The contribution of standardization to the Bureau of hundreds of families affected by these natural disasters is positively influencing, in turn, in the process of socio-economic recovery and physical reconstruction of the city.
The Councillor for Social Services City of Lorca, María del Carmen Ruiz, reported that the accounts managed by the Bureau have so far managed to gather the amount of 5,048,321.82 euros.
It is an entity created at the request of the Mayor of the city, Francisco Jodar, and is composed of representatives of all political parties, associations affected oenegés and government and whose function is to establish hotlines and economic assistance families affected by earthquakes in 2011, to the hardest hit Lorca joined by flooding in September 2012.
Note that the work done by the Bureau is continuous, so that the grant of new aid to these families are approved each week, coinciding with the regular sessions of the Governing Board of the City.
We can say that the assistance being made from the Bureau have contributed to the normalization of over 4,000 Lorca saw their seriously affected as a result of natural disasters that have hit in recent times Lorca lives.
We consider the contribution of the Bureau for this standardization is positively influencing, in turn, in the process of socio-economic recovery and physical reconstruction of the city.
The mayor of Social Services has stressed that the work being done from the Bureau being exemplary, in fact all the lines of care and economic assistance have been established, have seen the light with the unanimous support of all its components, also have had the opportunity to propose new actions in the same direction.
This unanimity has moved to all decisions taken by the Board.
This encourages us to continue working in the same direction, while constituting a manifest testimony of the shared commitment of the groups that compose the table.
Together we have to keep this conjurarnos to exercise responsibility and move to other areas of activity.
The value of their work is reflected in the data so far provided and that said they have distributed more than 3,000 financial aid among families Lorca, a figure to which other actions channeled from the entity who have served are added inter alia, for small repairs in homes of families without resources.
Jódar Ruiz explained that today the Bureau has a positive balance of 365,161.39 euros, an amount that helps us to continue helping Lorca through the lines created.
Expect this figure will be increased by the reversal of amounts paid in connection with rental repayable advances, once the victims continue to receive aid provided for the purpose.
We have noted that in this regard the Board has recovered the amount of 590,882.93 euros.
Entering specific figures, the aid approved by the Bureau are as follows:
- Demolition of residence: 690 grants € 763,900
-Repayable Advances for rent: 1.067 € 1,605,451.12 aid
-Hospitality to serious injuries and deaths families: € 222,540.62
- Draft Comprehensive social services support 379 € 359,326.41.
- Aid to displaced families: 607 grants € 485,600
- Exceptional aid for rent: 111 € 174 506
- To boost trade economic assistance (for the Bureau of Commerce): 500,000 €
- Financial assistance for preparation of the new headquarters of the food market: 70.000 €
- Financial assistance for housing rehabilitation in Uptown (San Pedro streets, Tinkers, and Poplar Corner Male): € 14,260.11.
- Other significant expenses of the Bureau are as follows: - Assistance initiative "bungling Without Borders": € 1,879.34
- Installation and maintenance modular homes San Fernando: € 44,637.31 - Camp La Torrecilla exceptional costs: € 9,585.64
- Contributions to collective finalists:
- Donation Casa Real to San Francisco and Santo Domingo: € 119,475.72
- Donation Housewives Association San José de Calasanz: 7.000 €
- Donation Kutxa to Calasanz: 5,000 €
- Aid to families affected by the floods:
Approved applications: 26.
Total amount: 58.825 euro.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca