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| 45 projects of a social, sports, health, educational and cultural nature have been selected | The UPCT received € 25,000 from these grants for the development and design of ventilation devices for COVID patients The Port-City Commission of the Port of Cartagena has approved in the session held today at the port headquarters the distribution of aid and subsidies for this year. 125 applications were submitted to the call.

After checking and reviewing the documentation submitted, there have been 75 projects studied whose requests have ranged from the programming of activities in educational centers or the acquisition of essential products by associations that work with vulnerable people and that due to the crisis caused by The coronavirus pandemic is being overwhelmed, even the organization of sporting, cultural and social events to take place on the seafront, Plaza Mayor. Finally, 45 non-profit institutions have been benefited with grants ranging from € 500 to € 3,000 depending on the score obtained, highlighting the Federation of Troops and Legions, estimating that it is a cultural action to publicize the creation of Cartagena as a city and its relationship with the port, reliving the events that occurred more than 2,000 years ago.

The Commission has understood that it is a very important point of support for learning about history and making it known to citizens.

For this reason, he has estimated to allocate 9,750 euros. The president, Yolanda Muñoz, has pointed out "the important role that the associations and groups of the municipality play, especially during the pandemic, providing assistance to families in emergency situations and social care, so the Commission has understood that resources must go to them.

In addition, we wanted to help sports and cultural associations that have seen their sources of income diminish and we must continue to support ". Also Hospital de la Caridad, the San Vicente de Paul Charity Association, the Cartagena Hockey Club, the Cartagena Film Festival, FAVCAC and AMEP have seen an increase in the amount that would correspond to them by score due to the quality of the projects presented. For the distribution, the Commission has taken into account the exceptional circumstances experienced this year in relation to the state of alarm and the health crisis and sanitary measures and those requests whose activities are carried out in educational centers or involve the meeting of a considerable number of people.

Those activities that require an administrative authorization to be carried out, their justification is conditioned on said authorization. In May the Commission decided to contribute € 25,000 to the UPCT for the design and validation of last resort mechanical ventilation devices.

The functional verification of the equipment has been possible thanks to the financial contribution of the Cartagena Port Authority, "from the first moment we are trying to help the sectors, collectives, in short, the worst off citizens as far as we can.

happening and they are more vulnerable.

At this time we understand that they have to be aimed at alleviating part of the effects of the socioeconomic crisis, a consequence of the coronavirus and, among others, it is intended for this prototype ", the president stressed. These grants are part of the strategy of the Port Authority in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility to contribute to the development of society, especially that of Cartagena and its region.

For this, it has a regulatory framework for subsidies and grants that are intended for associations, NGOs and other institutions based in the municipality of Cartagena or in the Region of Murcia to request them in a competitive, transparent and objective manner. "In addition to this aid, we have also made a donation of essential products to the emergency operation of the Cartagena City Council and the Santa Lucía neighborhood, and collaborated in the CROEM social fund, with the Murcian Health Service with the donation of masks, in short, in everything that is possible for us.

It is the moment to be with those who need us most, and the Port of Cartagena is with you, with everyone, in difficult moments of recovery and help, "remarked the president. The amount, which amounts to 100,000 euros for the year 2020, was approved by the Board of Directors on March 5 of this year and published in BORM No.

99 of April 30, 2020.

Source: Agencias