17 Jul 2018 - 00:00:00

In compliance with its commitment to transparency, the Revita Fund discloses its Fourth report quarterly implementation (July 2018).

A year after the major fires that affected the municipalities of Castanheira de Pera, Figueiró dos Vinhos and Pedrógão Grande, in June 2017, they joined the Revita Fund. 61 entities, with donations in cash, in goods and in the provision of services. Cash donations amount to EUR 4.409.878,69. In view of the scale of the responsibilities assumed by the Fund, the Ministry of Solidarity and Social Security increased the funding of the Revita Fund in EUR 2 500 000, which add to the mentioned value

In order to contribute to greater efficiency in the management of donations, protocols with reference entities, such as the Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra and the União das Misericórdias Portuguesas together with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, which have added other donations and are responsible for their management.

A protocol was also signed with the Portuguese Red Cross to assume the role of Logistics Co-ordinator of Equipment, carrying out support functions in the context of the strategy for equipping the affected dwellings and in the preparation of the respective proposals for the allocation of resources.

Within the established framework of cooperation, the Revita Fund, through its Technical Commission, provided the distribution of houses to be recovered and rebuilt in the three municipalities affected, but also in the adjacent municipalities of Góis, Pampilhosa, Sertã and Penela.

In this context, the various funds were allocated to the reconstruction of 261 first dwellings, it should be noted that from this set 160 have been completed. The rest are running.

The Revita Fund is directly in charge of the rehabilitation of 100 houses, with a more demanding intervention profile as they are mostly integral reconstructions. At the beginning of July 2018, 58 These houses are already completed, the remainder being implemented. The financial implementation is, of course, more phased, with the total value of EUR 1.289.172,02.

The Board of Directors decided to apply part of the donations of the Revita Fund in the recovery of the activity of agricultural producers and subsistence agriculture, thus covering the farmers who have suffered losses above € 1,053 and below € 5,000, also due to the fires of June 2017 in the municipalities of Figueiró dos Vinhos, Castanheira de Pera and Pedrógão Grande.

In this context, subsidies have been awarded and processed to 1131 agricultural producers, in total value EUR 3.442.931.76. This responds to duly identified needs, not covered by public policy measures aimed at the areas and population affected by the fires, contributing directly to the well-being of the populations and the revitalization of the affected territories.

To date, between housing reconstruction and support to farmers, the Revita Fund has already made payments totalling EUR 4.732.103,78.

Consult here 4th Quarterly Report.