The Red Cross of Baix Llobregat Nord reminds citizens that the best way to show solidarity towards those affected by the passage of DANA in Valencia is through financial contributions. Solidarity organizations such as the Red Cross, Cáritas or the Food Bank, work on the affected territory from the first moment and until necessary, they know the needs of the population and purchase there, with the money collected, basic necessities for supply the population The Red Cross is doing these days and in parallel an important task of dissemination in the media and its own social networks to combat the fake news that has appeared in the last few days in some unofficial media.
Griselda Sanahuja, reference technician of the Red Cross of Baix Llobregat Nord, explains to the microphones of Radio Martorell 91.2 FM that “since the beginning of the catastrophe caused by the DANA, the Red Cross has not stopped attending, being and working in the most critical areas in order to respond, all the while combining efforts from different areas of action. He details that “the Red Cross offices in the area immediately put their batteries in from minute zero to help”.
Sanahuja emphasizes that the best way to be able to help those affected in a more direct way is to “make it possible for the area to have money to be able to buy what they need”. The reference technique gives an example: “Sending money there causes the affected territory to have an economic movement that will help the companies in the affected area to re-emerge and move forward again”.
Griselda Sanahuja, tècnica referent de la Creu Roja del Baix Llobregat Nord
The Red Cross has received a flood of calls from people interested in helping as volunteers. Sanahuja asks them to be patient: “We will get in touch with them, but right now we have so many people signed up to volunteer that we need to channel well who should do what, when they should do it and why and where they should do it.”
Griselda Sanahuja, tècnica referent de la Creu Roja del Baix Llobregat Nord
The technical reference praises the enthusiasm of the many volunteers “who collect material or who come down to Valencia to lend a hand. His hands are very important”, but he remembers that “they must be guided so as not to get in the way” and warns that “there is a lot of work to be done. It won’t end in a month, there are many days ahead.” The support will have to be dosed and, in this sense, the solidarity institution will be there “until the last day that is needed”.
Griselda Sanahuja, tècnica referent de la Creu Roja del Baix Llobregat Nord
Expertise in these types of situations is also an important endorsement for the Red Cross: “We are a humanitarian organization used to working in crisis areas. From the first moment we have all the protocols open and available to work in the territory, with experience and in an orderly manner”.
Red Cross refutes ‘fake news’ on social networks
Sanahuja denounces that in crisis situations like the present, there are those who question the action of the Red Cross on the territory through social networks, or who take advantage to defraud people who want to show solidarity.
He warns citizens that “if someone comes to your home asking for money for the Red Cross to help Valencia, don’t believe them, even if they’re wearing a vest. From the Red Cross we never ask for money in cash for anyone”. Either through this method or through social networks, there are people who “are taking advantage of the vulnerability of the Valencian Country for personal gain”.
Griselda Sanahuja, tècnica referent de la Creu Roja del Baix Llobregat Nord
For this reason, the entity is carrying out an information campaign to make it very clear where the money goes and everything the institution is doing in the affected territory, through the media and its own networks, “so that don’t believe everything that comes out on social media about us”, points out Sanahuja.
Finally, remember that any contribution to the Red Cross must be made by bank transfer to the various current account numbers enabled and located in your web page or on their official social networks.
Source: martorelldigital.cat
