After the family of Maria Luana and Yan Schembri lost their home in a house fire, the pleas for support were met in a flooding of financial aid and care for the family of four.
Posts on social media calling for donations to help the mother and father, along with their son and daughter, immediately reflected the generosity of the Maltese public to help those in need.
So much so that after a few hours, Maria Luana issued a post herself, thanking everyone for the help and even urging people who wished to contribute but could not do so in time to donate instead to other organisations like Puttinu Cares and Dar Bjorn.
‘The love we found the Maltese people in general was massive. Believe me, I feel very grateful that we have so much love around us. On behalf of my family, I wish to thank everyone!’
Updated With Yan’s Statement
Yan Schembri, the father of the family who lost their house due to a fire, issued a video thanking people for their sheer generosity in donating to support them in their hardship.
Taking to social media, Yan expressed his bafflement at how many people there were who issued their support – whether financial or even through a simple message.
He opened up about how he never imagined he and his family would go through something like this, despite hearing about similar incidents from other people.
Yan shared how things he and his family worked for over years were engulfed in an instant and that this was only eclipsed by the care that people showed his family – whether they personally knew them or from complete strangers.
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