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The City Council provides support to the organizers and enables ten 'solidarity points "material collection centers for women, in addition to those established in schools and pharmacies.

The campaign will start next Monday and will run until Friday 13.

The City of Murcia, through the Department of Social Rights, has joined the humanitarian aid campaign 'The Region of Murcia with Refugees', organized by various civic organizations such as the Multicultural Association Averroes Arab Youth of Murcia (AMAJAM ) and the Platform for aid to Refugees Murcia (PAREM) for emergency humanitarian aid to be sent to people who suffer from war in Syria.

#MurciaconSiria The name, the head of Social Rights, Conchita Ruiz Caballero, presented this morning the joint initiative accompanied by the Councillor for Youth and Development Cooperation, Rebeca Perez, and representatives of AMAJAM and PAREM and volunteers involved in the device ready.

This initiative, which will take place next week, from Monday to Friday 13 inclusive, aims, on the one hand, encourage the collection of non-perishable food (no pork) and canned fish;

cereals;

pasta;

vegetables;

milk powder;

baby food;

energy bars and juices;

and secondly, the collection of medical equipment, among which includes alcohol and hydrogen peroxide;

iodine;

distilled water;

scissors and tweezers;

bandages;

Band-Aids;

gauzes;

cotton;

dressings;

thermometers;

sphygmomanometers;

wheelchairs and crutches.

The aim, as indicated by the Minister of Social Rights, is to coordinate this assistance through the joint collaboration of different social organizations, citizens' platforms, institutions, companies and individuals, with actions coordinated by the Office of Refugee Aid City of Murcia .

Conchita Ruiz recalled that "have completed five years of war in Syria, which has caused more than 366,000 deaths and is the country with the most internally displaced persons in the world, namely 6.6 million people and outside its borders have fled other 4.8 million. "

The mayor explained that "various civic organizations such as the Multicultural Association Averroes Arab Youth of Murcia (AMAJAM) was incorporated as Collection Point Aid Association to the Syrian people of Murcia, and the Platform for Refugees of Murcia (PAREM ) he offered them for their cooperation, as well as numerous associations and NGOs, s together with the NGO Coordinator for Development of the Region of Murcia (CONGD).

Ruiz has also highlighted the collaboration of the Abraham Project entity that has been made available to the solidarity campaign a ship where the material collected until it is transferred to your destination is stored.

In addition, the City of Murcia, through the Department of Social Rights and the Office for Refugees, has established ten solidarity points located in the Centers for Women located in El Carmen, Cabezo de Torres, Vistabella, Alquerías Patino , Sangonera la Verde, North Ronda, Vistalegre, El Palmar and San Antolin.

At all points will be informative posters joint products needed humanitarian aid, along with all the places and date of collection.

It has also established a network of schools and collaborators pharmacies in the city and districts, as well as a bank account for donations to the Association to Support the Syrian People (AAPS).

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia