â—Ź The training presents a motion for the association to improve and extend the service it already provides to 40 psychic disabled
â—Ź "We are betting on this assignment compared to the current location, as it would allow more places and residents to gain in quality of life," said municipal spokesman Rubén Tardido
Citizens will propose to the Plenary the transfer of the so-called 'yellow college' to the association Prometheus, in order to serve as a new day center for the association of disabled people for the municipality and its region.
The so-called 'yellow college' is the old center of Our Lady of the Rosary, which currently houses the Adult and Language School.
According to the local orange spokesperson, Ruben Tardido, "it would be the Prometeo association itself that would run the costs of refurbishing the buildings to also serve as a Day Center. The project would allow to double the places of the current 40 in the facilities of The street Saavedra Fajardo, which would give rise to the waiting list of residents of the municipality and its area of ​​influence, which includes the districts of Roldán and El Jimenado, in addition to the municipalities of Fuente Alamo, Los Alcazares, San Pedro del Pinatar, The Union and the cartagenera deputation of Roche ".
The Prometeo Association of Parents of Physically, Psychologically and Sensitively Disabled Persons, created in 1997, and the Prometeo Torre Pacheco Foundation, created in 2008, aim to meet the needs of people with functional diversity throughout their lives, and in the Currently provides a Day Center service to 40 users, mostly intellectually disabled, aged between 17 and 50 years.
According to Tardido, "the facilities were remodeled in 1999, but have reached their growth limit, while Prometheus' waiting list for them continues to grow.
The objective of our initiative is to support Prometheus in the expansion of the facilities or the transfer of a larger room, as would be the case of the 'yellow college' "..
Source: Ciudadanos Región de Murcia