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HELP of MARINA ALTA in VALENCIA | Candida Wright MBE Talks to BayRadio live from flood hit zone.
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Nov 6, 2024
HELP CHARITY ACCOUNT: ES11 2100 9015 2102 0016 2933 As the rescue and cleanup operation continues in the Valencia Region following the worst flooding to hit Spain in decades, the tireless Candida Wright MBE and others from HELP of MARINA ALTA have traveled to some of the hardest hit areas with two vehicles full of essential supplies. Accompanied by Danny from BayRadio International, she spoke live to Kal Sutherland on Sunday with an update on the situation and the best ways in which you can help. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has helped so far. There's more on our Facebook page bayradioinspain but to make a donation, the HELP charity account is: ES11 2100 9015 2102 0016 2933
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B radio B radio I'm Cal southernland
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you've been hearing on Bay radio today
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about the latest relief effort from our
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area and I'm pleased to say that joining
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me on the line now is candida Wright MBE
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from the help of the marina alter she's
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in a car with one of our bosses Danny
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he's always involved when things like
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this happen and we're pleased to be able
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uh to help out candina good to talk to
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you this morning how are you okay uh
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yeah rather nervous with that we're
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being threatened with we' just come
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through heavy storm but it's just
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cleared a bit uh we're in the help van
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uh my friend Janet and I and behind us
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is Danny with his Jeep and the trailer
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uh we're having to drive sort of like
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100ks because obviously with the trailer
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and it's really heavy loaded up our vans
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heavy loaded up um and the road the
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lores on this road heading towards
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wherever we're heading towards is
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incredible obviously we can see Lor's
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full of Staff um we just hope that all
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these cars on the road aren't attempting
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to to take little things of cars in
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because of course you know it's these
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big lores we need to get in we've seen
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that the authorities have been asking
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for only official uh visits and uh
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people who are assigned to help uh to
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enter the area today where exactly will
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you be going to well we're actually to
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algy because apart from knowing people
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there knowing that who've said the
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terrible situation and then if they
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don't need us there all say we've got
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enough we'll move on I mean my dream
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would be to get as near as I can to pip
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Porter um that was the initial plan but
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P there will be able to get through uh
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we are carrying apart from the foods we
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we spent €4,000 EUR yesterday um we just
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shocked to we
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finally in car actually car they said oh
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no you can't you can't pay for that now
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we were like and that was ,200 worth of
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shopping and we they said because it's
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too late and then a lady came and she
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she said no no no no no they Valencia
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and we did it we bought we told they
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needed some War like warm lightweight
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jackets and long theve totson for the
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children um Wellies we cleaned out every
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single pair of Wellies we could find
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that were left in for the foods and
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another lady came to my house this
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morning D she brought more food that
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she'd been out out rushed out please
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take it so um we've got we think all the
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sort of things people would really would
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really um you know need and want lots of
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toilet
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rolls because they men they got swept
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away all those lots of things the babies
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baby MEK the stuff that was on the
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list food that's easy that people can
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just open and eat it lots of BS because
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I think people need the energy
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um so yeah we're just taking off the
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exit now to alj
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se and so which is like ala and we'll
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drive around there and see how we get on
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here there's a lot of water here um oh
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dear and we know we know that the rain
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is expected to continue throughout today
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with that yellow alert for the area and
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further up actually there were some
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amber alerts in place candida so please
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you and the team everybody do take care
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uh another event going on today to
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support Marina alter that's at Paris 24
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I understand yes they're having a a um a
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fundraiser paddle I'm not very good on
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sport a paddle tournament what
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called I know that they've were
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organizing that for today to raise more
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funds to help us because our next thing
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will be when they start to tell us what
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sort of more heavy goods are going to be
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needed because we're worried about like
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people who've lost obviously all them
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all their electrical items well how do
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they you know it's all very well giving
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people food and that but how do they
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keep it fresh how do they main you know
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keep that so um one of the directors
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from the Ali County recross said to me
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candy you know if you can get money in
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that money can then be used to um oh
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look at this um the mud um it's going to
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be used for um like buying you know
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small fridges so that some of the you
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see the elderly people maybe they
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weren't insured I know that's not how
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you should be but let's say they're not
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insured and you know we really sort of
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want to help those little people that
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that need this sort of help that can't
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maybe afford just to go out and replace
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what they've lost well certainly with
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the current situation financially in
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Spain perhaps a lot of people don't have
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the funds to do that indeed um so you're
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saying that's the best way to help uh
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help of Marina alter is through
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donations yes I mean I feel I mean
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obviously if we have to do another run
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and and bring the moment there's so many
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cups coming in here obviously with foods
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and things we want to bring the right
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things in uh and then if the Red Cross
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as they said to me if that's what they
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want then yeah we'd like to buy because
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that way we can just buy it from
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companies who can then deliver it in for
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us um you know with their own proper
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Vehicles so um oh we're coming up to
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some form of stock place up here and
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there's loads of vehicles here we need
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to check where we can drop this food
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into really wow this is uh there's a lot
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of people here a lot of cars and that's
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all assistance is it people coming in to
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help these will be people who coming in
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obviously to clear
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um because the people in cars will be
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coming in there's a car in front of in
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it haven't got any food or anything in
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there they'll be going in to clean and
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do whatever they can do um but we're HED
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to be allowed through by showing that
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we're carrying yeah I can see them up
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the road there we're we're hopefully
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going to be allowed to go to wherever we
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can take Goods to and if they say not
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here then we'll move on you know we'll
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come out of here and we'll go back on
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the road and and head to another area
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all right I'm going to let you
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you talk to the authorities and
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hopefully you'll be able to get through
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and get that Aid to those that really
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need it and we'll catch up with you on
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Bay radio throughout the day candida
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thank you very much indeed and we'll
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talk about we'll talk about how people
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can donate after this all right thank
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you you later bye bye the details for
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how you can help with donations to help
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of Marina alter are on our Facebook page
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Bay radio in Spain there is an account
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to make a donation
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where you can help with perhaps putting
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some money in for those items that
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candida was mentioning there it is
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es11
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210
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9015 2102
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0016
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2933 that's the account to make a
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donation to help of Marina alter but the
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details specific details on our Facebook
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page Bay radio in Spain please help if
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you can and we'll catch up a little bit
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later with the team getting that Aid
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through to the places that really
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needed radio
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