DANA has so far left more than two hundred dead in the province of Valencia, streets and garages flooded with water and mud, and many families who have lost everything. On the other hand, these days we have also seen how people from all over Spain He devoted himself to helping the victimseither shovel in hand or mobilizing through associations, platforms and social networks to buy food and transport it to the affected areas.
Taxi drivers have not been left behind. José Miguel Fúnez It is part of an initiative of the PideTaxi platform and the National Taxi Association (ANTAXI) to bring essential products to Valencia. “At first we had one truck, now there are more than 50 vehicles,” he says in statements to Public. Next Tuesday a caravan plans to leave the capital for Valencia.
The initiative arises after it was learned that Valencia needed drinking water due to the floods. José Miguel and his colleagues, used to bringing water to different events in Madrid, had eight pallets of water stored at that time. “Well, we’re leaving with eight,” said José Miguel, but soon there would be many more.
Different associations in the sector have been joining this initiative of taxi drivers, which they wanted to keep secret. “This is not a time to take center stage, it’s a time to help,” says José Miguel, who explains that they have coordinated internally through a Telegram group, from where they are managing the schedules, loading and starting point.
“The most important thing is that the help is direct, that it does not fall by the wayside,” says José Miguel, who encourages the Valencians and reminds them that they are not alone.
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