00:00gels, gloves, brooms and cleaning products.
00:04These are just some of the items thousands of people are buying to send to Valencia after the floods.
00:09Several items are already sold out in supermarkets across Spain.
00:13Cordy is a Valencian who lives far from his homeland.
00:17He's taking it upon himself to mobilize his neighbors to send supplies to those affected by the catastrophe.
00:22I started to organize myself, to try to find contacts, people who were also organizing the aid,
00:28especially through Instagram and social media.
00:31We are coordinated and we always say, I need one thing, I need another, I need more now.
00:36Cordy does it on a personal level, but there are also organizations such as the food bank,
00:40coordinating donations from thousands of people.
00:42Every day there is a flurry of activity to ensure aid reaches Valencia.
00:46As much as we want, as it has been so terrible for everyone, and I still think that all of Spain is moved by what has happened,
00:54many people have made donations, companies have also made donations of products to be able to send there.
01:01Behind me there are tons of aid for those affected by the floods in Valencia.
01:05It is stored in the food bank.
01:07Their deposits throughout Spain are being used these days to store the tons of aid
01:12that they have received from numerous volunteers,
01:15both cleaning products and food for those affected.
01:19They will be sent little by little to Valencia, and when it is strictly necessary, in an orderly manner.
01:24This way they will avoid a collapse of the affected area.
01:31Well, distribute food, place, select food, and then send it to the entities.
01:37We need volunteers to be in the shopping malls to pick up food.
01:41We don't have them yet.
01:44Volunteer establishments receive twice as much as those without them.
01:50Once the donations are in, they are loaded onto trucks bound for Valencia.
01:54This brings great comfort to those with family there.
01:57Now I am much more at ease to see all the volunteers,
02:00to see all the networks of solidarity that are being created,
02:03but not only from Valencians, but from people from all over Spain,
02:07and from many other places in Europe,
02:09who are demonstrating the best of Europe and the European Union, which is solidarity.
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