Ondara Launches Shopping Vouchers To Support Vulnerable Families

Ondara’s assembly has approved a caller strategy providing shopping vouchers for basal equipment to residents facing financial hardship. The initiative, funded by nan Department of Social Services, intends to guarantee that susceptible families person entree to basal necessities specified arsenic food, individual hygiene items and cleaning products.

The determination was formalised connected November 5, during a gathering astatine Ondara Town Hall attended by nan Mayor, José Ramiro; Councillor for Social Services, Raquel Mengual; method advisor Pedro Gil; and representatives from Ondara kindness Cáritas. The strategy will run done rechargeable cards that tin beryllium utilized successful section shops.

This measurement stems from commitments made during May’s Solidarity Forum, which brought together nan Town Hall, Social Services, Red Cross, AECC, Cáritas and nan Local Police to coordinate support for those successful need.

The statement for supplying nan shopping vouchers has been awarded to nan institution Juan Fornés Fornés S.A. The full fund allocated is €14,004, distributed crossed 2025 and 2026. Cáritas Ondara will place nan beneficiary families based connected clear criteria of vulnerability and societal exclusion. Families receiving akin assistance from different programmes will not beryllium eligible.

Beneficiaries will request to show ID and whitethorn only usage nan vouchers for basal products, including caller food, dairy, meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, and individual hygiene aliases family cleaning items. Cáritas will besides grip authorisations successful exceptional cases.

Cáritas Santa Anna assisted 69 families successful 2024 and calls for nationalist support

In a abstracted update, nan section branch of Cáritas Santa Anna has reported that during 2024 it supported 69 families, including 23 children, acknowledgment to nan dedication of 10 volunteers.

The kindness welcomes families each different Monday from 4.30pm to 6.30pm astatine its premises connected Església Street, wherever it offers guidance, accompaniment and organization support.

Throughout nan year, Cáritas Santa Anna received €6,625 from parish collections, €395 successful backstage donations and €3,950 from diocesan support aliases grants. These costs were utilized to screen nutrient expenses (€2,420), lodging assistance (€430), wellness and acquisition (€633), on pinch an bonzer publication of €7,365 to assistance pinch nan DANA emergency.

The organisation has issued an entreaty to section residents to proceed supporting its ngo done donations, voluntary activity aliases slope transfers, helping to “open paths of hope” and safeguard nan dignity of those experiencing hardship.

Anyone wishing to collaborate tin interaction Cáritas Santa Anna via email astatine caritasantanaondara@gmail.com  or by telephone connected 608 57 40 37.