The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, thanked the solidarity of the people of this district who decided not to celebrate their festivals to be held days after the earthquake.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, and the Council of Women of the City of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra, received this morning from the mayor of Doña Inés pedánea, Agustina Romera, and two stewards of the parties of this hamlet lorquina one $ 1,000 donation to the Bureau serving those affected by both natural disasters suffered by the municipality in 2011 and 2012.
Jodar has expressed appreciation for "the solidarity of the people of this district, who chose not to celebrate their festivals to be held days after earthquakes and visit us today to deliver municipal subsidy was intended for the festivities so that we can use to continue helping families affected by earthquakes and floods that need it most. "
Remember that the Bureau, who treat those affected by earthquakes in 2011 and floods in 2012, relies exclusively upon the solidarity aid to individuals, groups and companies entering the account opened for this purpose by the City.
To date it has helped over 4,000 families affected, besides getting a large percentage, between 30 and 35% of families who normalized their situation and no longer need these aids.
"With this gesture, with the help of the residents of Doña Inés, gets to see the flame of solidarity, reminding us that while the normalization of the situation is growing, there are still survivors who still need help. Therefore is so important that the Bureau continues to receive tangible support, as carried out today's neighbors Doña Inés, "added the mayor.
"The MAYOR, the two stewards of the holidays, and all the residents of Doña Inés want today deliver our sincere gratitude for this generous gesture. This money given to us could have tried it in other purposes, adding them at parties years following or create other festivities, but wanted to help their neighbors and this is a gesture that honors them, is that we are all Lorca "concluded the mayor.
The City Council holds open the joint account opened at the Bank of Santander with the number 0049 50 17 912 117 626 269 to cover the needs that remain Lorca by the earthquake of May 11, exacerbated by the September floods, because despite that have already been many important advances, there are still houses levantar.La Solidarity Committee was constituted by the mayor to decide the fate of these financial contributions together with all political parties in the municipality, associations of citizens affected, NGOs such as Caritas and Red Cross, the three administrations, among others.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca