TOTANERAS FAMILIES WHO WANT TO HOST A CHILD THROUGH THE PROGRAM SAHARAWI "HOLIDAY PEACE DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST ARE FROM TIME TO THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE TO JOIN THE PROGRAM
Councilman Area Development Cooperation, Juan Carrion Tudela, and the Association secretary "Holidays for Peace, Jesus Molina, and the Saharawi delegation Murcia, Saad El Mami, has called for the temporary reception of children and Saharawi children from refugee camps in Tindouf, through the presentation one year of the program, aimed at children aged between 7 and 12 years in the Saharawi camps can spend the summer months in the municipality.
This program, conducted by the association, in cooperation with several governments including the Area Development Partnership and the City of Totana, has been gestating for over ten years in almost all Spanish regions, and aims to families wishing to share their lives with children who were born in the Sahara from disadvantaged backgrounds by welcoming during the summer months at home.
With the implementation of this project, "Holidays in peace," explained Carrión Tudela, "is to alienate the children from the harsh living conditions in refugee camps during the summer, providing the opportunity to enjoy and live for two months in an environment different from the constant tension resulting from the war situation and shelter to which they are subjected, provide for your stay to overcome shortcomings of health and nutrition and enhance their knowledge of Spanish, "among others.
According to the mayor with this campaign helps to raise awareness of Totana of the need for solidarity with the status of other less fortunate peoples.
This is one of the main objectives of the Department of Development Cooperation of the Municipality of Totana, as explained Carrion Tudela, who has said that "taking these children during the months of July and August will be a valuable gesture of solidarity with families as part of a sister country, whose people survive in harsh conditions. "
The secretary of the association said that those families who want to join the program have until early June to request the placement of a child.
For any information can be requested in the email vacacionesenpaz@gmail.com or on mobile 665685303 665685281 ò.
However, Carrion also thanked totanera Association of Friends of the Saharawi people to make great efforts in all the campaigns are launched to provide an extra life to these children who come in summer and also help improve conditions people living in the Saharawi exile for over 35 years.
