While Santiago Sánchez Cogedor was still incarcerated in Evin Prison, Tehran, he told his family that he would use all the pain and suffering he suffered to help others. After being arrested in Iranian Kurdistan in October 2022, during demonstrations following the death of young Mahsa Amini, he found freedom in January 2024 and returned to his home in Madrid. Although he is still adjusting to daily life after fifteen months in inhumane conditions, he keeps his promise whenever he can. It was for this reason that he took the car to Valencia on Wednesday, to help those affected by DANA, which has already cost around a hundred lives. “I called the Red Cross to volunteer during these difficult days in Valencia. I asked them what they needed and they said drinking water, candles and gas bottles,” he said last night on his Instagram account. “One day it might be -be our turn,” he acknowledged in a snapshot of his car loaded to the brim with bottles of water. This morning, Sánchez Cogedor warned other potential volunteers that it was impossible to get to Paiporta in car. “We have to leave it outside, at the entrance. “I’m going to buy water, that’s what we need most: shovels, brushes and especially hands,” he said. recognized from one of the cities most affected by the floods in a video posted on his Instagram account, where he has accumulated more than 60,000 subscribers and regularly recounts his adventures as a volunteer Related news standard No The “. brutal experience” of Santiago Sánchez in Ocaña I prison: “All the prisoners stood up” Manuel Moreno The Spaniard released after more than a year of imprisonment in Iran recounts his experience to around 80 inmates. After seeing the notice from one of his supporters, who warned that “no help was coming” to Catarroja, Santiago Sánchez declared that he would leave for this blocked municipality to bring water to a family with children who cannot go out. “If people come from outside, they must bring water, shovels, grocery carts, brushes, boots, a gas cylinder and a portable battery to charge their cell phones, because there is no “There is no electricity or water,” he explained. The Red Cross is launching a call for donations via its website and providing donors with a telephone number 900 104 971. Donations of 6 euros can be sent via bizum (33512) and SMS. (38092) with the word HELP. The Food Bank of Valencia and Cáritas have also launched solidarity campaigns. The first has centralized aid in the Mestalla area, where they are collecting food and essential items. For its part, Caritas coordinates with the Valencia City Hall. The accounts come from EMERGENCIA DANA VALENCIA de Caixa Popular: ES19 3159 0078 5716 6338 6025 and from Caixabank: ES02 2100 8734 6113 0064 8236. A book with his story Santiago Sánchez Cogedor, arrested in 2022 while on a solidarity trip to foot from Madrid to Qatar, told of his experience in the book ‘How I survived 15 months behind bars’ (Editorial Alienta). He talks about how he coped with the ordeal through acceptance, mental work and boxing. In addition, three points have been installed in Madrid – one in the capital, another in Leganés and another in Pozuelo de Alarcón – where they collect shovels. , buckets, non-perishable food, water, basic necessities and clothing to be transported to Valencia, Lucas Mallada Street, 1, local 2, from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in San Blas. In Pozuelo de Alarcón, the collection point is located on Calle Segundo de Mata (Renfe Pozuelo) and you are asked to drop off donations at the gate. In Leganés, the municipality has set up a collection point for essential products in the Civil Protection building, located on Chile Street, number 1. It will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
