Texas, USA.
The influencer Carlos Eduardo Espina, of Uruguayan descent and living in the United States, recognized for his advocacy on behalf of those in need with donation-raising campaigns, which he collaborated with $ 40,000 on behalf of the family of Cristian Pavon Molina, a Honduran boy 11 years in which he died Texas because of the cold wave that hits USA
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Espina had managed to raise more than $ 80,000 in recent days to repatriate the body of the young Honduran brothers who died in a road accident in recent days. The Rivera brothers were originally from Atima, Santa Barbara
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The young man organized the collection through the GoFoundMe website to help their parents repatriate the bodies and pay for the medical bills of another person (cousin) who remained in the hospital as a result of the same fatal accident.
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The minor Cristian Pavón’s wish was to return to Morazán, Yorowhere his grandparents live and whom he hadn’t seen for two years when his mother paid for her son to go to U.S via land border.
For this reason, the minor’s mother called for help in repatriating the body of the minor, who died in the early hours of Tuesday as a result of the intense cold snap hitting the United States, leaving the country without electricity in several regions . .
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Initially, upon hearing the news, Thorn decided to set up a site to help the Pavón Pineda family. ‘They asked me to help educate them $ 5,000 so they can send the body to Honduras. Please support by donating and sharing. I know we can achieve the goal, ”Espina wrote in his social networks, alongside the direct donation link in GoFoundMe.
Right now on Friday, the collection, with donations from hundreds of people of different nationalities, has been reached $ 40,000 and it is not closed yet. Espina reports extensively on how the money is used and where it is going, which is why it enjoys great credibility with the Spanish-speaking community in the United States.