This Saturday, April 8, the Auditorium of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) will host the Gospel concert of the EME Choir (Evangelical Music Expressions) for the benefit of the Icue Cartagena Adapted Sport Club.
The performance will begin at 18:30 hours and although the capacity is almost complete, there are still about 70 tickets that are reserved to put on sale that same day at the box office at the price of 5 euros as a donation.
The Councilor for Sports, Ricardo Segado, the president of the CDA Icue, Isabel Carmona, and the spokesman of the EME choir, Pedro Rico, presented Monday all the details related to this event whose collection will go to the Adapted Municipal Summer School, So that children with disabilities can be cared for during the summer season while their parents work.
Segado has defined this activity as "very nice" and has praised the activity of CDA Icue, which has said that "it is nothing other than wonderful and wonderful people helping great and wonderful people" and "do a commendable work" .
SUPPLY A NEED
As explained by the president of CDA Icue, the ratio of children in a summer school of this type is lower than in others, so it needs more staff, which also needs to be specialized, which increases the cost and can reach To triple that of a summer school for children without disabilities.
"What we are trying to do is that no child with functional diversity is left for money in the street and can not do an activity that is beneficial to him," he said.
"Parents of children with disabilities have the same goals as any other parent, and it is simplified in that we want to see our children being happy. The path we have taken is a bit longer, and it is a path that has Obstacles, "said Carmona.
"Everything our children do costs a lot of money," he added.
"These events alleviate the burden of parents and allow and make it easier for children with functional diversity to enjoy sport, leisure and music like any other child," said the president of the CDA Icue.
The spokesman of the Choir EME has stated that from the group he represents they feel "privileged to be part of projects like this" and has stressed "the need to organize" such charitable events.
"It is a dream to be able to participate in solidarity, what others do, what others need, give of us so others can have," he said.
"We try to make it in many moments of the interactive concert, where people can enjoy the rhythms and can also think and reflect with the messages," said Rico.
"Fusing these things like everyone," he said.
SOLIDARITY ENTITIES
CDA Icue was created in 2013 in response to parents' need for resources and adapted centers.
It is a non-profit club so that children with disabilities can play, have fun and smile as well as to enable parents to reconcile family and work life.
Next week, the Adapted School of Holy Week is also launched.
On the other hand, the Gospel Choir EME (Evangelical Music Expressions) emerged with vocation of service within the Association of Evangelical Baptist Churches in the Southeast.
This group includes people from more than 10 churches from Alcoy to Almeria, and there are people from Cartagena among its members.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena