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More than 250 people with disabilities can enjoy this summer a safe swimming in the beach thanks to the two points of accessibility that have launched Red Cross and the city of Cartagena, through its Institute for Coastal Municipal Services (IMSEL) .
In total, six fixed points began operating last July 1 and will do until August 31, located on the beaches: La Loma del Castillo (Camping Caravaning), La Gola (next to Hotel Cavanna in La Manga) Mar de Cristal, Playa Honda, Los Urrutias and grandchildren.
This morning has been presented to the media operating points that are adapted bathroom attendant at the Red Cross, on the beach and La Loma del Castillo Gola.
The rest are those relatives of people with disabilities who help with bathing, as explained Councillor for Social Care, Antonio Calderon, Director General of the Coast, Gabriel Ruiz, and the Director of Youth Red Cross, Antonio Paredes.
JÃ "QUALIFIED YOUTH RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS
For the bath, using two amphibious chairs for each module, adapted crutches, floats, life jackets, buoys and support.
Some 25 young Red Cross volunteers provide security for these people because they have specific training and, as stressed by Calderon must take into account that they are people who need help not only to reach the shore but during the ban o.
Caravaning and Camping Hotel Cavanna, working with Red Cross volunteers providing meals, since its shift runs from 11.00 am to 19.00 hours in the afternoon.
The point has been adapted from five years Caravaning offered to swimmers with disabilities and has even served to attract people from outside the municipality, who come specifically because they know that there are points of assisted bathing with qualified staff, explained Antonio Paredes.
Some users of these fixed points are also vacationers.
Josefina is the case with Iniesta, the Camping Caravaning, which feels especially grateful to the volunteers who helped her to a chair and stay with her ​​in the water. This service is the best I have ever invented for people who do not we can move, he assured.
CAMPAIGN OF CONCIENCIACIÃ "NA BAÃ'ISTAS
At the same time, these points of assisted bathing are conducted awareness campaigns to inform bathers of the health care environment and to prevent risks at beaches.
The campaign carries the theme "Love yourself this summer a lot 'and about all those leaflets in different languages, posters, ashtrays and even the beach to prevent the dumping and abandonment of cigarette butts.
It also informs the swimmers of the safety on beaches and drivers of the Red Cross campaigns for traffic during the operations of departure and return this summer.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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