Texas, USA.
Uruguayan influencer Carlos Eduardo Espina, known for his pro-migrant work in the United States, has reportedly launched a fundraising campaign to help the Honduran child’s family. Cristian Pavón Pineda to repatriate your body through the GoFoundMe website.
The smallest of 11 years died Tuesday morning as a result of the icy temperatures which has given way to the winter storm in the American Union and which covers the 70% of snow territory.
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Espina, characterized by his laudable projection with the migrant and Spanish-speaking community, raised in recent days funds to repatriate and help the family of the Rivera brothers, originally from Atima, Santa Bárbara and who died in a car accident in the Texan state.
The news of Carlos Eduardo Espina transcend to Honduras, but it is not the first time that the young man is distinguished by his activity in aid of needs. He managed to collect $ 76,000 on this occasion for the repatriation of the bodies and the recovery of a cousin of these who remained a delicate health product of the accident.
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Now, Espina has reported, through his social networks, that he has communicated in the last hours with the family of the Honduran child: “I spoke with the family of the 11-year-old Honduran child who died in Texas due to the low temperatures.I have been asked to help them collect $ 5,000 so they can send the body to Honduras, ”he states in a Facebook status.
The young man has more than 1.2 million of followers on your TikTok account and presence on other social networks like Instagram. He has been invited to television programs of Hispanic channels in Spain United States how Telemundo.
Thorn constantly interacts with his followers who they make up a huge part of the donors in the region. The Uruguayan reports the results of the collections, where the money is directed and how it is used. This has generated enormous credibility among the Hispanic community in the United States.
Initially, Espina asked his followers to donate to collect $ 5,000 in aid of the family of the Honduran minor. Just 2 hours after publication, donations already reached $ 4,138.
This is a direct link to the site to donate the body of Cristian Pavón Pineda’s body to GoFoundMe