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| It will provide telephone support to the elderly or at risk in the face of the current health and social crisis | In this initiative, managed by the Department of Social Services, through the Mayor's area and in coordination with Citizen Participation, the Poncemar Foundation and by the Municipal Emergency Service, solidarity will be channeled and volunteers will offer themselves for actions such as carrying out the shopping, going to the pharmacy, walking a pet or even talking on the phone.

" The councilor for Social Services, Oenegés and Mayor of the City of Lorca, María Dolores Chumillas, has reported the launch of a new initiative to create an information network for people over 65 in the municipality who may be having problems related to loneliness and confinement circumstances that we are experiencing, especially this group that are part of the risk profiles for the new coronavirus. The mayor of Social Services and Oenegés has indicated that "at the end of April we started the calls as a complement to the interventions that are already being carried out by Social Services, with the aim of contacting these people to find out first hand if they have their basic needs covered, and in case of detecting any need, facilitate and provide the existing supports in the municipality.

" María Dolores Chumillas explained that "the volunteer project, called" Your closest neighbor ", is designed to channel the great solidarity that exists in the citizenry and facilitate support for people who are in a more difficult situation in the face of the health crisis People who volunteer in these services will be able to offer to talk, take steps such as taking the purchase, going to the pharmacy, walking a pet or even talking on the phone with the elderly or at-risk population that is in many cases alone.

at home and will be managed by the Poncemar Foundation and the municipal Emergency and Civil Protection Service, in neighborhoods and districts.

" Chumillas Martínez highlighted that "the objective is to reach the almost 14 thousand people of those ages who live in our municipality and to do so through this network formed by the departments of NGOs, the Mayor and Social Services, Emergency and Civil Protection, Police Local, Citizen Participation, LIMUSA and the PONCEMAR Foundation and which is included in the framework of the municipal strategy to face the serious health crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic.

" The Mayor's councilor has insisted that "with these calls, information can be gathered about the situation of older people who, until now, because of their support and family, did not need help and were not related to municipal social services, since with the rest of those who do have an open file, contact has been maintained and work has been done to find solutions to the most problematic situations through the professionals of the Lorca Social Services Center ". Chumillas highlighted that "thanks to this initiative, it will be possible to know how our elders are leading loneliness, if they have a support network, their emotional state and what kind of needs they have in order to promote a solution, facilitate them and provide them with the existing supports in the municipality for all those little day-to-day difficulties, in these specific care circumstances generated by COVID-19 ". The councilor for Social Services has stated that "Lorca is setting an example of solidarity, civility and responsibility in the face of this serious health crisis and the decree of the state of alarm decreed by the Government of Spain.

The population of all neighborhoods and districts is following with enormous commitment, the recommendations of the health authorities and the restrictions imposed with the aim of slowing down the advance of the pandemic.

In this context, the volunteer work carried out by bodies such as Civil Protection is essential for many neighbors, and with this new initiative We complement the attentions of the Social Services Center, providing information on the promotional activities that can be carried out through social networks and that are available to everyone on the LorcaMayor website.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca