In recent times, two severe natural disaster has happened in Chile, the earthquake which had seriously affected the north zone of the country and the fire disaster that took place in Valparaíso city, located in the country's Fifth Region. Notwithstanding of past tragedies, notwithstanding the ineffectiveness of the local and central authorities to planning the cities or supporting the reconstruction, the people have decided can't keep quiet.
For the city of Arica, in the north, Bolivian students are delivering aid, handing out bottles of water and tending to people who needed help. In all regions of Chile the help are being organized to bring to both places volunteers and all types of inputs. In the hills of Valparaíso the removal of rubble and the general cleanup has already started, and many people wants to help. Collection points are in every school, every university, every neighborhood council, every community organization and all of them are receiving construction material, water, medical supplies, hygiene supplies, towels, blankets, baby and adult diapers and others basic needs products (about the clothes, they are grateful but they don't need more clothes, because they are completely provisioned) and everybody have helped in one or the other way.
About how it have been the help, I think and I hope that in this case the people will not only be present a week or two, in this case the people will not rest until both places are up again and all the affected people can leave the tragedies behind.
Curiously, the support of the people has more impact than the help of the government, who, with luck, only aids the victims of tragedy with bonus. However, government hinges on people's help, so that way reduces its responsability about the situation.
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