Crewkerne Lions Club

MAZARRÓN LIONS MOVE UP A GEAR FOR LORCA!

Still extremely amazed and grateful to the public for their ongoing, generous donations to help them lessen the suffering of those caught in the aftermath of Lorca's tragic earthquake, Mazarrón Lions Club are considerably 'stepping up' their involvement in their relief efforts for Lorca.  Having said that, they still need your help – either by direct donation or by paying donations into any Santander Bank, into...

Banco Santander a/c number 0049 4578 38 2010004392
'Lions Club of Mazarrón Bahía – Lorca Account'

Or simply contacting Lion Sid Worley on 968 429 236 with your stated intent
With some 300 plus displaced people still living in temporary and tented accommodation, waiting for the prefabricated housing promised by the Spanish central government to materialise, normality is very slow in returning.  As a consequence, basic foodstuffs and household ancillaries are still in high demand and continue to 'eat up' donated resources at an alarming rate.  Mazarrón Lions Club – have been nominated by the Spanish Federation of Lions Clubs as the Lorca Project Leaders – have been able to supply several thousand euro's worth of 'everyday' articles and food but, at a consumption rate of around €6,000 weekly, corrective solutions rather than just 'filling the gap' need to be established, prioritised and implemented without further delay.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Representatives of Mazarrón Lions, together with representatives of the Lions Clubs of Torrevieja Costa, Torrevieja Suomi and the Federation of Spanish Lions Clubs have visited Lorca on a number of occasions recently, holding meetings with both the Lorca ayuntamiento and the appointed Earthquake Relief Commission, aimed at establishing how Lions might be able to provide more effective long-term support.

A number of urgent areas of need were identified by them, the most crucial of which is felt to be the total rebuilding of the Centro de Desarrollo Infantil y Atención Temprana (Center for Infantile Development and Early Learning for Disabled Children) which was badly damaged during the earthquake and which is still in a very dangerous condition. 

For more pictures please go to the Crewkerne Lions Facebook page.

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