ADRA Mexico Distributes Thousands of Hand Sanitizers in Mexico City and Monterrey
An ADRA volunteer gives hand sanitizer bottles to several residents of a nursing home in Mexico City, Mexico, on Mar. 21, 2020. The initiative is part of ADRA Mexico’s project to distribute 12,000 anti-bacterial gel bottles to persons 65 years old and persons with special needs in the city and communities amid the growing number of coronavirus infections in the country. [Photo: ADRA Mexico]
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Mexico began distributing thousands of antibacterial gel bottles or hand sanitizers this week to persons over 65 with chronic diseases and special needs, as cases of the coronavirus increase in the country.
As of Mar. 25, Mexico’s Federal Health Secretary reported that there were six deaths as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, 475 confirmed cases, and some 1,656 suspected cases.
ADRA volunteers explain preventive measures printed on the flyer to a couple on the street in Mexico City, Mexico. [Photo: ADRA Mexico]
Dozens of church member volunteers also distributed informative flyers and 5,000 specially marked hand sanitizers in Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to elders, health professionals and patients in hospitals, as well as government personnel who are working around the clock to provide safety measures in cities and communities.
ADRA Mexico Country Director Jorge Garcia speaks to volunteers in Mexico City on Mar. 21, before the distribution of the hand sanitizers to nursing homes and city streets took place. [Photo: ADRA Mexico]
Garcia, who distributed with dozens of volunteers the 500 ml (or 16.9 oz.) hand sanitizer bottles and flyers this week, said the project is a joint effort funded in part by ADRA International and ADRA Inter-America, and ADRA Mexico.
Part of the specially marked hand sanitizer bottles ADRA Mexico ordered to distribute across Mexico City and Monterrey, Nuevo Leon this month. [Photo: ADRA Mexico]
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