On February 10, 2024, in the city of Chillán, the humanitarian aid agency, ADRA Chile, assembled the largest bed in the world, surpassing the record indicated by Guinness, recorded thirteen years ago (2011) in the Netherlands.
The feat was made possible thanks to the joint work of ADRA and 6,000 Pathfinders who participated in the national meeting held on the campus of the Adventist University of Chile, who added their mattresses to the intervention.
To make the bed you needed: 148 scaffold bodies, 380 metal planks, 4825 screw + 1622 piercing screws, 680 technical hours, 56 assembly volunteers, 171 liters of paint, 18 4-inch rollers, 184 covers (down), 250 meters of sheets, 180 mattresses.
Bed measurements (equivalent to a 5-a-side soccer field): 8 meters for the height of the back of the bed, 4 meters for the mattress height, 19.52m wide, 32.6m long, 18-meter-long pillow (equivalent to 4 family vehicles), 13,800 kilos total weight of the bed.
Through this great effort on the part of volunteers, private companies, such as Incatex Ltda. and a construction company in charge of diagramming and assembling the bed, a giant bed was assembled. This project was undertaken with a goal of making visible the need that many boys, girls, and adolescents have in our country, which is having your own bed.
Currently, ADRA has an annual campaign called “ONE CHILD, ONE BED”, which raises funds to deliver completely new beds to children and adolescents who are in poverty, affected by disasters or who are in vulnerable conditions of human rights (violence, abuse, abandonment, negligence, etc.).
The national director of ADRA, Diego Trincado, commented, regarding the record: “The result, when the work is collaborative, is incredible. The challenge was immense, 14 tons of material and 400 square meters, along with the contribution of the mattresses by the campers to beat the current record. More than the record, which is otherwise spectacular, we are motivated to work from our humanitarian agency for the well-being of the children and adolescents of our country.”
ADRA is an Adventist humanitarian aid agency that has been working around the world for more than 40 years and, in Chile, for 37 years. The work it does consists of responding to emergencies when disasters arise and attending to vulnerable sectors. This agency does not have its own resources for disaster assistance; however, it obtains all financing from donation campaigns.
On the other hand, ADRA has a long history and has been awarded government projects through public tenders to daily care for more than 3,600 children and adolescents in temporary foster families, a commitment sustained for three decades. In addition, it works to promote economic development, safe water, food, etc., among other lines of action.
To read the original article, please go here.
