CDMX.- On January 16, when the opponent José Daniel Ferrer He left the prison of sweet potato, after almost four years of confinement, at his house they fed six people who came to greet him. “They didn’t ask me for food, but I could see that they needed it,” said the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba to Cubanet.
The next day until his home in Altamira arrived 30 Cubans in conditions of vulnerability. Then there were 50 and the number continued to grow. Yesterday, February 19, 195 played their doors, and today 267 went tolimited by Ferrer and his family.
“For me to attend the most needy is a matter of moral commitment, Christian love, love of others. That philosophy has been part of my family’s life for many years, of the life of my brothers Ana Belkis and Luis Enrique, and mine, ”recalled the opponent.
The Ferrer family in the Far 1991, when Cuba was mired in a crisis only comparable to what is suffered today, began to attend their community with what they were able to fish, cultivate and raise.
“In the opposition always argued that, given the Cuban reality, the needs and the mentality of many compatriots, the humanitarian work as foods, medicines, medical assistance and other humanitarian issues should be very present, accompanying civic-political activism,” explained the leader of the UNPACU.
“In the Patriotic Union of Cuba, in addition to being in the streets without violence, but struggling firmly and determined by respect for human rights and the democratization of our homeland, we have developed various humanitarian actions such as this that we now resume the The same day I left the prison, ”he says.
Today, for example, they sent food and water to a man who lives six blocks from Ferrer’s house, but cannot move because he is in a wheelchair.
“He told an activist that he had not fed for three days, that he had only eaten a bread daily, and we sent him lunch. From now on we will assist it with at least one daily meal and we are going to take it. ”
In addition to the elaboration of food, the humanitarian work of the UNPACU provides medical services in charge of Dr. Nelva Ismaray Ortega, wife of José Daniel.
“Yesterday there were twentyTentos who came in search of medical assistance, either to take the pressure, to look for an analgesic, an antibiotic,” said the opponent.
“We help in everything we can: clean the house to old people, to wash, peel and hygienize, whatever in our hands,” Ferrer added.
