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The City Council is working with the Saharawi people by funding projects (26/07/2011)

Alicia Waterman received this morning the 20 children who spend the summer with families in the municipality

Murcia City Council contributes a further year to Saharawi children spend the summer in Murcia away from the harsh desert conditions.

More than two dozen children who come to spend this year in July and August with families in the municipality.

Councilmember Development Cooperation, Alicia Barquero, has welcomed the children and their foster families.

This project is called 'Holidays in Peace', an initiative under temporary shelter Sahrawi been developing since 1996, sponsored by the Friends of the Saharawi people and Holidays in Peace Association.

Children come from the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria), and the goal is to spend the summer with families, living as a member, away from the harsh conditions of the camps where they live in the desert, arriving reach temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius.

The City of Murcia has contributed over the years with the Sahrawi people through the financing of development cooperation projects.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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