SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct. 14 (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Cabildo de Tenerife and the Vilaflor de Chasna Town Council have opened the doors of the municipality’s new Youth House, a space located in the old El Calvario Cultural Center that has been renovated and expanded with the aim of becoming a point of meeting for young people
The project has had a budget of 586,936 euros, of which 80% has been provided by the island corporation and the rest by the municipality.
Present at the opening ceremony were the president of the Cabildo, Pedro Martín; the mayor of Vilaflor de Chasna, Agustina Beltrán; the island councilor for Education and Youth, Concepción Rivero; the insular director of the area, Isabel Bello and the Councilor for Youth, Dolores Fumero, as well as other members of the Cabildo and the municipal corporation.
The insular president, Pedro Martín, highlighted the importance of having this specific meeting and coexistence space for youth.
“I am convinced that it will provide the necessary support to promote programs, activities and initiatives in accordance with their needs and concerns,” Martin said in a note, emphasizing “the importance of promoting youth participation in all areas of society to that adolescents and young people contribute their visions and ideas and take an active part in community life”.
The island councilor for Education and Youth, Concepción Rivero, addressed the young people of the municipality, assuring that from now on they will have a meeting space in which to carry out different activities with which they will learn, train, “but also have fun” .
In addition, Rivero recalled that “the Cabildo has numerous projects and programs for young people, which can be carried out in this new space that is the highest Youth House in Spain.”
The Youth Councilor of the Vilaflor de Chasna Town Council, Dolores Fumero, assures that “the opening of this House is a very important step for the young population of the municipality, since it will have a meeting space, a historical demand and that it will finally be can see fulfilled”.
Along these lines, he adds that “opening the first Youth House in Vilaflor means opening a youth space in which to share experiences, promote healthy habits, establish agreed projects and, especially, generate experiences and youth activity in the municipality.”
BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN 1998
The building where the new Vilaflor Youth House is located today was built in 1998.
With this project, in addition to being renovated, it has been expanded to a space of 491 square meters distributed over two floors and equipped with two kitchens, bathrooms with showers, two terraces, a meeting room, three multipurpose rooms and a media library.
This new meeting point for young people will allow them to carry out socio-educational activities that help them develop on a personal, social and professional level.
Thanks to the characteristics of the facilities, activities that require an overnight stay can be carried out, as well as programs linked to nature, due to the proximity to the forest crown in the south of the Island.
