In 8M, influencer Santiago Maratea raised $ 8 million for an anti-trafficking foundation

03/08/2021 20:40

• Clarín.com

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Updated 03/08/2021 8:44 PM

In record time, the influencer

Santiago Maratea

(28) managed to raise

eight million pesos

 with a solidarity purpose: that

 Mothers Victims of Trafficking

, the association chaired by Margarita Meira, can buy the home in which it works and that it was renting years ago .

The foundation was going through a bad financial situation and could not afford the expenses.

They needed about two million pesos to mark the property and eight to buy it.

In the preview of Women's Day, Maratea began with the collection on social networks.

The response was overwhelming: this Monday he announced that he had reached the necessary figure to acquire the property.

In a short video, the influencer tells the woman: "

Marga, we made it

" and shows her the figure of more than $ 8,000,000.

"

You are a love. Tomorrow I'll wait for you Santi

", she answers him.

"Surely on silver and be it for

a printer or a car

, whatever you need," concludes the young man. 

WE REACHED THE 8 MILLIONS 👏🏼👏🏼 @ santumaratea1 @MadresTrata pic.twitter.com/pAIvY6KeZ6

- july 💜 🥞 (@labananaenmoto) March 8, 2021

"Today, with unusual hope, we say THANK YOU. The nightmare of losing the house of Marga and the # MothersVíctimasdeTrata (where they cook for more than 600 people from # Constitución and where families, victims and volunteers feel at home) today he returned, he became a dream. And you made it possible, "the association published on its social networks to thank everyone who contributed.

"Today, # 8M #DiaInternacionalDeLaMujer we are faced with the hope of being able to buy our headquarters and that it will become our own space forever: a space by and for the victims of the prostitution system, survivors and relatives," they add in another post. 

The good news is known a few days after Maratea has been involved in a strong controversy over his donation to the Wichí community.

With donations of $ 10 from Instagram users, in just 24 hours he managed to buy

an ambulance for the Wichí community

.

He also got a donation of a truck.

After several days of intense work and logistics, he was able to take them to the city of Embarcación.

The influencer arrived there in mid-February with a team of friends and collaborators to deliver the vehicles.

HAHAHAHA 8MILLION WACHO !!

8 million is a lot.

- santumaratea (@ santumaratea1) March 8, 2021

The first of them was to be delivered to

Omar Gutiérrez

, a member of the Wichí community who he met in 2019 and promised to take charge of the mobile for the common good of his neighbors.

Meanwhile, the other truck was going to be delivered to the

Pata Pila

Foundation

, led by

Diego Bustamante

, which combats child malnutrition in the Guaraní, Chané and Wichí communities.

However, a strong scandal broke out in the final stretch of the solidarity action - the donation was questioned by an assembly held by the Wichis - and everything ended in the least expected way, with

Maratea being escorted by police officers

.

The vehicles and donations were left in Salta, in the care of Omar.

Santi Maratea raised 8 million pesos for a foundation against the fight against trafficking.

Instagram photo.

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Santi Maratea was involved in a tremendous controversy over his donation to the Wichí community