Almost a hundred people have died during the floods that have devastated part of the country. Several municipalities are flooded due to the worst DANA of the century, so they are requesting urgent aid, both material and economic.
The Red Cross has facilitated different ways to make direct donations. It can be done through their website, by sending a Bizum to number 33512, by transfer to the bank account ES44 0049 0001 5321 1002 2225, by calling toll-free at 900 104 971 or by sending an SMS with the word HELP to 28092.
The organization, in turn, has focused on the need to prioritize monetary donations to help affected people. “It is a complex situation and the priority in humanitarian action is that it is agile, that it is coordinated and that it helps the affected people in the basics: shelter, food, psychological support and facilitating communications,” Cruz sources explain. Roja, also emphasizing that “it must be the emergency teams on the ground that determine the needs for help, both in these first 48 hours after the disaster, and in the coming days.”
On the other hand, to donate through Caritascan be done through their website, by calling Bizum at 00089, or by calling 900 33 99 99.
Clothing and food donations
Countless spaces have also been deployed to help with donations of clothing, belongings, or food. In this sense, there are several cities where you can lend a hand. In Valencia, at the Mestalla soccer field, the Food Bank, the Casa Caridad, the Casal de la Falla Arzobispo Olaechea San Marcelino, as well as at the Herboristería Azahar (number 48 Calle San Juan Bosco).
In the municipality of Torrent The place that is enabled for these material donations is the Vedat Pavilion (Calle del Sol, 2). In Riba Roja del Túria The CEIP Cervantes (Calle Metge Fleming, 2) has been offered as a space.
The City Council of chivaon the other hand, is requesting trailers, diesel, tractors, backhoes, or similar, and that of Albal asks for citizen collaboration to deliver medications (specified in one of the Instagram posts from the city council’s official account, @ajuntamentalbal) to the nursing home.
From the City Council of Utiel The collaboration of volunteers is requested to support the main needs of the population. You must go in person to the Citizen Service to sign up, due to the state of telephone communications.
In Madrid Shovels, buckets, non-perishable food, water, basic necessities and clothing in good condition are being collected to transport to the province. The Leganés City Council has opened a collection point at the headquarters of the Local Police and Civil Protection (Calle de Chile, 1). Donations can be brought to the Espacio Ardemans cultural center (C. Ardemans, 66) from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. This Thursday night a first truck will leave for the affected areas. Above all, hygiene products and blankets are needed. On Talavera de la Reina street, 4, in ToledoThey also demand all kinds of basic necessities.
They are also needed blood donations at points such as the Lluis Vives school in Valencia, at the Hospital la Fe and at the Transfusion Center of the Valencian Community.
Help animals
Many animals have also been terribly affected by the floods, so the shelter Modepranin the municipality of Carletthey call to be able to temporarily and “urgently” “relocate” the animals they have in the shelter. They have also opened a fundraising campaign. The bank account number to donate is ES94 2100 1716 86 0100503303. They need blankets, towels, collars or leashes. In addition, they are updating their social networks (@protectoradeanimales_modepran) with the animals that have been lost and that are being located in the area.
Adoptvalencelocated in Sueca, is also asking for help to take in the local dogs for at least a week. They are located on Camí Caseta del Gall. They also need dog beds, food, sheets and towels.
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