Foundations, institutions, universities, professionals lend their help to overcome the tragedy that already leaves at least 21 dead.
In social networks, by messages or phone calls, the people of Quito mobilize. They ask for food, water and blankets to deliver to the victims after the flood that mainly affected the areas of La Comuna and La Gasca, in the center-north of the city on January 31, 2022. Others organize themselves to bring machinery, shovels and more people to help in the work of rescuing bodies and cleaning the streets.
Minutes after they were made public the videos of the destruction generated by the mud flood in these areas, people began to share solidarity initiatives.
For example, the Quito Chamber of Commerce (CCQ) asked citizens to leave in their facilities (Amazonas and República Avenues), food non-perishable and Water, clothing Y blankets. Everything will be delivered to those affected. A similar initiative was the Ecuadorian American Chamber of Commerce, who asked people to leave supplies, shovels, painkillers in the CCQ building.
#QuitoEnEmergencia #QuitoSolidarity #Lagasca pic.twitter.com/J8izARl2k9
– CCQ (@lacamaradequito) February 1, 2022
Wilson Merino placed at the disposal of the authorities the facilities of the shelter of the Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation to care for families affected by the flood of the gasca. It also set up a donation point for Water bottled and kits food at the foundation’s facilities in the Ruta Viva and Simón Bolívar. There is a contact telephone: 098 457 8749
????In coordination with the neighborhood leaders, we delivered the donations to the communal house of Santa Clara de San Millán.
We work for the victims of #LaGasca. We continue collecting humanitarian aid in our #FarmSchool.
????Contact: 098-486-6009 pic.twitter.com/JCGY0Rc6Xz
— Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation (@JuntosSomosVida) February 1, 2022
the veterinary doctor Carlos Merizalde Espinoza published about a social service. He offered to treat animals with injuries or fractures that have been affected by the flood. His phone number is 0984389221.
From the National Court of Justice and the Ecuadorian Association of Magistrates and Judges (AEMAJ) it was established in a collection center in the parking lot of the institution (Amazonas and National Union of Journalists). will be received non-perishable food, water, blankets, clothing from 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 1, 2022.
The Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) It became another collection center. People can hand over their help at the facility. The entrance is made through Veintimilla Street and Av. 12 de octubre. Citizens are asked to collaborate with non-perishable foods, tuna and other canned goods, grains, rice and sweets. Also cleaning supplies like soap, alcohol, disinfectant gel, shampoo, masks and sanitary towels.
Other initiatives citizen initiatives are being developed in other parts of the city. Jessica Jaramillo reported on collection points for the contribution in the Office of the Foundation Against Violence in the Valladolid, Ulpiano Páez y Robles building.
In the Church of Jesus Christ, Bartolomé de las Casas 0E8-120 and De la Peña; at College of Dentists from Pichincha in the Iñaquito and Juan Pablo Sáenz or in the Carapungo Neighborhood League. The contact telephone number is 0987060117 or 0995595965 in the name of Katherine Peralvo.
This citizen response is similar to the solidarity initiatives that were formed after the April 2016 earthquake that mainly shook Manabí and Esmeraldas. Thousands of people from Quito actively participated in the days to send food, drinks and clothing to the most affected places.
So far, the official death toll reaches 21 people. There are another 16 missing and 46 wounded. (DPV)
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