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It is very important that children understand the scale of these disasters, but it is essential to give them the opportunity to help in some way, countering paralysis and a sense of powerlessness.
By 19:30 the parish hall was almost full of food, clothing, blankets, tarpaulins and roof tiles.
The municipality has issued an appeal asking residents to donate goods to victims of the storm system 'Kristin'.
Websites have been set up to gather requests and offers of assistance; donations are also being collected via the GoFundMe platform.
Essential items continue to be collected and distributed at Leiria Municipal Stadium. Volunteers are now requesting tinned food, milk and cleaning supplies. CNN Portugal reporter Cristina Isabel Borges is covering the initiative in Leiria.
The organisation is supporting the areas most affected by Storm Kristin.
António Raminhos, Luís Filipe Borges and Marco Horácio intend to help victims of Storm Kristin.
At the Pavilhão dos Pousos in Leiria, businesses, volunteers and the Navy are distributing roof tiles and tarpaulins to families whose roofs were destroyed by severe weather. The wave of solidarity meets an urgent need at a time when heavy rain continues and is worsening the damage to homes.
In Bidoeira de Cima, in Leiria, family members are trying to repair damaged roofs to protect the homes of elderly residents as the rain intensifies. Residents of the outlying parishes say they lack institutional support and stress that it has been mutual aid from the local population that has provided the most immediate response.
The municipality explains that the goods being donated exceed what is needed and appeals for restraint and solidarity to avoid waste. Also, Los Angeles police disperse an anti-ICE demonstration using pepper spray.
Several communities in the municipality of Bragança were left virtually cut off by heavy snowfall, which prevented vehicles from reaching them. Firefighters helped distribute around 50 meals.
