Councillor for Social Welfare and Health, María del Carmen Pelegrin, participated this morning in the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of EspacioCaixa Murcia, where more than 264,000 users have participated in over 2,500 activities that have taken place over the years.
The objective of this center coincides with that which has been labeled the council for the area of ​​higher, which is to promote active aging programs and social participation to improve the quality of life of older persons.
The center promotes social relationships through activities that facilitate the cognitive, physical and emotional, to avoid loneliness or fragility of the elderly.
On the power side otr voluntary actions with other social integration of vulnerable groups (such as people with physical and mental disabilities and immigrant women who, for example, teach computers to facilitate their employment.)
The ceremony was held this morning visited Enrique Perez, CEO of Seniors IMAS;
Marc Simon, director of the Social Department of "la Caixa" Foundation;
Gerardo Cuartero, director of Business Area "la Caixa" in Murcia;
Maria del Carmen Pelegrin, Councillor for Health and Social Services of the City of Murcia, and Rocio Vera, head of EspacioCaixa Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia