In addition to perishable food, water and blankets, there are other items that, in emergency situations, are not usually considered.
It is 5:00 p.m. on February 3, 2022. About 20 volunteers receive donations sent for the victims of the alluvium of the Gasca, in Quito.
Citizens have expressed their solidarity by sending non-perishable food, water, blankets and clothing. Everything is divided and packages are put together to be delivered to those who have lost everything after a wave of mud and stones flooded the neighborhood where they decided to live.
The least is donated
Sanitary towels, diapers, toothpaste Y rubber boots for children They are among the necessary items that have reached the collection centers the least. are also required analgesics What paracetamol and ibuprofen.
The lack of these items, during an emergency, is not new. During the first days of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, it was seen that the aid kits they didn’t have these articles.
Construction materials
Santiago Guarderas, mayor of Quito, mentioned that blocks, bags of cement, zinc roofs or other Construction materials to rebuild houses that have suffered minor damage. The Mayor added that there are seven houses whose losses are total and whose inhabitants must be relocated; although it has not been detailed where they will go.
donation points
More of 10 points have been activated in Quito as collection centers donations. In addition, the Independiente del Valle joined will redeem the ticket to his presentation by donations.
