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Oenegés Edil explained that it is collecting the witness of the annual measures that came developing in our town years ago and which benefited many children living in the camps in North Africa.
Councilwoman oenegés in the city of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, with the President of the Association of Friends of the Saharawi people of our city, Antonio Garcia Ros, reported this morning that the municipality has set itself the aim of recovering for this summer foster care program Sahrawi child.
Oenegés Edil explained that it is collecting the witness of the annual measures that came developing in our town years ago and which benefited many children living in the camps in North Africa.
It should be noted that the Saharawi child population, refugees in the Tindouf camps, suffers a chronic nutritional deficits, accompanied in many cases of severe anemia levels.
High summer temperatures that accentuate this inadequate food, also impede social and recreational development of these children.
Fátima Mínguez said that as a sign of solidarity lorquino people with the Saharawi people, we want to recover the "Holidays in Peace", offering families in our town the opportunity to develop a humanitarian action consistent urgency accommodate 8 minors between 8 and 12 years during the months of July and August, to offer
A comprehensive medical examination, including vaccination, dental, eye and hearing screening of all children.
The opportunity to avoid more than 50 degrees Celsius in the camps during the summer months.
A diet balanced during the summer months to help children cope with more health winter.
A welcoming and receptive to different cultures environment.
The opportunity to live in other environments luckier than known Sahrawi children.
The opportunity to learn and improve Spanish, first foreign language in the curriculum of schools Sahrawis.
Awareness activities on the problems of the Saharawi people.
The main objectives of this action are to raise awareness of the problems of the Saharawi refugees, and participate in the organization and monitoring of the program host Saharawi children during the summer holidays, popularly known as "Holidays in peace".
It seeks to participate in the promotion and monitoring of the program for continuing education of young Saharawis in Spain (Madrasa project), in addition to promoting humanitarian aid campaigns to send to the Saharawi camps and to encourage and participate in the organization of socio-cultural activities in refugee camps.
Councilwoman oenegés has stated that the children stay is 2 months from early July to early September.
Families who want to participate in this program should enable a stable, emotional and stimulating for children environment and ensure the protection and custody of the child, providing everything you need to make your stay as best as possible with respect to their habits and culture.
They also undertake to provide the less active social integration into community life.
immediate background
Lorca is twinned with the Saharawi Wilaya city Laayoune.
40 years ago much of the Saharan population settled in refugee camps in Tindouf.
Since then they are fed by international organizations such as the World Food Programme through the Red Crescent.
According to the United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) "the proliferation of humanitarian emergencies around the world has overshadowed the protracted crisis of Saharan refugees and impacted negatively on donor support."
Sahrawis remain through the World Food Programme (WFP), which provides the basic basket, which consists of: 3 cereals (wheat flour, barley and rice), 2 pulses (lentils and yellow split peas), vegetable oil, sugar and super grain, a compound consisting of corn and soybean.
This basket has already undergone some changes to fit the budget, such as replacing legumes by other cheaper or remove the beans from the basket.
It was supplemented with 3 kg / person / month for fresh produce (potatoes, onions, carrots, seasonal fruit).
The recommended amount is 12 kg / person / month.
However, WFP has warned of lack of funding, more than 7 million euros to complete 2015. This has meant successive reductions of the basic food basket, which has involved significant gaps in families;
basket exhausted the middle of each month.
This type of prolonged feeding time and poor (only reaches 80% of the population) has generated a number of consequences:
There are 7.5% of children and women between 15 and 50 years with severe malnutrition.
60% of women suffer from anemia.
The children present from birth.
Almost 30% of children have growth deficit which affects brain development.
This nutritional deficit is aggravated by the climatic conditions of the desert of Tindouf, where the camps are located.
It is an inhospitable Algerian desert area, which suffers great climatic variations from day to no-che.
The mildest months are the winter, although the differences between minimum and maximum temperatures are very pronounced (above 20 degrees).
In summer these differences between day and night are maintained, although in the months of July and August daytime temperatures are at 50 degrees, dropping to 30 at night.
These conditions prevent life literally during daylight hours, while maintaining impact significantly on food.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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