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Added on the 18/04/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Hundreds of people stand in line as they wait for food handouts outside a church in Everett, Massachusetts. With rising unemployment, due to the coronavirus, thousands in the state are struggling to buy food. Grace's Food Pantry at First Baptist Church in Everett, is handing out 70,000 pounds of food including canned goods, fresh vegetables and other food necessities. IMAGES
Takoma Park, Apr 17 (EFE / EPA) .- Hundreds of people queued up on Friday at the Takoma Park Megamart for free food.Since social distancing was not carried out, the agglomeration had to be controlled by the police.(Camera: EDWIN RAMIREZ)SHOTLIST: THE TAKOMA PARK MEGAMART, THE QUEUE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO RECEIVE FOOD AND THE POLICE MAKING SURE SOCIAL DISTANCE WAS CARRIED OUT.
Miami, May 12 (EFE / EPA).- The Venezuela Awareness Foundation on Tuesday donated food and aid packages to hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants awaiting the approval of their status in Miami who have been left in a precarious situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The Venezuela Awareness Foundation and the Presidente supermarket have joined forces to help these immigrants.Patricia Andrade, director of the Foundation, told Efe that these newly arrived families were left in limbo because they did not manage to receive documents that are necessary to receive the federal aid during the pandemic.(Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA).SHOTLIST: STAFFS FROM THE VENEZUELA AWARENESS FOUNDATION AND PRESIDENTE SUPERMARKET TRANSPORTING AID PACKAGES TO DONATE THEM TO VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS.SOUNDBITES: PATRICIA ANDRADE, DIRECTOR OF THE VENEZUELA AWARENESSS FOUNDATION (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: The Venezuelans who jusr arrived in the US were shocked by the coronavirus and those who were requesting political asylum are in a precarious state. This food aid is going to give them the relief they sorely need.
People queue for food at a makeshift relief camp after an earthquake killed at least 113 people in China's northwestern Gansu province, and 18 more in neighbouring Qinghai. The shallow tremor on Monday night also damaged thousands of buildings. IMAGES
People wait in line at a food bank in Chelsea, Massachusetts, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, as the US grapples with supply chain challenges and increased prices caused by a surge in inflation. IMAGES
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