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Paris' Latino community pulls together during pandemic

Paris (France), May 16, EFE, (Camera: Marta Garde).- The lockdown in France gave birth to a new network among Colombians that began with a fundraiser for 20 families and has now grown into an association, Link Aid, which seeks to continue helping the Latin American community return to normalcy.FOOTAGE OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN PARISSTATEMENTS BY HAROLD SARABIA, VOLUNTEER DRIVERSTATEMENTS BY RICARDO RODRÍGUEZ, CO-FOUNDER OF THE ASSOCIATION.HAROLD SARABIATRANSLATIONS:"Somehow we have all been migrants and we know the difficulties that those who come to the country may encounter.""Being able to help people anywhere in the world is comforting. It is important to do so with a good heart. Sometimes we see that governments talk a lot, but don't act."RICARDO RODRÍGUEZTRANSLATION:"There are students who have not been able to pay their rent, for example, or tourists who have been stranded in Paris or other areas of France, or people who have jobs but whose contracts have been suspended, who have stopped receiving their salary and are in difficulty."