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| The elderly will be able to enjoy our municipality on an electric tricycle driven by volunteers | The project, financed by Obra Social La Caixa, will allow elderly people with mobility problems in residences, day centers and associations of the elderly affected by various pathologies to take routes of an approximate duration of 1'30 hours. The councilor for the Mayor of the City of Lorca, María Dolores Chumillas, has presented the project 'Pedaleo Solidario' together with Alberto Sánchez, representative of the Obra Social La Caixa. Chumillas explained that "Solidarity Pedaling is an initiative with which older people with mobility problems and / or affected by various pathologies from residences, day centers and associations of the elderly affected by diseases and who wish to can ride mounted on a electric tricycle for many routes located in our municipality or as a means of transport to get to cultural events or events, among others ". "The tricycle will be managed by volunteers from the project, the routes will be specially designed to guarantee the accessibility of the tricycle and will last approximately 1'30 hours." The mayor has detailed that "all those who want to be volunteers and participate in this initiative must be over 18 years of age, be aware of the basic rules of circulation, have experience in handling bicycles, demonstrate sensitivity in dealing with people.
seniors as well as commitment to the activity and time availability to carry out these tours.
In addition, the volunteers will receive a training course and must pass each of the parts ". "Those interested may contact the Mayor's Office, located in the Francisco Méndez Civic Center on Huercal Overa street s / n, by calling 968 467754 on Monday and Thursday from 9 am to 2 pm". Chumillas Martínez stressed that "the activity pursues a triple objective: that all those elderly with mobility problems or various pathologies can continue traveling and enjoying the Lorca heritage of its monuments and routes thanks to an adapted tricycle, as well as staying integrated into the society; unite the elderly with all those people who want to be part of the volunteer family that is going to be formed and that will achieve the promotion of passenger-driver communication and, of course, continue to bet on the value of sustainable transport through the use of the bicycle a healthy, ecological and sustainable environment ". The councilor for the Mayor thanked "the collaboration and financing of the La Caixa Social Work because thanks to them we have been able to acquire the first tricycle as well as the collaboration of various entities and associations from Lorca with which we have been able to create a network to start this project, such as the Poncemar Foundation and Chair, the Lorca Santiago and Lorca Biciudad associations as well as the residences and day centers participating in the initiative ". María Dolores Chumillas has insisted that "this government team continues to work to make Lorca an accessible municipality and to implement new initiatives that continue to promote the active aging of our elders so that the city joins the more than 500 distributed between Hundreds of countries that have already launched this initiative.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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