Some 280 families from Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey will receive a new delivery of humanitarian aid valued at approximately 28,000 dollars, which will include food, medicines, personal hygiene items, and rechargeable fans.
The announcement was made this Thursday on Facebook by Mark Kuster, founder and director of the Swiss NGO Camaquito, who explained that this will be a second distribution following a previous initiative of $25,000 aimed primarily at families in Santiago de Cuba, although it also reached beneficiaries in Camagüey.
Very soon we will support around 280 more families, Kuster announced, specifying that the products will be delivered directly to the beneficiaries.
"We will deliver rechargeable fans, food, medication, and personal hygiene items, all directly to the beneficiary," he noted.
In the image shared by the director of Camaquito, some of the items prepared for assistance can be seen, including a rechargeable fan, packages of beans, pasta, canned food, detergent, and hygiene products.
Kuster emphasized that the initiative aims to directly support households facing difficulties.
"Behind every assistance, there are people and families who need to feel that they are not alone," she wrote before expressing her gratitude to those who support the project.
The new installment expands on an initiative announced in early September, when Camaquito allocated $25,000 to support approximately 250 families in Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey with food, medicine, hygiene products, and rechargeable fans.
On that occasion, Kuster noted that the majority of the beneficiaries were located in Santiago de Cuba.
With the new announcement, both initiatives amount to approximately $53,000 in aid and about 530 families expected to benefit, according to the figures released by Kuster for each distribution.
The organization has also developed other recent projects on the island.
In July, funded the materials necessary to keep two medical devices operational for a year in hospitals in Santiago de Cuba, capable of performing approximately 13,700 tests on newborns, intensive care patients, and severely ill individuals.
That project had required around 17,000 dollars in supplies for two gasometers that were at risk of becoming unusable due to a lack of materials, as reported in May.
Months ago, Kuster had secured a grant of $50,000 to repair homes affected by Hurricane Melissa in Santiago de Cuba. The work began in April with the roofing repairs of one of the selected houses.
He also announced in April an investment of 100,000 dollars over five years for civil structures in Cuba, as part of a strategy he summarized at that time with the phrase "Less noise. More impact."
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