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Youth Councillor of the City of Lorca, Joaquin Ruiz, has highlighted the success of intercultural mediation projects and school pedagogical support, academic guidance, participation and youth volunteering, language exchanges and violence prevention.
Youth Councillor of the City of Lorca, Joaquin Ruiz, has reported "excellent results that are giving the many and varied projects and services we offer from the Municipal Office for Youth and Diversity", located in the Barrio de San Cristóbal.
Ruiz said that "between January and October 2010 were dealt with 315 users of Ecuador, Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Russia in the service of information, guidance and advice on immigration, immigration, nationality and recognition of foreign studies ".
11 computer courses, job search and immigration
During these ten months, the Youth Council has eleven courses taught basic computer free for immigrants and for children, active job search and therewith.
In addition, currently being developed three courses on active job search with the cooperation of students in the program Proempleo.
Along with this offer, European voluntary teaching English to children and young people between 9 and 18 in three different age groups and has also started a language exchange program, whereby citizens can share and learn lorquina languages with these volunteers.
30 children and youth receive pedagogical support school
In addition, 30 children and young people in the neighborhoods of San Cristobal, San Diego, Los Angeles and Europe Avenue School curricula are being strengthened in these facilities to match students decompensation compulsory education curriculum.
Similarly, during the 2009-10 academic year has made cross-cultural mediation in the schools of San Cristobal and Juan Gonzalez and the San Juan Bosco Institute, Prince of Asturias and Number 6.
Other activities promoted by the municipal services are the project "Heart Beats", the prevention of gender violence among adolescents, due to which there have been two-day workshops for youth institutes Lorca.
Youth participation programs
Joaquin Ruiz also been reported from the municipal office, a collaboration with the Intercultural Association Cazalla, Radio Cadena SER Lorca and Youth in Action Programme of the European Union on 1 September, launched the program "Impact Radio ", which aims to promote active citizenship by providing a space for dissemination to address issues and concerns of youth in a pluralistic, innovative and critical.
In this project young people aged 15 to 30 years acquire the skills necessary to create your own program.
Another program to encourage youth participation is promoted by this office is the Otesha Influence Project, through which young people had the opportunity to learn about responsible drinking at several workshops, including two that took place in Marseille (France).
"In the same vein, we are developing the program 'will' for which 16 young Spanish, Moroccan, Ecuadorian and Bolivian different activities of volunteerism," added the mayor.
Similarly, in the municipal office has launched the "Time Bank", by which citizens can exchange goods or services in exchange for hours of dedication to other bank members.
In addition, for three years developing the "Noches de Bohemia", connected with the reading of books and poetry from a keyword, and offices have been released for fair trade products, developed in parallel workshops and talks awareness in schools.
Finally, the council stressed that through this office, "Lorca has become the first city in Spain with a 'living library', a project to break stereotypes, which twice a year, people with social problems have their stories of citizens who wish to hear. "
The Municipal Office for Youth and Diversity is a service launched during this term and is operated by the Association Intercultural Cazalla, thanks to an agreement with the Consistory Lorca.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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