Over 250 children have benefited in different schools and Primary municipality of Totana, Program "Reconciliation: Balancing Work and Family Life."
This free program launched by the departments of Development, Employment and Education has been largely funded by the Employment and Training Service of the Region of Murcia (SEF) and funded by the European Social Fund (ESF).
The Councillor for Education, Maria Josefa Sanchez Mendez, pointed out that the project began last October 2010 and has worked throughout the school year in every school and Primary of the municipality in the morning and afternoon .
This service has been focused on all families with school-age children who had difficulties in reconciling work and family life, whether by the issue of hours or a shortage of such resources in the area.
As a result, according to the mayor noted, levels of truancy in the town continue to rise, and the implementation of this project has tried to keep the children as a result of their parents' working hours and mothers are left alone at home and not come on time to class or not attend.
It has also greatly facilitated access to employment for many women who do not have the necessary support by the family.
Sanchez Mendez stressed that this project has sought to enable the reconciliation of work and family life, zoom in and provide meaningful experiences to children through recreational and training processes, to exchange personal experiences leading to common experiences of children and promote conviviality in the environment, among other issues.
The main activities included in the project and have been taking place over the months have been among others, educational support activities, film screenings, workshops and crafts, storytelling, outdoor activities, cooperative games and collaboration, skill games, games of accuracy, team games, magic tricks, games, drawings, paintings, among others.
The reconciliation program has been taught in various schools in the town of Totana and parishes in the morning, from 7:30 to 9:00 hours in the afternoon, from 16:00 to 18:00 hours, during five days a week.
In addition, the mayor stressed that, thanks to an agreement signed by the city of Totana and the Association Social Collective "Dragonfly" has been possible to carry out this program in all schools of the municipality with the hiring of three monitors to perform extracurricular activities aimed at reconciling family life.
On the other hand, it is important to note the acceptance of the project by schools that have embraced it, and by the families of the children, leading to the creation of a waiting list to fill any low certain schools.
However, the Councillor for Education thanked the schools, parents, families, children, instructors and others involved in this program work and collaboration to carry out this project in a satisfactory and pleasant for everyone.
