As Leon Goritska and Joshua Kimmich led their German football teammates to raise several million euros for social aid during the Coruna epidemic crisis, Kevin Kuranyi, former star of the German national team (Manchavt), chose to help those most in need to provide aid to residents of a region Nest and huts in Rio de Janeiro.
Only one curve separates the area of luxury homes in Javea, the nesting area and the favela huts in Rosenha, but the nesting area inhabited by 70,000 citizens appears to be one of the areas most in need of assistance as its residents lack many basic needs.
For this reason, Kuranyi did not hesitate to accept the invitation of his friend, tourist guide Bernhard Weber, to assist the inhabitants of this nest during the current Corona pandemic crisis, which compounded the plight of the inhabitants of this nest.
Weber distributed 40 parcels in the "Pereira da Silva" nest area in cooperation with Kurany, and then the second round of aid was in the "Rusinha" nest region, where they distributed 40 other parcels, according to Weber.
Each package included some packages of oil, sugar, salt, coffee, pastries, sauce, rice, sardine and beans, in addition to soap and disinfectants.
"The idea came up when my friend Bernhard (Weber) called me and asked me if I wanted to take part in a job during the Corona crisis," Courani said.
Weber himself lived in different nesting areas in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, such as "Pereira da Silva" and "Rusinha" nest for nine years.
For this reason, he discussed with the Brazilian-born Curani how to provide direct support to the inhabitants of this nest, especially those affected by the Corona epidemic. The two friends came up with this through these parcels containing some food, hygiene and disinfection materials.
Currani agreed immediately as the former German player was born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in Petropolis in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Kuranyi was born to a German father of Hungarian descent and a Panamanian mother but eventually chose to play for the German national team (Mancheft).
"I have friends who live in the nest. They keep telling me how difficult it is to live there as they can no longer work and have to stay at home. Things have become difficult for many of them," said Kuranyi, a former player for both Stuttgart and Schalke 04.
After Courani made his donation in favor of creating the parcels, Weber followed up with some friends for the campaign now entering its fourth week.
Weber said: "The most important thing is that the parcel finds a great reception ... there are a lot of thefts and frauds and it must be dealt with forcefully," noting that even drug dealers who control Pereira da Silva's nest want to get the parcels.
He explained that this is why he deals with trusted people to assist him in distributing parcels to those who need them most.
According to the latest figures announced by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the number of people infected with the new "Corona" virus so far has reached more than 50 thousand people, and the disease has resulted in the death of more than three thousand of them.
Now, with cases of "Covid 19" reaching the nest area in Rio de Janeiro, people living with HIV in this nest are among the people most in need of assistance especially as they cannot leave their places of residence.
Weber is keen to distribute these parcels himself with his help Marlon, as the needy line up in a queue, while Weber and Marlon distribute the parcels to them while they wear a mask and wear gloves in their hands.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has reduced the burden of the Corona virus and called for a return to life. He also dismissed the Brazilian health minister recently after a row over how to deal with the Corona pandemic crisis.
In contrast, the Governors of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro impose restrictions on public life because of this epidemic.
Forty percent of Brazilians work in informal jobs, without contracts or insurance.
When Weber and Marlon finish their parcel distribution, they find that many nesters come to get more, but they assure them with great calm and sympathy that the parcel will not suffice everyone.
"It is painful," Weber says. "It is a miserable situation that Germany is not witnessing. People are already starving to death."
Weber and Kurany aim to help more people with this nest situation.
A former German star turns his aid to Rio de Janeiro's "nest"
2020-04-26T12:11:34.657Z
As Leon Goritska and Joshua Kimmich led their German football teammates to raise several million euros for social aid during the Coruna epidemic crisis, Kevin Kuranyi, former star of the German national team (Mancheft), chose to help those most in need
Source: emara