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The Councillor for Social Care, Antonio Calderon, has opened today in the workshops of the Casa del Niño XXV exhibition commemorating the anniversary of the School House Child Workshop Volunteers San Vicente de Paul.
The Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, was born in Cartagena in 1940 with a group of people sensitized to the difficult situation in which families spend time.
They took the name "House of the Child, to have their meetings in this building, from where they studied and organized aid.
In 1984, aware that the situation was different and responding to new needs found the Workshop School of Education, Promotion and Integration of Women in the spirit of its founder, always adapting to the needs, from healthcare to the promotion.
Dozens of students have passed through this school over 25 years.
Currently operates four projects: Literacy, Dressmaking, Crafts and breastfeeding.
Right now with 14 volunteers and 7 partners, attending a total of 25 students from different cultures and nursing serving 35 children from 0 to 9 months.
The volunteers of this association turn their efforts in training workshops and support in promoting women in the most disadvantaged.
Remember that the Association of St. Vincent de Paul, a full member of the International Association of Charities, is present in 54 countries with 250,000 members.
In Spain, up about 3,000 active people, many volunteers and 7,000 other partners.
It is also federated with Caritas national, diocesan and local levels and is a member of the Spanish Committee of Social Welfare, among others.
Its main purpose is to meet the needs from the different situations of poverty and actions of solidarity and support.
In Cartagena this group carries out its work in the barrios of San Antonio Abad, Lo Campano, Downtown, Mediterranean and Slum Housing Virgen de la Caridad.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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