The Plenary of La Orotava unanimously approved the groups that make up the municipal Corporation, the temporary transfer of a property to the José Luis Montesinos Canary Islands Foundation. This property, which is located at number 20 Tomás Zerolo street, is intended for this non-profit organization so that it can continue and complete its solidarity and self-sustaining project Securing opportunities.
The foundation, within this social initiative, launched, last September, an ecological and sustainable solidarity garden to generate work and provide food to hundreds of families in precarious situations. Now it is complemented by the creation of a home in the Villa, in which it plans to carry out sociocultural revitalization projects aimed at society in general and, in particular, at vulnerable youth in the municipality. In this space, the training actions will be focused and work will be done to guarantee the future of the participants, says the municipal government of Orotava.
The Town Hall will sign an agreement with the José Luis Montesinos Canary Islands Foundation, chaired by Lalo Martín, for the transfer of the property, which will have to be adapted to develop its objectives, but it is expected to be launched throughout this year.
The Foundation uses all its efforts, actions and resources to normalize the lives of people with health problems, disabilities or marginalization, especially through their social and labor inclusion, so that they can enjoy their basic rights. For this reason, the collective carries out an extensive program of activities and solidarity actions.
The origins
From the José Luis Montesinos Canary Islands Foundation it is explained that “we intend to be the refuge where, in times of crisis, many people find help and in the achievement of our founding principles, values and goals we appeal to those who can help us, through solidarity collaborations, who They will allow us to walk and advance towards the trust and credibility of our steps and actions”.
In their presentation, they emphasize that “we want to undertake the task of distributing food from the European Aid Fund for the Most Needy (FEAD) and the food that is received monthly in our city, from the Food Bank of the province of Holy Cross of Tenerifeunder the guidelines and criteria of the social workers of the Social Welfare area of the Puerto de la Cruz City Council».
In that city, last September an organic garden was inaugurated that aspires to supply fresh and quality products to the Food Bank of Puerto de la Cruz. This group has received aid from the Cabildo of 131,381 euros. A contribution that is part of the direct subsidies granted for humanitarian reasons to the entities associated with the Tenerife Isla Solidaria program that are in charge of distributing food and other essential products.
The implementation of this organic garden also included a training plan that pursues the social and labor insertion of the participating people in the rural environment, through the daily activity of an organic production garden, “whose cultivation has a great currently in demand and with great growth potential. It will also host educational workshops for coexistence “with which important values and principles are generated when facing their future, with the aim of achieving their individual and social well-being.”
