The initiative “A toy, good news” organized by a group of press workers since 2017 returned this year with a Saint Nicholas that went up to three sectors of the El Cementerio area to deliver more than 350 toys to boys and girls who live in communities that have faced violent environments
San Nicolás and many helpers, almost all of them journalists and press workers, armed themselves with sacks and bags to climb a steep path to various sectors of the community of El Cementerio, south of the city. This Saturday the 17th, the volunteers of the initiative “A toy, good news” They delivered more than 350 gifts to boys and girls in these sectors, thanks to donations from the union and individuals, a project that has been carried out since 2017.
At the entrance of one of the communities, which is accessed through the General del Sur Cemetery, several children waited excitedly and saw when the famous Santa Claus and his helper elves arrived, walking along a path full of tombstones with sacks full of toys in tow
Photos courtesy Daniel Hernandez
Wanda López, a journalist and one of the organizers of this initiative, told the EFE news agency that this idea was born in 2017, when the “situation of the country was quite complex in political and social terms”, for which five journalists, at that time colleagues in an independent digital medium, decided to come together to create this project, with which they delivered 100 toys in various communities in Caracas in its first year.
Photos courtesy Daniel Hernandez
“Today we are already celebrating five years. It is our seventh day because in 2018, when school dropouts began, we decided to change it a bit, diversify it a bit, and transform it into ‘A notebook, good news’. At that time, we helped three soup kitchens in Petare, and we continue to do these days every December, “he said.
On this occasion, they brought good news to 350 boys and girls, who are part of a total of 250 families in this community.
Photos courtesy Daniel Hernandez
Although the goal was to reach 350 toys, they managed to collect, thanks to donations from journalists and individuals inside and outside the country, a total of 451, which they will also distribute to families in other areas.
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Ángelo Rangel, a community leader, told EFE that this community, which has been growing in this area “over the last few years, has been forgotten” due to difficulties in accessing it.
“When we see the step when arriving and how to reach the community, we see how complicated it is and, therefore, they feel forgotten, because no one arrives,” he added.
With information from EFE
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