Marbella has held a minute of silence and set up two collection points for medical supplies to help the victims of the earthquake in Venezuela, in collaboration with the Venezuelans Association in Marbella.
The Marbella City Council has launched a campaign to collect medical supplies and first aid materials to assist those affected by the earthquake that struck Venezuela last week. The initiative, coordinated with the Venezuelans Association in Marbella (Venemar), has two collection points: the Adolfo Suárez Congress Palace and the Calvario Caritas halls.
The mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, presided over a minute of silence on Monday at the doors of the Town Hall in a show of solidarity with the victims. During the event, she highlighted that “Marbella will once again demonstrate its solidarity, as it has done in previous emergencies.” Muñoz recalled that from the very beginning, they made themselves available to Venemar to coordinate the city's response.
The president of Venemar, William Olivares, has thanked the municipal support and emphasized that the priority remains the rescue of people trapped under the rubble. “We need heavy machinery to reinforce the search efforts,” he stated, while calling on the international community to intensify rescue operations.
In addition to the collection of materials, several local firefighters have voluntarily joined the contingent sent by the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters of Málaga to participate in the rescue efforts on the ground. The mayor has especially thanked them for their work, carried out during their days off.
The earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, has caused thousands of casualties and significant material damage in several regions of Venezuela. The international community has begun to mobilize humanitarian aid, and Marbella is now joining this network of solidarity.
The collection points at the Congress Palace and at Calvario Caritas will remain open over the coming days from 9:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00. They primarily accept medical supplies such as bandages, gauze, antiseptics, gloves, and first aid medications, as well as non-perishable food and bottled water.
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