December 5, 2024 | 12:50 p.m.
Convoy of Hope is distributing hot meals daily to people in need in Valencia, Spain, where massive flooding in October destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed more than 200 people. The need is significant — many survivors have lost everything and don’t have the means to prepare food at home. Convoy is providing food, water, hygiene kits, and cleanup support as families begin to recover.
While Convoy’s response team was surveying the damage in a neighborhood, a man asked for help removing the water from the lower level of his home. With shovels and buckets, the team and local volunteers spent a few hours hauling out the water bucket by bucket. Overwhelmed with gratitude, the man was moved to tears.
Responding to a disaster looks different every time, but one thing remains the same: Convoy is there to meet the needs of people who have lost everything, offer them a sense of hope, and assure them that they are not alone.
November 20, 2024 | 4:38 p.m.
Convoy of Hope is actively collaborating with churches and partners in Valencia, Spain, to provide vital support to people devastated by the late-October floods. One of the most urgent needs in the affected communities is hot meals. Another is fresh produce. The flooding not only destroyed thousands of homes, but all the local stores and businesses as well, making access to groceries nearly impossible.
Right outside of a neighborhood in Catarroja, thousands of ruined vehicles sit stacked more than 30 feet high, spanning the size of at least three football fields. Many streets have been cleared of the thick, deep mud the flooding left behind, but a thin layer of mud remains, covering everything. The sight is a constant reminder of the massive devastation residents experienced last month.
Recently, Convoy, in partnership with a local church, provided hot meals to people in need in Catarroja. During the distribution, an elderly woman stepped out of her apartment building to meet them. As the pastors and Convoy team members handed her a hot meal — bread and paella, a local Spanish dish — her eyes filled with tears.
She shared that this was the first time she’d set foot out of her apartment since the disaster. Convoy was able to provide her with a hot meal, a hug, and the first conversation she’d had with another person in two weeks.
Because of your generosity, Convoy was able to give this woman far more than a hot meal. Convoy shared hope with this woman, her neighbors, and the 2,700 other people we’ve served in Valencia.
November 4, 2024 | 3:09 p.m.
Convoy of Hope is on the ground in Spain after massive flooding last week killed at least 217 people. Recurrent storms have dumped rain farther north on Barcelona today and inundated some highways.
Streets are still piled with battered cars and debris, and much of Valencia is submerged. As of today, 3,000 residents are without power. Spain’s Department of National Security reports that approximately 4,500 buildings have sustained damage. Additional rainfall is anticipated today and tomorrow, which will exacerbate the already tragic situation.
Convoy is distributing relief supplies such as generators, water pumps, sleeping bags, and blankets to people in need.
To donate to our response in Spain, click here.
October 31, 2024 | 3:09 p.m.
Horrific flooding along Spain’s Mediterranean coast has killed more than 155 people. The Associated Press described the scene of cars “piled on one another like fallen dominoes, uprooted trees, downed power lines and household items all mired in mud.” This week’s flash floods are also Spain’s “deadliest natural tragedy in living memory.”
“There are dozens of missing people,” Spanish Minister for Territorial Policy Angel Víctor Torres told CNN. “We cannot confirm that number. But it is clear that as more days pass and they do not appear, the more likely it is that we will have no hope of finding them alive.”
Convoy of Hope is responding, and team members are already en route to the region. Convoy team and partners will distribute food, water, and relief supplies to survivors as they dig out their neighborhoods and rebuild their lives.
Give now to help those whose lives have been upended by these deadly floods.
