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The Mayor ratifies the municipal funding for Saharawi children to enjoy their summer holidays hosted by families in our region (21/05/2018)

It is one of the most outstanding projects developed by the Association of Friends of the Saharawi People of Lorca, which allows minors to have a medical, vaccination, dental, ocular and auditory global review.

The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, reported that the Municipal Council maintains its support for the project "Vacations in peace", thanks to which children between the ages of 8 and 12 enjoy their summer holidays in our region.

This City Hall has signed for this a collaboration agreement valued at 6,000 euros, signed between the First Edil and the President of the Association of Friends of the Saharawi People of Lorca, Antonio García.

This is an agreement that will allow the realization of the actions contained in said projects, which aims to enable the temporary reception of Saharawi children residing in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf.

The Mayor explained that the development of the "Vacations in peace" project is the opportunity to carry out an emergency humanitarian action consisting of welcoming children between 8 and 12 years during the months of July and August, to offer a global medical review , including vaccinal, dental, ocular and auditory review of all the foster children, as well as avoiding these minors the climatic rigors of the desert during the summer months.

Fulgencio Gil has expressed his support for the international proposals for the achievement of an international agreement on these territories, following the line of work of the UN in this regard, reaffirming the commitment of this body to help the parties to reach a just political solution, durable and mutually acceptable, providing for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara within the framework of provisions in accordance with the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations.

We must indicate the call to the parties and neighboring States by the UN to cooperate more fully with the United Nations and each other and intensify their involvement to end the current situation of stagnation and move towards a political solution.

It is about working to contribute to the stability and security of the Sahel region.

Fulgencio Gil has reported that the City Council, to the extent of its possibilities, will continue to finance the implementation of social projects to help the Third World, as it has been collaborating in previous years with the applicant in projects aimed at improving the conditions of life of the Saharawi people, and in particular, the Saharawi child population displaces in the refugee camps of Tindouf, in Algeria.

The execution period of the mentioned actions will be comprised between July 1 to September 1, 2018.

The First Edil stressed that the collaboration of the people of Lorca with the Saharawi cause is an example to follow for the rest of Spain.

We have been, we are and we will be with this group because we really recognize them as a part of our history, and we share their objectives, and we especially emphasize the need to reach a diplomatic solution to the conflict existing in the territory of the Sahara.

We must underline the work that has been developed by the United Nations (UN) in this regard, materialized in multiple efforts over several decades that have as an example resolutions 1754 (2007), 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), 1871 (2009) and 1920 (2010), and that has the most recent one made on April 28, 2017.

Fulgencio Gil explained that on behalf of the Municipal Council, two vehicles have been donated from the City's mobile park that will be used to serve this community in the desert.

It is about 2 municipal owned vans that had ceased their activity and, once set up by an Lorca workshop in an altruistic way, they are sent to the Sahara.

The consignment of articles included 11 boxes of medicines of various kinds (apiretal, bivos, metformin ...) as well as 114 pairs of shoes, 25 boxes of school supplies, sacks, envelopes and seed pots for growing food, 10 hoes, 5 rakes , 20 ashes and 5 pruning shears, 17 macutos of sports equipment donated by the Unión Deportiva Almería and 9 boxes of toys.

The Mayor congratulated the Association of Friends of the Saharawi People for the effort and commitment shown each year to accentuate our status as a city of solidarity, contributing to strengthen the ties that unite us to the Sahara, because we must remember that Lorca is twinned with Wilaya El Aaiún and we even dedicate one of our squares to the Saharawi people.

Fulgencio Gil has indicated that it is a new initiative that adds to the wide remittance of material sent to the camps of this arid area of ​​North Africa a few weeks ago.

It was a shipment delivered to the Saharawi people for use by citizens residing in the said territory.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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