Quesada Solidaria (a Jaen-based non-governmental organization) has sent 10,000 kilos material, furniture, and supplies to assist those affected by the Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala.
It is because of the June 2011 catastrophe, which affected Escuintla, close to Antigua.
The NGO, along with its annual expedition of medical professionals, aims to help reduce the impact of the eruption.
He said, “We have sent the first container because there will be many more.” This is in addition to additional material and sanitary furnishings that will be used to equip the Escuintla hospital.
Duenas said that the project was possible because of Quesada Solidaria’s own funds as well as the cooperation, in the case medical supplies, of the Jaen Hospital Complex and the hospitals of Santa Ana and Motril as well as Alto Guadalquivir and Alto Guadalquivir. They have also received clothing donations from people who have sent them to the Guatemalan region.
Everything is already at its destination to be distributed through the permanent structure the entity has in Central America. “There are no middlemen. He explained that it goes from Quesada Solidaria Spain, to Quesada Solidaria Guatemala via our representative.
After the Fuego volcano disaster, the Jaen entity supported other actions, including the sending of the material. It has also helped to distribute and acquire medicines for patients who have been affected by the Fuego volcano eruption.
It also develops an emergency project that is approved by the Provincial Council and which builds houses and a nursery. The president of the NGO stated that the first two houses had already been constructed.