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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1848
3 - 9 December 2020
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RED CROSS APPEAL
AS Christmas approaches, the Red Cross in Mojacar has asked for the public’s support over the holidays. At a recent meeting with Mojacar’s mayor, Rosmari Cano, Red Cross rep resentatives gave a rundown of their work during the Covid19 pandemic and their current situation. The Red Cross members thanked the town hall for their ongoing collab oration agreement and its €10,000 contribution that has helped them carry out their work. So, too, did donations from two large supermarkets and support from many local establishments and groups. With the holidays now so near, the Red Cross detailed their plans for Christmas and their needs over the coming months, although owing to TORRECARDENAS hospital is collaborating with a pro ject that uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid19. The dogs belonging to se curity firm OPCON’s canine unit would ordinarily de tect explosives but two of them, Dolce and Angus, were recently videoed cor rectly locating a Covid19 sample 18 times out of 18. The samples were volun tarily donated by patients at the hospital. Carlos Aranguez, a lawyer and Penal Law lec turer, is codirector of the
RED CROSS: Mojacar branch representatives with Rosmari Cano. Covid health and safety restrictions, the Red Cross is still planning its tradi tional food donation campaign.
Concepcion Rivero Puche, presi dent of the Red Cross Mojacar branch, asked for help from the
town’s residents, shops and busi nesses so that the organisation’s volunteers may continue helping
Dogs turn Covid detectives pioneering project that in volves doctors from Tor recardenas hospital’s Pneu mology, Internal Medicine and Intensive Care depart ments.
Aranguez explained to the provincial daily La Voz de Almeria that training and trials have been taking place for more than three weeks and the results are
due to be announced on December 18 when they and four other OPCON snif fer dogs will give a public exhibition of their newly learnt skills.
the vulnerable. During the health crisis the Red Cross has become a lifeline for many Mojacar families whose finances have been greatly affected, Rivero Puche explained. Following assessments by Mo jacar’s Social Services, the Red Cross helped 62 families with cash cards for essential goods and another 18 with supermarket vouchers. The need for help has doubled dur ing the pandemic but the Junta’s cash cards ended in October, as well as the supermarket vouchers. Coupled with the extended restric tions and the limitations placed on businesses, the Red Cross needs everybody’s help more than ever be fore, the Mojacar branch’s president said.