A crew will travel by truck to Valence, Spain, to distribute all the donations collected in Vallabrègues thanks to the operation carried out by the community's social action center (CCAS) in collaboration with the parish of Beaucaire .
Almost everywhere in France, and of course in the Gard, solidarity is being organized to help the victims, after the deadly floods which ravaged the south-east of Spain. In Vallabrègues, where the culture of flood risk is strong, a donation drive was launched yesterday morning. In a few hours, the operation co-organized by the CCAS of the commune and the parish of Beaucaire made it possible to gather dozens of packages filled with clothes, shoes, blankets, etc., in La Calade.
Claudine Gérard, 69 years old, one of the generous souls, has difficulty holding back her tears. “It's horrible. We cannot remain indifferent to this catastrophe and to all the victims, those who lost their lives, those who lost everything. There are children too…“So the sixty-year-old rummaged through her cupboards looking.”anything that could help these people who find themselves with nothing from one day to the next“.
In a few hours, several dozen bags filled with clothes, blankets, etc., were collected in Vallabrègues. • S.Ma
“I will come back tomorrow“, promises Claudine to Éliane Lacroix. The elected official in charge, among other things, of the CCAS is delighted with the response provided by the Vallabréguants to the call for donations. “It's great, we're waiting for a truck which should arrive any minute to make room“, explains Éliane, marked by the great flood of 1951 in Vallabrègues. She was only 6 years old, but remembers living upstairs in her house for three weeks. “Food was delivered to us by boat, the whole village showed solidarity“.
“The victims feel abandoned”
The sudden arrival of a young woman interrupts his memories. “Thank you for everything, thank you to all these people for their generosity.“Diana Lopez, 30, is one of the people in charge of transporting donations to Valencia. Her mother lives there, or rather.”survive“, his aunt also in the Horno de Alcedo neighborhood.”There is no water, no electricity, no food. The victims feel abandoned, no one helps them on site, that's why we volunteered. We will go door to door to distribute all these donations“, she relates, moved. But also angry, “the alert messages were sent late, the water was already there“, reports Diana placing her hand above her head to indicate the height.
The cars loaded, Diana takes Éliane in her arms, never stopping thanking her. With her crew, she will carry out a final load tomorrow evening before heading to Valencia aboard a truck. The collection of donations continues this Wednesday, November 6, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the La Calade room.
