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The Department of Political Equality and Development Cooperation has organized seven days of events, in collaboration with NGOs in the municipality, to celebrate the Cooperating.
The Councillor for Equality Policies and Development Cooperation, Alicia Barquero, explained that it is raising public awareness of the need to help the poorest countries and also to publicize the work of volunteers.
Cooperating Day will be held tomorrow, September 8, to recognize the work done over 1,400 Spanish in the most disadvantaged areas of the Earth.
Matches the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations where 189 Heads of State committed themselves to the Millennium Development Goals.
Activities planned by the city of Murcia will be held from 24 to 30 September.
Activities will begin on Monday, September 24, at 11.30 am in the Civic Center Barrio del Carmen with the opening of the exhibition of the Foundation Mainel called 'Self-portrait of poverty'.
This organization works in rural Nicaragua.
The sample consists of 18 panels with photographs and canvases that teach everyday moments of everyday life of impoverishment from within himself.
This exhibition has already passed through Valencia, Castellón and Palma de Mallorca.
Also inaugurate a sample of NGOs Makua, which develops its work on Mozambique and expose their work to promote training and education in the country, with the development of feeding programs, education, mentoring, health and advancement of women.
Makua Association of Murcia was founded in 1996 by a group of people sensitized to the work that the Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculate began at that time in Mozambique.
Among other things, manage a nursery school, hospital, youth shelters and realize a child sponsorship project in the African country.
Both exhibitions will be open until September 30, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10 to 13 hours, and 17 to 21 am in the Municipal Center of El Carmen (Alameda Capuchin, 32).
On Tuesday September 25 FADE Foundation (Foundation Help Development Education) will give a talk to disseminate their work in school Jesús María de Murcia, at 11.00, in the campaign for City Council in the municipality NGOs about their experiences in schools and institutes of the municipality.
FADE works for vulnerable children (tutoring workshops and Spanish classes for immigrants), elderly, sick and dependent (accompaniment in homes, day centers, nursing homes or hospitals) and hospitalized children.
It also develops other action projects aimed at the social inclusion of women in situations of social risk, the development and strengthening of the family and youth, and development cooperation, with projects underway in different countries of the South, including highlight the CHEP program, health care for children in Kenya, and an educational program in Peru.
On Wednesday, September 26, at 19.30, the NGO Solidarity Surgery presents a documentary about his work in Cameroon.
This NGO was founded in 2000 on the initiative of a group of professionals (doctors, surgeons, nurses, anastesistas, etc) within the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca.
Since then perform their work shifts to countries with lack or absence of health coverage for operations and training of healthcare personnel.
In the documentary presented his last visit to Cameroon, which moved more than twenty professionals who performed an average of 30 operations per day.
The screening will be held at the Municipal Center García Alix.
Moreover, in the same place will display a sample of photographs taken by the NGO.
From Friday 28 to Sunday 30 September Cooperating Fair held in the Plaza de Santo Domingo.
About 25 NGOs tents installed to give the awareness of its work and attract volunteers.
There will also be exhibitions and activities for young and old.
The official opening will take place on 28 to 12 hours.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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