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| Since the state of alarm was decreed, the volunteers of the City of Murcia have carried out more than 3,000 actions, which has allowed providing support to people who need help doing everyday tasks | Social care is one of the main axes on which the Murcia City Council works.
The situation has suddenly worsened in the last two and a half months due to the socio-sanitary crisis caused by the expansion of the coronavirus.The Government Team articulated an action plan so that the effects of the pandemic were felt as little as possible by citizens.
The design and processing of aid and supports of a social and economic nature covered all the departments.Among the measures applied is the realization of a campaign for the incorporation of volunteers that has allowed 54 citizens to join the stock exchange managed by the Department.Councilor Pilar Torres emphasizes that "volunteers play a fundamental role in helping those who need it most by carrying out assistance and accompaniment tasks, which have become even more necessary with the health crisis.
Their work allows us to expand the services we offer from the Department "Volunteers provide essential support to dependent people with tasks such as acquiring basic food, medicine or other pharmaceutical products, taking down the garbage or walking pets.138 women and 76 menCurrently Social Rights has a team of 214 volunteers, of whom 138 are women and 76 are men.
The professional profiles that have been added are very varied.
There are, for example, publicists, psychologists, mathematicians, and lawyers.Each volunteer warns of the availability they will have: morning, afternoon or night.
Among its tasks are the telephone service and the management of people who cannot stand on their own.The municipal center of Social Services Ciudad de Murcia has a hundred volunteers.
They work in areas such as the Carmen neighborhood, Santiago el Mayor, La Flota, Barriomar, Ronda Sur, San Antolín and in districts such as La Albatalía and La Arboleja.Attention in the districts52 volunteers are managed from the Murcia Norte Social Services center, who work in districts such as Cabezo de Torres, Casillas, Churra, El Esparragal, Espinardo, Guadalupe, Zarandona and Puente Tocinos.
For its part, the Murcia Sur Social Services center has 53 volunteers.
They collaborate in districts such as Algezares, Aljucer, Alquerías, Beniaján, El Palmar, La Alberca, Los Dolores, Los Garres, Patiño and Torreagüera.Since the state of alarm was decreed, the volunteers have carried out more than 3,000 actions, which has allowed them to provide support to people who, due to their personal situation, need help to carry out their daily tasks.Staff from the Volunteer Office carry out an interview with the candidates in order to assess the suitability of the interested person's incorporation.
If so, from the Volunteer Office they send by email a welcome letter and a document with useful information for their inclusion in the volunteer pool of the Department of Social Rights and Family.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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