| These grants from the Council of the Elderly, Disability and Development Cooperation have been carried out through direct subsidy due to to the circumstances arising from the Covid | The Council for the Elderly, Disability and Development Cooperation, led by the mayor Paqui P rez, has allocated a total of 236,000 euros to disability groups and associations so that they can continue to develop their projects and activities and face for the purposes of the pandemic.
These grants, which have been approved by the Governing Board, have been carried out through direct subsidies due to the circumstances arising from Covid-19. Among the groups that will receive these grants, the Association for the Treatment of People with Cerebral Palsy Astrapace stands out for the execution of various projects for the reconciliation of family and work life and sheltered housing; the CEOM Association for the Integration of People with Intellectual Disabilities for the execution of the project on sheltered housing; Association of Paraplegics and Large Physically Handicapped of the Murcia Region ASPAYM to launch the information, advice and resource management service; and the Murcian Association of Cystic Fribrosis for the psychological care of the group and other related pathologies. Likewise, other associations such as Auxilia Murcia will receive these grants for the execution of the project "Socio-educational care for children and young people with physical disabilities; the Full Inclusion Federation of Murcia, aimed at continue with the aid projects for people with intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy; FAMDIF / COCEMFE for the social care service specialized in physical and organic disabilities; FESORMU to influence the autonomy of deaf or deafblind people in the municipality of Murcia; FUNDOWN for the development of new inclusive technologies and a shared housing program; and ASPARROS to develop an integration program for people with mental disabilities and in a situation of social vulnerability. Other associations that will receive these direct grants are AMUPHEB for the implementation of a project of home services to support families with children affected by spina b fida; DOWN ASSIDO syndrome to increase the autonomy of children and young people with Down syndrome and intellectual disability; Nuevo Horizonte Association for the development of coexistence classrooms; the Foundation for Help, Formation and Integration of the Disabled AFIM for the realization of a day center for disabled people in a situation of social marginalization; to the Murcia Association of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder for the implementation of the social and communication skills workshop and to the Murcian Regional Hemophilia Association to carry out the project "Comprehensive and Training Attention in Hemophilia". Disability groups need a reinforced and more intense protection against Covid-19 and the objective of these subsidies is to have a direct impact on the needs of all disabled people and people in situations of special social vulnerability who have seen Their situation was especially aggravated this year due to the pandemic. Councilor Paqui P rez thanked all disability groups and their families for their responsibility and commitment throughout such a difficult year as 2020; and has expressed its firm commitment to "continue working during the next year so that all groups can continue to develop their immense work." function { ;(, , {});}
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia / Foto: archivo Murcia.com