THE DANA wreaks havoc in Valencia will go down in history the desolation they left in dozens of cities. But they will also do it for wave of solidarity that they generated. And he reached Navarre. In Pamplona and Estella, three influencers famous gastronomy joined forces to collect help and send it to victims.
Fernando Munárriz Echenique28 years old, is one of them and told this newspaper what pushed them to launch this initiative. On his social media, he is better known as @gastromuna and has over 40,000 subscribers. “I have a group with Álvaro Urra (@urrapetito) And Aitor Goñi (@comiendocon_g). One of them wrote saying that we could helping people affected by DANA one way or another and we all agreed,” he explains.
He assures that what motivated him personally to help was seeing how people were practically abandoned to your luck in the areas affected by DANA the first days. “I am aware that I have a very important speaker and I felt it was my responsibility to use him,” he says.
The trip to organize the collection, which was carried out in Estella and Pamplonait wasn’t easy. “We first wanted to make sure we found a way to send help directly to Valencia“, he indicates. In addition, in the Navarrese capital they did not have a place to store the food, tools and hygiene products received: “We launched an appeal in a video for ‘They give us space.’
And, in record time, the three influencers gourmet they had three aid collection points in Pamplona: the former Azkarrena driving school, the Anthelia tattoo studio, and the Gosaria cafeteria, which opened its doors only a few weeks ago. In EstelleUrra managed the collection of aid in three points: Heladería Lerma, Gothika clothing boutique and Oikia Muebles.
Between Monday and Tuesday, these premises received hundreds of donations for Valencia: non-perishable foods, childcare products, water or tools to facilitate cleaning tasks. At the moment, aid is arriving in Aldaya, one of the towns affected by DANA in Valencia.
THE COLLABORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA
Precisely, during the phase of searching for premises in Pamplona to collect donations, Munárriz had the idea of writing to University of Navarra to establish collaboration. “They placed two collection containers on the square of the Faculty of Communication and the Faculty of Sciences,” he specifies.
In addition, The University of Navarra also gave up its sports center this Wednesday. “We collect everything that is collected at the different points and, in the afternoon, we load the truck,” he explains.
Munárriz is aware that one of donors’ biggest concerns is whether aid will reach those affected by the disaster. “I have a very reliable contact at Aldaïa. A boy called Carlos Dean and has a restaurant. He lost everything“, account.
Explain that when the truck arrives in AldayaDean will get in the truck and guide it to a school where they are organizing and distributing all the aid that comes into the area. From there, it will be distributed to the people who need it most. “We wanted to try it. Bring our grain of sand,” he concludes.
