Santiago Maratea asked for donations to go on vacation and there was controversy in the networks

Santiago Maratea made the news this week after lifting over 90 thousand dollars for three causes different and, as if that weren’t enough, he distributed toys to several children hospitalized in Spain. But, in the last hours, the influencer was in full criticism after some followers questioned the fact that he had asked for money on the networks to go on vacation to Europe.

Maratea had known a week of glory by completing three solidarity causes. First, the influencer raised $ 51,000 to pay for three months of treatment for Ezra, a 2 year old boy with DIPG (diffuse intrinsic glioma of the trunk), a rare cancer that affects the functions of the body, so it must be treated in the United States for 15 months, at the rate of 17 thousand dollars every 30 days.

At the same time, he was able to collect the millions of pesos necessary for the recovery of Mariana Laspiur, the celebrity hairstylist, who suffered, like his mother-in-law, the fracture of both legs, after the collapse of the elevator in the building in which they live.

He also raised the $ 30,000 to buy the drugs he needs. the announcer of Chaco Julio Sosa, who lost her voice due to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Now you can buy the injections from Body Science clinic in USA to be treated for one year.

The truth is that the influencer has been walking around Europe for a few days and it occurred to him to go on vacation to Formentera, Spain, for which he opened an appeal to those who want to contribute a sum of money. to help him cover his expenses. .

The holiday movement has not been well received by all of its subscribers, so Maratea responded to criticism and justified its request to a user by stating that after every campaign there is usually a “good taste. paid by workers“.

“There are people who don’t know this, but I create my own collection every time I finish someone else’s collection. Pass the cap, and with this string I buy things that have no social use, ”explained the influencer.

Controversy erupted after the influencer asked anyone who can and wants to contribute 100 pesos to pay for the stay at the vacation destination.

On this point, the young man did not agree with the idea that a person who has a social vocation should not have money: “I do not know who invented it”, he said. -he declares.

“I shit… on that.” I will fill myself with money and i will continue to help people as I have been doing for years and it makes me very happy “, he concluded.

Santiago has led several solidarity campaigns to support different requests: he obtained two ambulances for a Wichi community in Salta, bought the most expensive drug in the world in Emmita, paid for the trip of Argentinian athletes to the South American from Guayaquil and collaborated with the NGO Trans Argentinxs, which assists trans childhoods, among others.

This week, in addition to raising more than $ 90,000 for three different causes, the young man visited and offered toys to several children admitted to a hospital in Spain, where Federico Ledezma, a boy of six, is also located. years of Villa Valeria. here. , Córdoba, who suffers from grade four neuroblastoma in his left kidney and who was able to travel to Barcelona from one of his collections.

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