He Barca has already announced the method it will implement to raise funds and direct them to the people most affected by the DANA that this week has devastated Spain and especially to the inhabitants of Valencian Community. The Barça club will auction the jerseys worn by its players during the Catalan derby which will be played this Sunday at 4:15 p.m. at the stadium. Montjuic Olympic Games and the money he raises will be donated to this cause.
The match against Spanish will serve the Barcelona to get to work in the face of this tragedy which has already left more than 200 dead and more than a thousand missing. He the real Madrid announced this week that it would donate one million euros to the people most affected by DANA and now it is Barça who has informed what will be its initiative to collect funds and direct them towards this fight so that the devastated populations return back to normal as quickly as possible.
Barça statement supporting DANA
“The FC Barcelona Foundation will auction the jerseys that the players of the first football team will wear tomorrow, Sunday, in the match against RCD Espanyol, during the 12th day of the League, which will be played at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, with the aim of raising funds that will help the population affected by Dana. This initiative will be joined by others that the Club and the Foundation will announce soon.
The Club considers it necessary to provide consistent and clear, and above all professional, support, avoiding actions that are not effective or that may even hinder the tasks of professional teams, both administrations and entities.
The FC Barcelona Foundation recommends to its members and Barça supporters, in order to provide the best support to the affected population, not to send clothing or food at this time, as these shipments can collapse humanitarian corridors and roads open to services. emergency. And he states that if they want to help, they must use the following helplines of the entities with which they collaborate (Red Cross, Cáritas and Food Bank), since the social entities expert in emergency situations will provide all the material of basis to those affected. areas.
On the other hand, contacts have been made with the town halls of the municipalities most affected by the disaster to coordinate and carry out specific actions which can help them in the weeks or months to come, where the funds provided by the Foundation and collected by the actions that the Club and the Foundation will carry out in the coming weeks. President Joan Laporta is trying to directly contact the mayors of these municipalities to support them during this period and seek common solutions.
Finally, it should be noted that a minute of silence will be respected for the victims of dana during all matches played this weekend at FC Barcelona facilities.