Solidarity among Portuguese put to the test by pandemic
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26/02/2021 - 16:22 A man wearing a face mask queues for clothes during a necessities handout in downtown Lisbon PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA AFP 3 min
Lisbon (AFP)
From offering assistance to medical workers to distributing meals and donating computers to needy schoolkids, Portuguese citizens are volunteering in droves in the wake of the economic and social crisis brought on by the pandemic.
At Lisbon s main Santa Maria hospital, six motor homes parked nearby have become the headquarters of some 450 volunteers mobilised throughout the country by Ricardo Paiagua s Caravan Project. The state doesn t have money to fund everything and it s up to us to help each other, said the 38-year-old marketing and advertising professional.
La solidarité des Portugais face à la crise sanitaire
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