«I do know what it is to work, because when I was up to 15 years old I slept on a cot in the my dad´s barbershop, and I walked four kilometers, often under water and with mud to reach the rural school. So I never said No to the tasks of our country, and I will vote for the Yes to the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba , «says local Juan Torres Pérez.
«I have always taught my children and grandchildren to walk without earmuffs, you cannot look only at the front, observe around us to do good and not looking at who» sap teaching from a worker who learned to create his own path in working life to become an artisan artist and winner of multiple awards as a distinguished worker of the Union of Culture (SNTC).
The State, society and families have an obligation to protect, assist and facilitate conditions to satisfy the needs of people, a principle endorsed by the new Constitution and taken into account by the altruistic man known as Juanelo.
Just a few days before the Popular Referendum he donated one thousand 200 CUC for the victims of the tornado in Havana, cash won with his effort in making furniture for various hotels in the country. And this is not his first donation: last year he was the largest contributor to the Program to Combat Cancer, among members of the SNTC of Ciego de Avila.
