More than 120 rations of hot food prepared in Ibiza were distributed yesterday in Paiporta, the epicenter of the DANA. That was the result of an operation headed by Maite Palacios, a nutritionist from the island, who will stay for the rest of the week in the affected area to cook and provide more food to the people affected. “We have brought hot food, broths and coffee,” Palacios told La Voz de Ibiza from Valencia.
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“Giada a wonderful chef and her husband, they cooked for 120-140 people, those trays arrived hot and we packaged it in compostable containers that the company Hipermenaje donated us and we were able to distribute it with the help of a coordinating body among people with limitations, the elderly, children,” she added.
According to the nutritionist, they were able to bring food in thermos flasks donated by Fita and a thermal cabinet from Gasifred. In addition, the group of volunteers who have moved to the area affected by the DANA also delivered medicines provided by the Paseo Marino Pharmacy, as well as gluten-free products and pet food brought by neighbors who heard that they were collecting donations. Palacios and his partner Juan Medrano arrived yesterday in Paiporta. They will be in Valencia until Sunday and from a house in the area they will cook, with the help of a coordination group from there, to deliver food every afternoon to people in need.
Solidarity overflow
The trip of Maite and the other volunteers takes place in a context of numerous solidarity actions on the part of Ibizans for the people affected by the DANA. Clothes, blankets, food filled in five days 14 vans and trailers that departed from the island. So much solidarity has been shown that Nuria Moreno, spokeswoman of the Cultural Association Comunitat Valenciana de Sant Antoni and Sa Nostra, has pointed out that they were overwhelmed when it came to receiving donations.
