Donating used or new toys can change Christmas for the most vulnerable children. The Seville Town Hallthrough the Youth, University and Science and Development Cooperation Delegation, it supports the campaign Operation Christmas Childan international NGO project The bag of the Samaritan. This edition offers an opportunity to help children in need around the world through the 60 collection points Defined in collaboration with spaces of the Evangelical religious congregation, PMI, educational centers and the like.
How to donate
Those interested in collaborating must fill in a box which is at least the size of a shoe with original gifts”, school supplies, hygiene supplies and any other gift to be delivered at the delivery point. Must age and gender details of minors for whom they may be intended. In addition, it is accompanied by a donation of ten euros for the shipment, the City Council clarified in a press release this Wednesday.
In Seville, all collected gifts will be kept in the San Paolo district. Boxes can be dropped off at the nearest point on days 23 and 24 November, which are open to the collaboration of all the volunteers who wish to participate.
The delegate Juan Antonio Barrionuevo points out that this operation “shows the I commit with objectives that we share with the city government”, such as attention to developing countries. “A gesture like this can change the reality of these minors through a consolidated campaign, with an international dimension and which manifests the objective of it brings illusion to all corners of the planet“, he stressed.
In presenting this campaign, he participated together with Antonio Gordillo, coordinator in Seville of Operation Christmas Child; Manuel LaurinoPresident of the Provincial Evangelical Council of Seville; Henry Lobocoordinator of the collaborating entities of the Operation Christmas Child; yes Lali Rodríguez, Paqui Jurado and Isabel María ÁvilaLogistics manager.
The logistics of the project are channeled through the evangelical churches who promote it. They participate too schools, businesses, associations, Catholic parishes and non-religious entities. The boxes are distributed to needy countries, to children without distinction of race, religion, sex or social class, and the evangelical churches of the country are also responsible for the logistics and coordination of the project.
