Cartagena Red Cross has welcomed this morning the visit of the Deputy Mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belen Castejon, and the Councillor for Social Services, Carmen Martin. The Regional Red Cross president, Gabriel Ruiz and Vice President Manuel Gonzalez, has taught its facilities and has also informed of the main advice and assistance programs.
In addition, the vice president has highlighted the improved coordination between the Red Cross and social services in some campaigns, such as the cold snap.
Deputy Mayor, Ana Belen Castejon, recorded that I really wanted to come to the premises of Red Cross and see the guts and heart.
Besides visiting the infrastructure, they have also informed us of their programs and advisory services as the flagship product, a counseling program for families with all its members unemployed.
Castejon also stressed that there is to be further coordination between the Red Cross and the City Council, because this type of entities that make this great work of aid would not be understood otherwise if not with a fluid information on both sides.
For his part, Vice President, Manuel González, stressed that for example regarding the campaign cold snap, there is e very good coordination with the Department of Social Services City because there have been situations that we should act as soon as possible there has been a rapid reaction.
We believe there is a lot of information, so this year the campaign will work best.
Meanwhile, Deputy Mayor explained that there are other projects that are coming, they have great enthusiasm and together we can work to Cartagena is in the best position to provide this service to the public.
The local Red Cross president in Cartagena, Gabriel Ruiz, explained the innovative program that has Red Cross, which is a job placement program where they work with families that 100% of its members are unemployed.
It works entirely with families, with the aim of uniting their potential and get the maximum possible join the labor market.
Moreover, he added that he is succeeding as 60% of families that make up this program has made ​​one of its members to find work.
In total there are about 80 families in this program in Cartagena.
BUDGET OF A BUILDING COUNSELOR
Journalists present at the visit have asked the Deputy Mayor for the budgets, the Minister of Public Works presented yesterday, and where there is alluded to AVE in Cartagena or Cartagena for LAZ, to which Deputy Mayor said that we are analyzing budgets with the Socialist Group in the coming days we will make a press conference that budget analysis, also regionalised, where we notice the absence of such a plan of districts and councils.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena