Spanish sport reaches out to those affected by DANA
This Thursday afternoon, an image of Captain Levante was captured on several mobile phones. Vicente Iborragoing on foot to one of the areas most affected by the dana, carrying shovels and helping with relief work for flood victims in Valencia.
Football player, accompanied by his wife and three childrencrossed on foot one of the bridges connecting Valencia with Paiporta, in order to help the inhabitants of this city, one of the most destroyed by Dana.
Captain Levante although he is recovering from plantar fasciitis in his left foot which prevented him from playing his team’s final games in LaLiga Hypermotion, he was able to travel just over ten kilometers between roundtrip flights to the area near the capital Turia.
Iborra also collaborated in the city of Valencia on Thursday morning in the distribution of food that numerous citizens had stockpiled in the Levante countryside to send to the victims.
In addition to Iborra, according to sources at the Valencian club, Levante’s other non-sporting members traveled to Paiporta on Thursday afternoon. distribute food and essentials to different vans.
From the reception center in L’Alquería to Mestalla and Ciutat as food warehouses.
Clubs in the city of Valencia have been making every effort these days to try to help mitigate the damage that devastated the province on Tuesday, and although Valencia Basket cooperated, taking in hundreds of victims for several nights, Valencia and Levante turned the Mestalla and Ciutat stadiums de Valencia” to storage points for food and other things.
On Tuesday evening, as the evictions began and realizing the scale of the consequences, Valencia Basket contacted the city council and offered their assistance, and the possibility arose of housing displaced people in L’Alquería.
Valencia and Levante have also collaborated to turn their stadiums into food hubs. In the case of the Mestalla Club, they have an agreement with the Food Bank through which they usually organize food distributions, but this time the association is collecting food and essential items.
Marta Peyraud raised more than 7,500 euros
Former Valencia footballer and native of Torrent. Martha Peyrostarted a campaign to raise money for victims of the dana in the province of Valencia, among whom is his family who lost everything and have already collected more than 7,500 euros.
The collection, promoted on the former footballer’s social networks, achieved success. more than 140 contributions from people not only from Spainbut also from France and Switzerland in particular, with contributions of all kinds from 15 euros to 150 or 200 euros.
Likewise, Galician Marie Paz Vilasalso a former Valencia player and current Queens League player, also started fundraising, while Valencians Maria Jimenez and Julia Aguado, Real Betis players, sent food and clothing from Seville.
Eldense will donate everything it collects against Huesca to those affected by the damage.
Eldense announced this Thursday that with the funds from the postponed match they will play against Huesca. on a date to be determined, It will be allocated in full to those affected by the damage, which mainly affected the province of Valencia.
In a statement signed by President Pascual Pérez, the Alicante club specifies that everything that can be earned from the sale of tickets, dining, marketing products and other items at the aforementioned meeting in Nuevo Pepico Amat will be donated as a sign of Eldense’s commitment and solidarity with the citizens.
Real Madrid will donate a million euros
This Thursday, Real Madrid announced that it will donate one million euros to help the victims. In addition, this Thursday the Real Madrid Foundation and the Red Cross launched a fundraising campaign aimed at supporting those affected by the hurricane.
In both cases The reaction of citizens was massive. Both clubs collected hundreds of kilograms of food, which will now be distributed in the affected areas.
Atlético and Cruz Roja will collect the necessary material
Atletico Madrid Foundation and the Red Cross Next Sunday they will collect the necessary material. ahead of EA Sports’ La Liga day twelfth match against Las Palmas at the Metropolitan Stadium, to take them to the areas most affected by the flooding caused by Dana, in particular the Valencian towns of Utiel and Paiporta, where they will also provide “support to the clean-up task ”
On Sunday, from 11:00, “there will be an area outside the stadium in front of gates 29/30 dedicated to the collection of materials.” “In the next few hours, and after receiving precise instructions from the authorities who are coordinating the assistance, we will provide a list of needs that are prioritized in the worst affected areas,” he added.
In addition, the red and white team’s foundation said it would offer its “assistance and support in cleaning up the area” and “will also contribute to the purchase of materials to join the rest of the donations.”
Osasuna donates a ton of food
In addition to Atlético Madrid, other La Liga clubs will be working with the Food Bank and the Red Cross to raise funds to help those affected by the disease.
In addition, the national broadcast of their weekend matches will be used to convey messages of support to the victims and the Bizum 02910 number provided by the charity for this purpose.
The campaign, supported by La Liga clubs, will also be distributed through social media to help maximize its reach.