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Despite the rain, the intercultural encounter "The World In Your Place" received great public attendance (30/11/2009)

Last Sunday was held at the Paseo Poet Lorenzo Guardiola Intercultural Encounter 'The world in your place. "

Despite the rain, this activity was great attendance and the participation of around fifteen groups, both immigrant and local associations.

About two o'clock in the afternoon, participants were forced to move the food they had planned, with food from different cultures, to a room of the Home for the Elderly.

'The world in your place' is an organized activity between CAM Social Work and Social Policy Department under the program of Home Care and Immigrants.

Throughout the morning, there were demonstrations of crafts from around the world, traditional games and workshops for children as well as samples of ethnic jewelry, painting, African braiding, henna tattoos, etc.

The councilman of Social Policy Mariana Gomez said that "it is an encounter between different cultures are living together in Jumilla, to show us their culture, folklore, crafts, cuisine, and enjoy the variety of intercultural."

Groups attended by fifteen participants from Ecuador, Colombia, Morocco and Mali, among other places, and local associations, including the Association of Artisans, Rural Estampas de la Fuente del Pino, Red Cross, Caritas and the Association fours.

For his part, Mayor of Jumilla Francisco Abellán said the importance of this activity is to "civic duty of man, trying to live together and all equal, this meeting is another example of making life better for each other, it starts with education and meet the other. "

Similarly, Abellán acknowledged the work of the Welfare of MAC, "which devotes to this work of solidarity, as well as other public and private institutions working towards integration."

Finally, Blas Roca, director of the CAM area, said this action "arises as a need to support this new social and economic reality, create a holiday where ethnic associations to pool their way of life and has such interconnection of all the cultures. "

This is the fourth year in Murcia CAM organizes The World at your place ', an initiative that forms part of the continuing action that develops the Fund for social inclusion of citizens.

By holding these meetings is intended to promote activities and events that bring people and groups who are the local associations, so that they can make known their actions, projects and goals in a fun and artistic environment.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla

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