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Murcia will be one of the 40 cities that will host the initiative '12 million pedaladas' by the refugees, organized thanks to the collaboration between the NGO Fundación Cepaim, the Obra Social "la Caixa", the Diputación de Huelva, the Ministry of Justice and Interior of the Junta de Andalucía, the Cajamurcia Foundation, and the City of Murcia, through the Council of Social Rights.

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12 million 'is a challenge that will unite 40 cities and all the citizens in a route of more than 2,000 kilometers from Villareal de Santo Antonio (Portugal), through Murcia and other localities of the Region, until arriving at Colliure (France) with the objective of helping, raising awareness and raising awareness about the situation of refugees.

What is intended is to pedal for each of the nearly 12 million refugee children or asylum seekers in the world, according to Unicef.

There are three people from Cepaim, among whom is a Murcian, those in charge of carrying out this bike tour and get those 12 million pedaladas with the support of the citizens.

According to forecasts, it is expected that more than 2,000 people participate by adding pedals at the end of all stages.

In order to collaborate with this initiative, it is necessary to acquire a solidarity rider and participate in the cycling route in family or between friends, when I passed the challenge for Murcia and the different localities nearby.

The dorsal, which is equivalent to 500 pedals, is a donation of 5 euros, and can already be purchased on the website www.reto12millones.org or on 10 September at the passage of the Cepaim Foundation team in Murcia.

The arrival in Murcia of '12 million pedal boats' will involve the celebration of different activities that are in the #YoSoyRefugio campaign, devised by motor groups composed of indigenous people and in international protection situation of Cartagena, Murcia, Alzira, Valencia and Teruel through the 'Reflejad @ s' project of Fundación Cepaim and thanks to funding from the Ministry of Employment and Social Security, General Directorate of Migration and the European Union's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.

Specifically in the city of Murcia, the team of 'Between all 12 million' will arrive at the Chinese Garden, in front of the Red Cross Square, from 18 hours and from there will start on a circular bike tour that will cross several streets from the city to the Chinese Garden.

In this square there will be an information desk, at least half an hour before the start of the tour, where you can buy solidarity backers to collaborate with the challenge, participate in the solidarity ride on bike and add pedals.

Once the tour is over, there will be various activities, such as the information exhibition on the reality of refugees #YoSoyRefugio, the artistic action 'RefugiArte' where different artists will perform a pictorial interpretation live of what is the shelter, a workshop of zumba, or different activities for the little ones.

Likewise, representatives of the City of Murcia and the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia will be given a plaque in recognition of the solidarity support of the people of Murcia to the refugees through their participation in this challenge.

Cepaim is one of the 10 state NGOs that welcome refugees in Spain through the International Protection program of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security and the European Union's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.

Fundación Cepaim has been working since 1994 to promote a model of an inclusive and intercultural society that facilitates full access to citizenship rights for the most vulnerable people in our society and, especially, migrants.

They are currently present in 9 autonomous communities (Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia and Valencia), the autonomous city of Ceuta and with its own presence in Senegal.

With a total of 32 territorial centers, they emphasize their direct intervention with people at risk of social exclusion in the neighborhoods of the territories where we are located, working on International Housing and Protection, Housing, Work Placement and Training, Community Action, Equality, Management of Diversity and Non-Discrimination, Rural Development and Entrepreneurship, and Development Cooperation and Co-development.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia