The Ministry of Family and Equal Opportunities financed with 1,744,000 euros the attention to 332 people with intellectual disabilities belonging to the Association for the Integration of Disabled People of the Mar Menor Region (Aidemar).
Among the services subsidized by the Autonomous Community, through the Murciano Institute of Social Action (IMAS), is the center of child development and early care, the day center for people with intellectual disabilities, the residence for people with intellectual disabilities, a sheltered housing for people with light intellectual disabilities and sheltered housing for people with chronic mental illness.
The day center of Aidemar offers comprehensive attention to the basic personal, therapeutic and sociocultural needs of people with intellectual disabilities affected by different degrees of dependency, promoting their autonomy and permanence in their usual environment.
The Autonomous Community has already hired 50 places in this center, with an investment of 558,330 euros.
This year they will finance five more places there and another eight places in the residence of the association, with the aim of offering services to more people.
In the residence had already contracted 33 places, to which the Ministry allocates 681,000 euros.
The Minister of Family and Equal Opportunities, Violante Tomás, along with the mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo, and the president of Aidemar, Francisco Javier García, participated yesterday in the charity race of the IX edition of 'Aidemarcha', which brought together to more than 3,000 participants.
The test included a 5-kilometer run for runners, another of 3 kilometers for the walkers and a new edition of the 'Mini Aidemarcha', for children up to 12 years old.
The event featured animation on departure and arrival, in addition to the help of 300 volunteers.
Solidarity and sport
This race has already transcended the charitable nature with which it began nine years ago to become a sporting event and a brand image for Aidemar.
In this year's edition highlights the delivery made of number 1 to Rufino García Quesada, founder of Aidemar.
In the delivery of trophies, the counselor Violante Tomás highlighted that "the high participation in the test demonstrates the social support that the work of these parents has for the integration of children".
He said, "Aidemar is a great example of how the interests of parents have been consolidating the associative movement in the Region, in the last twenty years, and the link of people with disabilities and their families with society."
One of the values ​​of the association is that it provides services to people with disabilities in different cycles of life, ranging from early attention to employability programs.
Aidemar offers a wide range of services that begin with child development and early care for children under 6 years of age.
Likewise, it works as a concerted center for Special Education for students between 3 and 20 years old.
Aidemar also manages a special employment center and an employment resource center for job placement, and residential housing and family respite for people with severe disabilities, as well as a service for families.
Source: CARM