Fondacio Chili: The Common Pot “Ayudando a Nuestros Vecinos” provides food, joy and encouragement to many families in El Barrero on a weekly basis. This initiative came from the Juan Gomez football school, directed by the founder himself and now coordinator of the olla común, Don Juan Gomez, who contacted the neighborhood council of El Bosque 2 to provide a space for this activity.
Juan Gómez shares with us that “Ayudando a Nuestros Vecinos” was born from observing the needs of his own neighbors: “We were motivated to do this for the community, because we saw that there were many people who n didn’t have enough to eat, as well as many prostrate grandparents”.
In this pot, which is done twice a week, Juan’s whole family participates, in fact his 19-year-old daughter Valentina is part of this help and she comments: “I feel happy with what my family is doing, give food to those who need it most, because not everyone has the same resources”.
Another of the participants is Juan Mauricio Cabrera, who is in charge of delivering to neighbors in the sector, mainly elderly people who cannot come to the common pot in person. He shares with us: “The main reason why I joined is to see the need that has arisen in the neighbors because of the pandemic and I am happy to join this team”.
Sandra Tapia, president of the Neighborhood Council, was the one who set up the place for this common pot to work and, in addition, she is in charge of requests for snacks and donations: “At the moment, Fondacio help in us us the food that we need”.
Ayudando a Nuestros Vecinos’ offers 250 solidarity lunches and works on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8.30 a.m. to 13.00 p.m.
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