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The NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) , launched by the renowned Spanish chef based in the United States José Andrés, arrives for the first time in Spain to feed those who need it most during the coronavirus pandemic, as it is already doing in the United States and other affected countries.

The Asturian chef's NGO, front page of Times magazine this week for his humanitarian work, has already started working in Madrid, the autonomous community most affected by Covid-19, and in the coming days it will do so in Barcelona and Valencia , according to has announced this Sunday on his Twitter account, although the project is to cover the entire national territory.

Allied with the Arzábal Group , with several restaurants in Madrid, they plan to "prepare thousands of daily servings of food that will grow as more voluntary kitchens join this solidarity initiative," WCK Secretary General Javier indicates in a note. Garcia .

Waiting for more restaurants to join, at the moment there are "thousands" of daily food rations that are being distributed since Friday in Madrid to people without means through the Food Bank , which manages more than 500 in the region charities , including different centers and soup kitchens and families at risk of social exclusion.

Its Communication Director, Mila Benito , thanks a campaign that helps "the most vulnerable people, who are in an unsustainable situation" since "there are no means to deliver meals to isolated people and many of them cannot leave the house due to the risk of contagion, soup kitchens cannot cook and feed people to avoid contagion. "

Rations are prepared, with food donated by Makro , in the Grupo Arzábal central kitchen, but work is already underway to establish more "community kitchens", as has been done in the United States, under the motto #ChefsforSpain .

The founders of this restoration group, Álvaro Castellanos and Iván Morales , have thanked WCK for contributing "their knowledge acquired in catastrophes of great magnitude", in which they have fed thousands of people.

The menus are adapted to different dietary needs and are prepared with "all the necessary precautions and sanitary measures," which are also included in the delivery to avoid risks for both volunteers and beneficiaries, they say.

World Central Kitchen, founded in 2010 by José Andrés, is financed with funds and private donations and arrives in Spain in an operation coordinated by the gastronomic consultant Mateo & Co.

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