It began with a series of small initiatives such as the establishment of night schools and a first aid center.

The once active village where the miners lived had a school, bakery, first aid medical centre and all the things needed to make life comfortable.

All over the region, aid centers like the one here are opening as the Federal Government begins to respond to the flooding.

People flooded aid centers with canned food, blankets and clothes.

Government officials set up 39 aid centers for Acapulco citizens, though some residents were unable to get food and water.

He is currently working on a project for an additional 125 aid centres to be set up within the next three years.

Most of the dead had been buried, the wounded moved out, the orphans taken away and the first aid center pulled down.

She was instrumental in founding a traveler's aid center, and an elementary school for black children.

The clinic has evolved from a simple first aid center into a full service medical center.

"Injuries are handled in the aid center, but this appears to be a more complex situation which calls for a combined biological and medical facility."