Former students buy a house for retired teacher in Ciego de Ávila.

A group of former students from the Vocational Pre-University Institute of Exact Sciences (IPVCE) in Ciego de Ávila came together to buy a house for their former teacher, Fermín Évora.

Through a campaign on GoFundMe, students scattered across all the provinces of the island and various parts of the world contributed what was necessary to ensure a decent home for Professor Évora, explained the user "Guillermo Rodríguez Sánchez" on Facebook.

After overcoming numerous procedures and obstacles, the professor now enjoys his new residence in the town of Patria, Morón, which he chose himself after considering several options.

The implementation of this project was guided by Soliet Lorenzo Delgado and Yunet Rodríguez Mejías, who, despite preferring to keep a low profile, have been fundamental in the realization of this noble cause, the internet user emphasized.

The publication reflects not only on the situation of thousands of elderly people in Cuba facing serious housing problems but also on the memories and teachings left by a committed teacher in their students.

"And I start to think... how much good a teacher must have done for their students to remember them in such a way and come in droves motivated by affection. How much example and no blemish in their character and actions remains in their memories that the mobilization was so overwhelming," they asked.

In the campaign, the students explained that "teacher Évora, despite being sick and retired, lives in a rural area of Ciego de Ávila where transportation is scarce," and had to "walk 3 kilometers (every morning and every afternoon), in rain or sun, to reach the road where he waits for the bus that takes him to the school where he is rehired."

He added that the distance made it difficult for him to access hospitals, medications, food, and the resources necessary to meet his basic needs.

The professor has no children or relatives living with him, so the students of the graduation class 16 decided to launch a campaign to buy him a house near the city of Morón.

The initiative managed to raise nearly five thousand dollars, and the professor now has ownership of the house in his possession.