Elderly people or people with reduced mobility These days are the most vulnerable. A lot. To feed themselves, they depend on the help of volunteers. Leaving your home, given the nature of the streets, full of mud and garbage, is practically impossible. However, they have now become the most affected by the DANA.
This is the case of Juan, who, thanks to his sister Pilar, can sleep and eat under a roof these days. “He sleeps at my house and eats dinner and all this because my brother found himself with nothing, no stove to cook, nothing,” Pilar explains.
Francisco experiences a similar situation, which To be able to eat, he needs the help of volunteers or the delivery service provided by the town hall. However, it doesn’t always come to him: “Tell me the address and we’ll bring you the food and I’m still waiting for it. I had to eat cold cuts and cheese.”
Even the difficulties of access to certain areas prevent correct distribution. And for this reason, he has no choice but to go down to do his shopping even though many access points are closed and everything is full of mud. But when it comes to bringing the bags home, he can’t do it alone. “Someone will come and give me a hand,” he adds.
Help that Antonio, 88, also needs to walk the streets of Chiva. “In many places, we cannot move forward in the mud,” he laments. He has been locked up at home for several days. without even being able to breathe, like this other Antonio, who can barely get up from his chair. “I was here alone for 24 hours,” he confessed.
A loneliness that many of our elders continue to face these days.
