The Queen Sofia I travel to Tenerife since The Palmhis first stop of the day in Canary Islandsto chair a meeting of all administrations with the aim of supporting the Food Banks of the Archipelago. Help from the public to those who help the most vulnerable in the face of the progressive decline in private donations. In this bosom he ratified the support of his foundation for this solidarity task, which reaches 20,000 families in the province of Sata Cruz de Tenerife. The insular president, Pedro Martín, announced in this forum the subsidy of 800,000 euros from the Cabildo for this year to the distribution entity.
The emeritus sovereign learned first-hand of the difficulties of moving between islands when the weather conditions, on this occasion read the wind, are adverse. Hence the half-hour delay in the schedule provided by a strict and rigid protocol. An intense day in which the wide space of Mercatenerife, the island’s supply market, served as the setting to guarantee institutional support for the Food Banks, an unusual activity after noon when everything ends after an early morning of buying and selling local product. On the one hand, the discreet entourage of escorts, with special relevance to security, who carried out their professional work before, during and after the visit, On the other, the delegation of about twenty communication professionals immersed in the inevitable formalism of the label for more than three hours.
Doña Sofía went to the facilities of Bancoteid, in ship number 5, as the main act of the tour. Before, he had the aforementioned meeting with the authorities in the general administration of the compound. In rigorous mourning, as befits the recent death of her brother Constantine, who was King of Greece, and in her first public act after her burial, the emeritus queen was received by the President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, who introduced him to the rest of the authorities. of the president of Council of TenerifePedro Martín to the mayor of Santa Cruz, Jose Manuel Bermudez, or the sub-delegate of the Government, José Javier Plata. In addition to the insular councilor for Citizen Participation, Nauzet Gugliotta, and the capital councilor for Social Affairs, Charín González. The president of the distribution center for basic products in the province, Hernán Cerón, and the president of the national federation FESBAL as well as the Banco de the palms, Pedro Llorca, acted as hosts. On behalf of the Reina Sofía Foundation, a collaborating entity with the Food Banks, its secretary, Arturo Coello, was present.
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Smiling, attentive and grateful. Thus, very professional in her diplomatic role of state, Doña Sofía appeared publicly. Those who were fortunate enough to speak with her highlighted her easygoing simplicity. Also the solid social commitment to those who are having the worst time through aid to food banks. For example, with the large freezer truck with the Fundación Reina Sofía logo that appeared at the door of the Bancoteide headquarters. The queen personally thanked the workers who loaded boxes of non-perishable food into a van for her task. She was photographed with several groups and was friendly with everyone. After saying goodbye, she got into the official car and still had the gesture of saying hello again. The caravan of vehicles, including those that escorted his, lined up like a reguillate the exit of Mercatenerife towards the airport.
Queen Sofía had visited the Food Bank of Los Llanos de Aridane, in La Palma, in the early hours, where the demand for help has grown after the volcanic eruption from 400 to 900 families. In Tenerife there are 20,000 people currently receiving help from the entity, through the distribution of 106 entities. In 2022 they distributed 2.8 million kilos of food, 1.3 million of them in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Bancoteide distributed 2.8 million kilos of food to 20,000 people in 2022
“The queen, with her visit, gives visibility to a problem that we have in society and that the Food Bank helps to solve,” commented the mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Manuel Bermúdez after the departure of Doña Sofía who relaxed the as logical as suffocating protocol. The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Pedro Martín, pointed out that they have transferred to the queen the commitment of the institutions to continue working with the food banks. He announced that the island corporation already has available the 800,000 euros of aid initially budgeted for this year. The president of the Food Bank of Tenerife, Hernán Cerón, thanked this new support from the Cabildo at a time when “donations from companies have dropped a lot.” “Continuing to buy food is a necessity and some, like milk, are exorbitantly priced with a hundred percent increase in the cinema,” said Cerón, who, however, was satisfied because until mid-year at least he maintains a solvent situation in the forecasts and public subsidies seem sufficient for the moment. Cerón was very grateful for the presence of the emeritus queen, “a very committed person and always very concerned about people’s problems,” he stressed. He remarked her gratitude for the collaboration of the Queen Sofia Foundation in financing the isothermal truck essential to be able to distribute perishable food. A real guarantee for the Food Banks of the Canary Islands. For those who help help.
