the supermarket chain Girl and its customers have collected 125,000 euros for the campaign to help Ukraine launched in collaboration with Unicef. The agency of United Nations for Children will be in charge of managing this contribution, which will basically be used to facilitate access to drinking water, medicines, medical equipment, hygiene kits and psychosocial support for the most vulnerable children. With the amount of money collected, Unicef can provide drinking water to 328,498 minors.
According to the humanitarian organization, there are 1.4 million people without access to drinking water in eastern Ukraine, a situation that is getting worse with each passing day. “Thanks to our clients for having shown, once again, their great generosity and sensitivity. Among all, we contribute our grain of sand to try to alleviate an emergency situation, and it would not be possible without your support, “he said. Melisa Pagliaro Fernández, Director of Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility at Gadisa Retail. “And, of course, we want to highlight and thank the great work of UNICEF, essential at this time,” he added.
The contribution was delivered by the director of Communication of Gadisa Retail, Jose Luis Fernandezand the coordinator of Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Relations, Lucía Santos, to Myriam Garabito and Irene Marínpresident and coordinator, respectively, of Unicef Galicia at the Gadis de Montero Ríos in Santiago.
Girls y Unicef they meet this 2022 29 years of collaboration for children. A cooperation that this year has begun with the campaign in favor of Ukraine, carried out in all the chain’s supermarkets, both in Galicia and in Castile and Leonfrom March 11 to April 10.
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