MADRID, Aug 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Semana Grande de Bilbao (Bilbao Big Week), scheduled for Aug 16-24, will raise funds and medical supplies for Cuba in an initiative promoted by solidarity groups.
The initiative carries the slogan “With Cuba: Yes to Health, No to the Blockade,” sponsored by the Euskadi-Cuba Friendship Association and Cuban emigration groups in the Basque Country, Sierra Maestra, and Desembarco del Granma. It also has the support of Bilbao Association Bilboko Konpartsak.
Medical supplies such as medications, syringes, gloves, adhesive tapes, bandages, catheters, sutures, diapers, pads, condoms, and others will be collected.
The initiative also includes the possibility of contributing funds to the European campaign “Hand on Heart. Pacemaker for Cuba,” to cover the current deficit in the island’s hospitals.
The note stated that the Cuban people are experiencing a very difficult economic situation, which is particularly affecting their public health system, with serious shortages of supplies and medications in hospitals, polyclinics, and pharmacies.
On the other hand, the closing of the campaign in Andalusia was announced. The campaign raised €14,642, which will be added to other contributions from the MESC (State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba) for the purchase of pacemakers.
As of July, organizations in other parts of Spain, such as Valencia, Galicia, Madrid, Asturias, Aragon, Murcia, and Catalonia, had raised almost €20,000. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA