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José Ballesta visits the Emmaus, a facility that employs more than 50 workers and where they currently reside 16 people at risk of social exclusion, which are coming out ahead by recovering and sales of furniture and fixtures
The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, Councillor of Social Rights, Conchita Ruiz, and the Councillor for Youth and Development Cooperation, Rebeca Perez, vistaron today the premises of the headquarters in Murcia of Emmaus, a solidarity organization that promotes job placement through the collection of goods and its restoration, in working people at risk of social exclusion, through the shelter of the association and its employment programs.
"This partnership, with more than two decades of history in Murcia, is committed to those seeking a new job opportunity after a difficult situation, creating, through the restoration of furniture and everyday objects, an alternative network supports them can succeed on its own merits, "said José Ballesta.
During his visit, the mayor and the councilors toured the Community of Madrid, the house-residence where they currently reside 16 people, as well as the Labor Zone, which employs more than 50 workers, with workshops, reception areas of goods, area trail and retail.
Currently, the Traperos Association Emmaus and the City of Murcia, through the Municipal Department of Social Services, have signed a collaboration agreement for the development of the proposed placement of persons at risk of social exclusion for an annual amount of € 50,000.
In addition to annual grants, the Consistory provides support through other technical collaborations.
Under the motto "The seemingly useless with seemingly useless we can do useful things for us and for society, through our commitment to personal and collective growth ', Emmaus has gradually gained wide autonomy by recovering equipment and furniture that, once repaired, it is put on sale in your rake.
This rake is a source of privileged provision for equipping various entities are required to equip floors host or other facilities and low-income families that can be provided with basic equipment for your home with a manageable sum of money for poor economies .
The movement 'Emmaus'
Although its implementation in Murcia was in 1995, the 'Emmaus' movement was born in Paris in 1949, after the Second World War at the initiative of the French priest and deputy Abate Pierre, who managed to unite wills and efforts aware of their privileged position people and against social injustice, and men who no longer had a reason to live, in order to help each other and help those responsibilities were suffering, in the belief that saving others can save oneself.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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