He Los Horneritos Dining Roomsupported by the family of Gabriela Carmona, was in the news last week for providing almost 3,500 people a plate of food in the midst of a serious economic crisis that gives no respite to the most vulnerable sectors. This Sunday, a The criminal entered the complex and took clothes and bottles.
The thief was captured on cameras at 3 in the morning, when he climbed the entrance door of the place and, in just 6 minutes, stole clothes and 2 jugs, valued at about $50,000 each on average.
Gabriela Carmona, founder of the Los Horneritos Comedor, which opens its doors every Tuesday and Thursday to feed more than 3,000 families in Mendoza, spoke with Diario UNO and explained that, although they live in the place, they did not hear when the criminal entered.
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On Thursday, June 6, Gabriela and those who collaborate with her cooked almost 1 ton of food for 3,400 people.
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“We were very tired, we have been carrying a lot of fatigue these days. On Thursday we collapsed. The only day we have to rest is Saturday, and the truth is that we don’t hear anythinga, we found out at 8 in the morning,” he said.
“The truth is that we don’t know what to do, we are very worn out and scared. Because we receive a lot of people on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and now we are afraid of being alone, because we don’t know what could happen later,” he added.
Despite this fact, Gabriela will continue with her mission of feeding those who need it most.
The plate of food delivered by the Los Horneritos Comedor, opened on March 23, 2020, the pandemic was just beginning, is supported in part by the jugs that were stolen by this criminal. Despite this, Gabriela Carmona, with sadness and concern, assured that it will not be an impediment and that “people’s food is not touched.”
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“If we don’t get jugs, we’re going to use firewood these days. People’s food will continue to be made. We cannot afford to stop because there are many people who depend on this place,” Gabriela Carmona stated sadly.
The video of the moment when the criminal enters the Los Horneritos Dining Room
On Thursday, June 6, they received almost 3,500 people who needed a plate of food
On Thursday, June 6, Gabriela Carmona and those who help her cooked 900 kilos of food, almost a ton, for 3,500 people who came from all over the province to ask for a plate of food.
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“It was a night unlike any other. There were more people than ever,” said Gabriela Carmonawho had to request police presence when he saw that people did not stop arriving.
The dining room can’t cope. Nothing seems to be enough. From January to May, demand grew by 200% and just in these few days of June, the average for each Tuesday and Thursday, which was about 3,000 people, was widely exceeded.
What’s going to happen tomorrow? And what is going to happen in mid-June and July when work declines in many sectors? asks Carmona, who does not want to talk about the closure of the dining room but knows that the situation like this “is unsustainable.”
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