Zamora decided to put aside his political colors and help those affected by the Levante floods. While the Spanish government and that of the Valencian Community continue to demonstrate their lack of unity in the face of the tragedy, in the capital of Zamora, their two institutions, the town hall and the province, have agreed to channel all human resources and necessary materials. can be sent to flood-ravaged areas. Two institutions of different political character: the municipal one, headed by a mayor of Izquierda Unida (the only one in Spain), Francisco Guaridowho governs with the PSOE, and the provincial, whose presidency exercises Javier Faundezof the PP.
Both presented in unison this Saturday at a press conference an operation aimed at providing essential products and logistical support and raising funds. “There is a wave of solidarity throughout the province, where everyone wants to collect food, except for the accounts that the Red Cross and the Caritas Diocesana de Zamora have opened for financial donations”, commented the president of the Provincial Institution, Javier Faúndez.
“We are in contact, through the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces“, which has been coordinated with the Regional Federation of Municipalities of the Valencian Community so that all this can be done in a coordinated way, because the scenario that is taking place there is infinitely more complex than all the knowledge that we can have”, a -he emphasized.
In this context, Ifeza funfairin the capital Zamora, will become a logistics center, where billboards and stickers will be placed to guide people wishing to make donations. In addition, an arrow map will be posted on social networks to guide those who come by car to make donations.
“We have sent a letter to all municipalities in the province to start collecting materials. We will coordinate it with the associations, with the provincial deputies to collect it, take it to Ifeza and classify it,” explained Faúndez. “A shopping center will provide pallets and boxes for the collection of foodstuffs and a “The machine park team will collect them to organize it. The logistics of distribution to the Valencian Community will be done through the Junta de Castilla y León, which provides the contacts and the trucks,” he added. Likewise, the Provincial Council will “definitively” open the Palace of the Incarnation for those who wish to make donations and do not have the possibility of traveling to Ifeza and will allow an economic article next Monday, reports Ical.
For his part, the mayor of Zamora, Francisco Guarido, expressed, on behalf of the Town Hall, his “solidarity” with all the families affected by the meteorological disaster. “Solidarity is emotional but it must also be material. There must be work from below and coordination from above. We propose to do things, not in isolation, but coordinated, either by the Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, where the idea comes from, or by the Junta de Castilla y León and its Civil Protection Agency and with the State itself,” he underlined.
“This aid that we are starting to convey is not just for a few days, but must be considered over several months, both in material goods and in money, in the medium and long term. We will see at the Municipal Council the budgetary possibilities in terms of development aid. The money could be channeled to the Red Cross, Caritas or organizations determined by the government or the Council,” he added.
Zamora firefighters They transmitted a list of possible personal aids and material means, such as a pump vehicle and a light vehicle, which the Zamora City Council can have, including water rescue equipment, such as diving suits, vests, helmets, rubber boots, chainsaws, power generators and debris removal equipment, stretchers, bilge pumps and transmission equipment.
“We will endure because it is going to be very long and we must maintain this solidarity that everyone has in mind now. It takes a long time to rebuild this whole situation and the Provincial Council and the Town Hall will be there, of course, under the aegis of the State and that of the Civil Protection Agency of the Council. All administrations do their best to help a territory and the people who need it,” he assured.
