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Coronavirus in Elda: The City Council extends the agreement with the Red Cross by 100,000 euros

The mayor of Elda,Rubén Alfaro,announced this morning an expansion of100,000 eurosof the agreement with the Red Cross in order to meet the needs of Elder families who are being affected by the economic and social crisis caused by the coronavirus.

The first mayor has offered a press conference by videoconference in which they have also participatedAlba García,councilor for Social Welfare, andIsmael Estevan, president of the Red Cross.

Alfaro pointed out that “we have increased the agreement with the Red Cross by 100,000 euros, which already had an allocation for this year of 145,320 euros. We believe that this increase is essential because the number of people who go to the Red Cross has increased significantly to request food and basic necessities until now reaching 384 families “.

The Mayor of Elda stressed that “the service offered by the Red Cross is a very worthy service, offering 200 lots of food that include fresh food, such as meat or fish. In this sense, I want to thank the work that Cruz’s workers and volunteers Roja are carrying out because it is allowing us to respond in a rapid and coordinated manner to this emergency situation. “

Rubén Alfaro recalled “the local government’s commitment to people, because no one in Elda is left behind in this crisis and therefore, if necessary, this expansion of aid will not be the last one we carry out.”

For his part, Ismael Estevan, president of the Local Assembly of the Red Cross, highlighted “the total coordination that exists with Social Services and with the Elda City Council to carry out our work. We are currently serving 384 families when the usual was between 40 and 60 “.

Estevan has stated that, “in addition to the delivery of these batches of food and cleaning and hygiene products, we are also making phone calls to 90 elderly people to check that they are well, we are moving to pharmacies and even to the Hospital of San Juan for medication , distributing school supplies … All this with a team of 25 volunteers who work in an organized way, with all the preparation and with all the necessary protection means. “

The president of the Red Cross has stressed that “the most important thing at the moment is, as the mayor says, that no one is left behind. There are people who have never needed help and are now coming to us, but what we must be clear about is which is the city of Elda that is helping “.


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