What you need a family when an earthquake will change the life in a matter of seconds? In this second day gifts La GuairaFoundation , the House of Bread, ORG responded with food, medicine, water, necessities and direct care to those affected. Here we tell you how it was, step-by-step.
Why did lack a second day
After the earthquake, the need does not end in the first week. A second delivery enables you to hold the support when families are still in the camp and the supplies were depleted. An emergency is like a marathon rather than a sprint. The first day attends the urgent, but the following days bring new needs: food that is just water that needs to be replaced, and drugs that can not wait. The Foundation Casa de Pan, understood it and returned to La Guaira with more hands, more basic inputs and the same willingness to listen.
Of the emergency to the continuity
Back is a way of saying to the community that they are not alone and we are here to support them in times harder Foundation Casa de Pan is and will always be a foundation that is at the support of all the communities most vulnerable
What was delivered: food, water and basic supplies
The humanitarian aid included non-perishable food, drinking water and other essential items, distributed in bags and drums, ready to take home.
The images of the day show tables with packages of food, blue bags with personal items, and truckloads of packages that came straight to the place. Each family received what is needed to sustain their day in the camp.
Safe drinking water in drums
The drums whites were inputs of the more sought-after. To have clean water at home changes the routine: cooking, asean children and drink the drug with peace of mind.
Attention to the public: health and psychological support
The day was not confined to deliver objects. There were medicines, health care workers, and professionals of psychology, attending to those in need.
After an earthquake, the body and the mind are asked to care for the same. That's why, together with the tables of delivery, the health care team of the Foundation geared towards the attendees and gave medicines to those who required it. They also participated in professional psychology, which provided psychological care to adults and children who lived through the earthquake near.
To listen is to help
Sometimes the most valuable thing that takes a person does not fit in a bag. A quiet conversation, no rush, helps to sort the fear and restore calm.
How is organized the delivery
A good logistics ago that the aid reaches all. Orderly rows, tents and support teams distributed tasks marked the pace of the day.
Meet as many people required method. It is delimited rows with security tape, it has set up tents to protect the inputs and each volunteer had a clear function: to download the truck, prepare the bags, to deliver the water or to guide them to the neighbors. This organization allowed the aid to flow with respect and without the crowds.
Trucks, tents and neat rows
The trucks arrived loaded with packages and drums. From there, the material is passed from hand to hand to those who expect it. If you want to know how to prepare a delivery of this type, write to us and we guide no commitment.
The people behind the help
Volunteers, co-workers and neighbors made possible the day. Community solidarity was the engine of each delivery.
This day gifts La Guaira came out ahead thanks to the coordinated work of those who put time, strength, and heart. There were volunteers with t-shirts of red and blue, health personnel with uniform and collaborators that are uploaded, sorted and handed out since early morning. Some neighbors of the industry also joined in to receive, and share what we delivered.
Community solidarity in action
To see a community helping itself is one of the best signs of recovery. Allies such as [names of allies] also made it possible for this delivery.
The children were also protagonists
For younger guests there were kits of colors and a moment of normalcy in the midst of the camp.
Between the bags and the drums, the children were given sets of crayons. A detail, simple but with great effect: draw returns the game, and the game returns to the feeling of security. To see them smile with their gifts in hand was of the best moments of the day.
Colours for return to play
When the environment changed suddenly, a notebook and some color returned to a bit of routine to all of our children.
The second day of the Foundation of the House of Bread, made it clear that help is not a gesture isolated, but a commitment that it holds at the time. Food, water, medicine, and psychological care games for children: each element responded to a real need of the affected population. This day gifts La Guaira it is an example of what they accomplished by a community when it is organized.
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