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Caritas Cartagena inaugurated on Saturday its center of low demand "Sagrada Familia", which will meet, accompany and promote homeless people of the city, with the collaboration of the City of Cartagena.

The 400-square-meter facility, staffed by five workers and volunteers, was blessed by Bishop Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, and the event was attended by the mayor of Cartagena, Juan Pedro Torralba, and the councilor delegate of Social Services, Carmen Martín, in addition to the delegate of Caritas in Cartagena, Francisco Montesinos.

It is a temporary residence center located on Miguel Unamuno Street and where people can access on their own initiative or by referral of Caritas in their street work or public administration, other social bodies or security bodies as the National Police or the Local Police.

Being a center of low demand, it simply requires that there are no aggressions or situations of significant conflict, and also the beneficiaries of the host have the option to freely dispose of their time and circulate at their discretion.

It has a capacity for 10 people and there are three additional places that are reserved for specific emergencies.

It will open every day in the evening, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and will remain operational until the morning.

The team that is part of the contracted staff will also try to cover their basic needs in terms of food and hygiene.

The project was presented last July by Mayor Ana Belén Castejón, along with Bishop Jose Manuel Lorca and the Director General of Social Policies of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, Míriam Pérez.

Ana Belén Castejón then showed the necessary support of the City Council to the project to facilitate the full integration of the most disadvantaged people.

He also stressed the effort of the municipal government team to improve the quality of life of all neighbors, neighbors and bystanders, who in two years has managed to get fifty people out of the street thanks to campaigns such as' 'in collaboration with Cáritas, the' Homeless Summer School 'or the rehabilitation of social housing.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena