s​ ​global​ ​group​ ​of​ ​humanitarian​ ​experts​ ​is​ ​on​ ​its way​ ​to​ ​become​ ​part​ ​of​ ​the​ ​response.

●  The​ ​surveillance​ ​of​ ​the​ ​response​ ​in​ ​Oaxaca​ ​continues​ ​in​ ​order​ ​to​ ​guarantee​ ​a​ ​fair and​ ​non-discretionary​ ​use​ ​of​ ​the​ ​State ́s​ ​resources.

After​ ​the​ ​earthquake​ ​of​ ​magnitude​ ​7.1​ ​that​ ​struck​ ​Mexico​ ​on​ ​September​ ​19​ ​th​ ​at​ ​13:14​ ​hrs. with​ ​its​ ​epicenter​ ​in​ ​Axochiapan,​ ​Morelos,​ ​the​ ​team​ ​of​ ​Oxfam​ ​Mexico​ ​has​ ​decided​ ​to​ ​deploy two​ ​humanitarian​ ​action​ ​teams​ ​in​ ​the​ ​states​ ​of​ ​Morelos​ ​and​ ​Puebla​ ​in​ ​coordination​ ​with Oxfam​ ​International​ ​Humanitarian​ ​Response​ ​team,​ ​which​ ​is​ ​already​ ​traveling​ ​to​ ​Mexico​ ​City.

Oxfam​ ​Mexico ́s​ ​and​ ​Oxfam​ ​International​ ​Confederation ́s​ ​Humanitarian​ ​Response​ ​teams count​ ​with​ ​experts​ ​in​ ​water,​ ​sanitation​ ​and​ ​hygiene​ ​promotion​ ​(WASH),​ ​food​ ​security,​ ​and livelihoods​ ​in​ ​emergencies​ ​and​ ​protection.

So​ ​far,​ ​the​ ​death​ ​of​ ​225​ ​persons​ ​(94​ ​in​ ​Mexico​ ​City,​ ​71​ ​in​ ​Morelos,​ ​43​ ​in​ ​Puebla,​ ​12​ ​in​ ​the State​ ​of​ ​Mexico,​ ​4​ ​in​ ​Guerrero,​ ​and​ ​1​ ​in​ ​Oaxaca)​ ​and​ ​about​ ​700​ ​injured​ ​people​ ​have​ ​been reported​ ​in​ ​Mexico​ ​City,​ ​in​ ​addition​ ​to​ ​damaged​ ​and​ ​collapsed​ ​buildings.

After​ ​the​ ​earthquake​ ​of​ ​September​ ​19​ ​th​ ​and​ ​until​ ​11​ ​am​ ​today,​ ​the​ ​20​ ​th​ ​,​ ​31​ ​aftershocks have​ ​been​ ​recorded.​ ​This​ ​is​ ​the​ ​second​ ​earthquake​ ​affecting​ ​Mexico​ ​in​ ​less​ ​than​ ​two weeks​ ​after​ ​that​ ​which​ ​occurred​ ​on​ ​September​ ​7​ ​th​ ​of​ ​magnitude​ ​8.2​ ​with​ ​its​ ​epicenter​ ​in Pijijiapan,​ ​Chiapas​ ​and​ ​which​ ​severely​ ​affected​ ​communities​ ​in​ ​the​ ​southern​ ​region​ ​of Mexico.

These​ ​actions​ ​took​ ​place​ ​after​ ​the​ ​efforts​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Humanitarian​ ​Observation​ ​Mission​ ​in Oaxaca​ ​in​ ​which​ ​a​ ​group​ ​of​ ​organizations​ ​of​ ​the​ ​civil​ ​society​ ​and​ ​Oxfam​ ​Mexico​ ​visited communities​ ​living​ ​in​ ​extreme​ ​poverty​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Isthmus​ ​area​ ​and​ ​witnessed​ ​the​ ​lack​ ​of government​ ​coordination​ ​in​ ​regard​ ​to​ ​the​ ​distribution​ ​of​ ​the​ ​humanitarian​ ​help​ ​and​ ​the discretionary​ ​use​ ​of​ ​the​ ​scarce​ ​resources​ ​that​ ​have​ ​reached​ ​the​ ​zone.​ ​The​ ​most​ ​recent earthquake​ ​and​ ​its​ ​impacts​ ​in​ ​Mexico​ ​City,​ ​Morelos,​ ​Puebla,​ ​and​ ​other​ ​areas​ ​places​ ​the responsible,​ ​transparent,​ ​and​ ​effective​ ​management​ ​of​ ​humanitarian​ ​help​ ​at​ ​the​ ​center​ ​of the​ ​agenda​ ​once​ ​again.