Cubans raise over 215,000 pesos in 24 hours to help a vulnerable family in Ciego de Ávila

In less than 24 hours, a solidarity campaign promoted on social media managed to raise 215 thousand pesos in 24 hours for a family living in extreme poverty in Júcaro, a small coastal town in the municipality of Venezuela, in Ciego de Ávila.

The case was highlighted this Wednesday by journalist and activist Guillermo Rodríguez Sánchez, known on social media as Guillermo Rodsan, who published on Facebook images and a detailed complaint about the conditions in which the family lives: deteriorated wooden walls, earthen floor, damaged metal roof, and traces of fire inside the home.

"Entering what they call a home becomes a lightning tour of a difficult decay that is hard to describe with adjectives," Rodsan wrote in his post, which quickly went viral and prompted hundreds of Cubans to contribute whatever they could.

The community's response was immediate and overwhelming.

Within hours, donations from various parts of the country began to pile up, highlighting that, in the face of institutional neglect, popular solidarity remains one of the few real support networks available to the most vulnerable families in Cuba.

"A tremendous gesture made possible by donations from all of you. A retiree gave 100 pesos, an elderly man contributed 80 pesos, a business owner donated 5,000, another gave 30,000, a housewife added another 1,000... And so, ordinary people gave up what they could do without to lend a hand," Rodríguez emphasized.

Additionally, he emphasized: "Given the situation, I will continue pushing to reach more people and help them buy a little house. Yesterday, I didn't think it was possible, but today I do."

In the same way, he explained that solidarity has touched the hearts of the people of Ciego de Ávila: "So far, I've only talked about the money raised; tomorrow I will show them all the things that the people of Ciego de Ávila have brought to give them."

This type of civic initiative highlights the deep housing crisis that the Cuban regime has failed to resolve, leaving thousands of families in undignified conditions without an effective response from the State.

It is not the first time that Cubans have turned to collective solidarity to address the shortcomings of the system. On previous occasions, similar campaigns have managed to for families in extreme vulnerability, demonstrating the power of civic organization in the face of government inaction.