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The material is distributed among hospitals, pharmacies and Civil Protection personnel and volunteers, among other destinations |

Thousands of residents of more than twenty neighborhoods and districts of Murcia, such as Zarandona, Algezares, Barqueros, Cobatillas, Lobosillo and Llano de Brujas, among others, are turning to the manufacture of masks, glasses, gloves and gowns, working as voluntarily from home and in collaboration with local companies, to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the municipality.

"Generosity is one of the characteristics that defines Murcians and, once again, thousands of residents from different parts of Murcia and their districts are demonstrating this with the voluntary manufacture of masks and other sanitary materials, which are being donated to different collectives â€�, highlighted the mayor José Ballesta.

In Zarandona they are making 4,000 masks thanks to the workers of the Oronovias company who, although they have temporarily stopped their activity, their staff have wanted to join this initiative on a voluntary basis.

The City Council finances the fabric necessary for its preparation, which meets all sanitary requirements.

Solidarity also comes from the hand of the Association of Neighbors of the Barrio de Santa Eulalia and the Association of Merchants of Santa Eulalia, which have launched two initiatives: the manufacture of twenty prescription glasses for occupational protection for exposed toilets - which They will be donated to the staff of the Reina Sofía Infectious Diseases unit, an action they intend to carry out in more hospitals in Murcia–, and the preparation of 1,800 masks that will be used for Healthcare and people who need them.

Both textile and eye materials are being produced in individual workshops, thanks to donations of material from the companies Almohadas Lora, Brisa Jardin, Sobrado Optometristas, and donations from the Women's Center of San Juan and Santa Eulalia and Ambiental SL, as well as from the associations' own funds.

Specifically, in this case there are twenty volunteer seamstresses who take the material to their homes, delivered by other volunteers.

This team of seamstresses has been reinforced this week with the participation of volunteers from the Federation of Supply Squares of the municipality.

In addition, the associations of Neighbors of the Barrio de Santa Eulalia and Merchants of Santa Eulalia work together to make 50 sanitary gowns with material donated by neighbors.

70,000 masks from boatmen

Another of the participating towns is Barqueros, where residents work in coordination with local companies to manufacture 70,000 masks, and Llano de Brujas, with the donation of 8,000 gloves and 150 masks, or Lobosillo, where three town dressmakers are sewing altruistic form 500 masks.

The Justinian nuns, from the Madre de Dios Monastery, have also armed themselves with thread and needle to manufacture masks for the staff of La Arrixaca.

Companies like El Corte Inglés are collaborating with the donation of the fabric.

For Civil Protection, hospitals and pharmacies

Volunteers from other districts, such as Algezares - where the manufactured masks will be distributed in pharmacies and whose proceeds will go to Cáritas -, and Monteagudo - where the neighbors have donated 2,000 masks this week to the Reina Sofía Hospital, manufactured in collaboration with the families of La Cueva, Las Lumbreras and Santomera - have also joined this solidarity project.

For its part, a neighbor from Corvera and another from Beniaján are working on the manufacture of face masks for Civil Protection.

The localities involved

Thousands of residents of the districts of Cabezo de Torres, Cobatillas, Corvera, Los Garres, Monteagudo, Llano de Brujas, Rincón de Seca, Beniaján, Zarandona, Barqueros, Alquerías, Algezares, Sangonera la Seca, Zeneta, Lobosillo and Santa Cruz, as well and from the North and Center-East neighborhoods of the city are participating in this project.

In addition to the destinations mentioned, the masks are being distributed to families who need them.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia