The solidarity campaign in favor of Lía Isabel García Torres, an eight-year-old girl living in extreme poverty in Bayamo, Granma province, closed this Friday with results that exceeded all expectations, raising 401,000 Cuban pesos in just two days thanks to hundreds of donors both inside and outside the island.
The Cuban activist and journalist Guillermo Rodríguez Sánchez, who coordinated the campaign from his Facebook profile, announced the closure of the case with a detailed summary of everything received by the family.
"In two days, Lía and her family received 401,000 pesos through transfers, the cash I just sent them, and money that followers personally delivered to their home," she wrote.
To protect the money, Lía's mother immediately deposited it in the safe of a trusted small and medium-sized enterprise in Bayamo. "She will take it out from there as she needs it," Rodríguez explained, assuring that he had the entire process under control.
The assistance was not limited to cash. Dozens of children and families from Bayamo showed up at Lía's house to deliver dolls and toys directly, and several packages containing clothes, shoes, school supplies, and vitamins purchased from abroad are on their way and will arrive in approximately 15 days.
A group of young people who transport water in the city also joined in: they filled five tanks for the family, charging only 400 pesos instead of the usual 1,500, a gesture that reflected the extent of the solidarity generated by the situation.
The case of Lía was reported on July 15 not by her own mother, but by a neighbor who occasionally brings them food. The girl had been without access to drinking water in her home for over 50 days, her refrigerator was empty and rusted, and her only toys until then were dolls rescued from the trash, which she would sew clothes for herself.
The next day, donations had already exceeded 270,000 pesos, with mothers from Bayamo arriving at the house with toys and supporters from all over the country contributing to the transfers.
Rodríguez highlighted at the conclusion the work of Yaniurbys Reynaldo Oms, who has been supporting this family for months and, through her foundation "Love is the Miracle," assists over 100 families in Cuba each month.
He also thanked his colleague Verona Bonce for managing the transfers "with absolute reliability and transparency."
One of the most touching moments of the closing was Lía's own gesture: the girl wanted to donate part of the money and toys to other children in serious need that she had seen on the activist's profile.
"I was the one who first thanked her for such enormous generosity and then kindly convinced her that this is for her. Her moment has arrived, and she deserves to enjoy it," Rodríguez wrote.
The case of Lía is not an isolated incident. According to the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights, 89% of Cuban families live in extreme poverty with an average salary of just 13 dollars a month.
In Granma, over 67,000 residents lack access to water through pipelines, a situation worsened by blackouts that in June 2026 reached over 45 consecutive hours without electricity in some circuits, as acknowledged by the provincial Electric Company.
This is not the activist's first successful campaign. In April, he managed to raise one million pesos for a family in Júcaro, in Ciego de Ávila, with the goal of building them a home.
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