There are already almost 7,000 families in Santa Cruz who, this year, have received one of the food cards, in any of its forms, delivered by the City hall through the IMAS to the most vulnerable families. Specifically, 6,971 have been delivered, which have had a total of 67,287 monthly top-ups, which translates into more than five million euros covered by the Consistory.
This was detailed by the mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez, and the councilor for Social Action, Rosario González, who, accompanied by the president of the Food Bank, Hernán Cerón, met with the 35 entities that currently carry out the distribution of food, to inform you that, as of January 2023, the City Council will assume the delivery of the products in the premises where these associations of volunteers make the delivery to the vulnerable people and families of the municipality, who are referred by the Work Units Social (UTS) of the different districts.
“As of 2023 -said the mayor-, due to the increase in financing that we have been able to make in the budget, the Food Bank will be in charge of transporting food, that is, the distribution entities will no longer have to go to BancoTeide (MercaTenerife) to pick them up, but they will be delivered to each of their entities”.
In addition, he added that “this represents a great advance in reducing the expenses of the entities and advancing in the commitment that we acquired at the time to support those who are in charge of this important task in favor of the most vulnerable people”.
González, for his part, was in charge of presenting the new Santa Cruz Digitalízate project, which, in the words of the councilor, “is an initiative focused on providing computer skills to the volunteers who manage these food distribution entities in the town”. Likewise, she adds that this training “will allow them to have a greater number of tools to manage this very important activity and optimize the service they undertake in the different districts of the municipality.” “The beneficiaries of this training project will be the managers and volunteers of the 35 food distribution entities that are registered with BancoTeide in Santa Cruz de Tenerife,” González specified.
It also adds that “these are third-sector associations, such as social associations, neighborhood associations, religious entities and foundations, which are dedicated, among their activities, to meeting the basic needs of those people in a situation of social exclusion and/or social and economic vulnerability, which will be the final beneficiaries by being able to receive a more comprehensive and efficient service”.
In short, the main purpose of this project is, in the first instance, to ensure that the administrative management by the basic needs distribution entities is as efficient as possible, using a common computer system that speeds up the work, being able to attend to more people in less time and with less effort.
