The VII Voluntary Commitment Award organized by the Municipal Volunteer Program of the Department of Social Services City of Cartagena councilor gave Tuesday in a ceremony attended by the mayor, Jose Lopez, Deputy Mayor, Ana Belen Castejon, Rea Quality of Life, Francisco Calderon, and the mayor of Social Services, Carmen Martin.
The individual award went this year, posthumously, in Cartagena Inmaculada Bernal Moreno, member of the Association Alraso and died on September 18 from cancer.
Throughout his career he stood out for his generosity and involvement in social issues.
She volunteered in Africa for the collection and delivery of medicines, he worked several years in the refugee camp Sigüenza and has worked as an instructor of free time in Cartagena educational project with Don Bosco.
Besides being part of the Alraso Association where he worked for the integration of immigrants, he was a teacher at the Salesian school.
For its part, the collective award is given to the Inclusive Leisure Services Foundation (SOI), which is dedicated to enable people with intellectual disabilities and / or cerebral palsy, aged 16, to participate in leisure activities with the rest citizens.
In his speech, the mayor recalled with emotion Inmaculada Bernal, noting that the volunteers of both the Alraso Association, to which he belonged Bernal, and the SOI Foundation, have in this government team the best allies to work hand in hand with them.
The awards ceremony, held at the Aula Fundación Caja Mediterráneo Calle Mayor, ended with a concert by the group of African music United Africa, which included Inmaculada Bernal.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena