Valencia sends new Solidarity shipment to Cuba

Various materials make up the third solidarity container this year for Cuba from Valencia, Spain, which will depart for the Cuban port of Mariel at the end of August, it was reported.

The shipment, worth 70,000 euros, is intended to support the soup kitchen and socio-health care of the Quisicuaba community project, reported to Prensa Latina by the media outlet Cubainformación.

The medical materials and work equipment were donated by the Valencian city council of Guadassuar (Ribera Alta), the Communist Party of the Valencian Country, volunteer associations such as Corazon Expres (Marina Baixa), and numerous individuals from municipalities such as Bétera, L’Alfàs del Pi, and Valencia.

Thanks to 26 financial contributions from various organizations such as the Rotary Club and Giving4Giving, along with the collaboration of the L’Alfàs del Pi city council and individuals, 3,500 euros were raised for the purchase of food and other materials.

The shipment and coordination of its shipment to the Caribbean island were sponsored by Euskadi Cuba, the Ernesto Guevara Association of Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), and the Valencian Jose Marti Friendship Association with Cuba, all members of the MESC (State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba).

Dedicated to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, the container includes, in addition to food, various medical supplies, intended to support the care provided to the Centro Habana community of the Quisicuaba project, especially to the elderly and those at risk of social exclusion.