In the morning was made in the city of Sewell's "Olympic Solidarity Study VII, with the presence of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Social Services, Monica Garcia, together with Mercedes Gascó, Director of International Cooperation Projects Community Development Institute in Murcia, Elena Oliva, director of the NGO COOPERATION Cayetano Murcia and Taberner, International Cooperation, as organizers of the same, with the slogan "Kindle your solidarity." It will be held in Municipal Public Library in Cayita building in our town on 5 November to 5 December, as an innovative action development education and awareness to solidarity.
It is organized by NGO COOPERATION - Youth for International Development Cooperation, ALTEC and International Cooperation, together with the Community Development Institute for the Region of Murcia.
This new edition of the Olympic Solidarity Study, which starts on 5 November with the slogan "Kindle your solidarity" students from 15 countries offer their effort and every hour of study will become a euro thanks to sponsors thereof.
In the six previous editions of the Olympic Games have accumulated more than 450,000 euros, thanks to hours of study of nearly 40,000 young participants.
In this seventh edition is expected to get 350,000 hours of study and that the activity has crossed borders and develops in 15 countries in Europe, Africa and America.
This campaign will take place in over 300 libraries and study rooms spread over 15 countries in Europe, Africa and America.
Each student who enrolls in the activity can go to theaters equipped for the campaign and make their hours of study in euros with the help of sponsors, both public and private.
Entering is simple: to enter the study room the young collected paper money for the hours scheduled study.
After that time and before leaving, the head of the room confirmed that it has fulfilled the provisions and seals or signs the bill, bringing it into the ballot box.
All this money will go to school Kudilanga Ni Kudizola in Angola.
The Olympic Solidarity Study for a month wants to encourage SOLIDARITY than 23,000 young people around the world.
Also in this issue as a novelty, participants will also travel and see first hand the work being done on projects.
Through the contest "Draw your calls solidarity" can get a trip to meet our project in Angola.
Check the guidelines at www.olimpiadasolidaria.com .
The cities of Cartagena, Lorca, Murcia, Totana and Sewer within the Region of Murcia. Last year Sewell contributed to this campaign with 2,983 hours, with a participation of 839 people during 27 days that the Library was open, having that in the Region amounted to 16 screens, with a turnout of 9,654 people and a computation of 26,362 hours of study.
The Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services, Monica Garcia, said that "adherence to this initiative, which is part of the action taken by this Council, which is an innovative education action for development, we promote the role youth in society and promote active citizenship by giving young people the opportunity to participate in international cooperative action with its own resources.
To this end, the City Sewer enabled Cayita Municipal Public Library as a place to carry out this campaign and make their hours of study in euros. "
The Sewer Service Volunteer who will lead the management of this campaign in our county, and to this end have already begun visiting the schools, both secondary and primary schools as children, to explain to students is important solidarity action by the study, in which solidarity, education and youth go hand in hand in achieving the success of it.
The basis of this awareness-raising and education for development is the classic "time is money."
For the university and school only asked the effort to study, because
The Olympiad aims to promote interaction, solidarity, education and youth and will be several public and private sponsors who finance the cash conversion of hours to explore young people in libraries.
In this way young students show their commitment and solidarity in an active and become players in the process of change that seeks to promote development aid.
This campaign will pursue several goals: to encourage active citizenship of young people and their role in society, give them the opportunity to participate with their own resources in international cooperation and seek new educational approaches that make the study more attractive.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla