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Agencia ICAL
| 08/11/2021 – 10:03h.
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The Department of Social Welfare, Childhood and Equality of the Ponferrada City Council organizes a new edition of the Grow With Me campaign with activities such as cinema and music, aimed at the dissemination, awareness and information of the needs of children. Taking advantage of this initiative, on November 20, International Children’s Rights Day, the fountain in the Plaza de Julio Lazúrtegui will be illuminated in blue to commemorate that day and celebrate it with the children of Ponferrada.
According to the person in charge of the area, Lorena González, all these activities are intended to promote the joint participation of children in the company of their parents, as well as to satisfy some of those basic needs such as playing, stimulation or emotional security provided by the event. to share time with our parents.
González recalls that the functions of the family are not limited only to the care and education of the youngest, it is also essential to provide training in the field of affectivity and the need to provide tools and instruments that help them develop safely and autonomy in a society where the culture of leisure and free time acquires greater importance every day.
Given that the family is the most important development context for children, “an attempt is made to make a program with special emphasis on the involvement of parents and trying to encourage their participation in the various activities that will be carried out during the campaign. “, explains the mayor of Social Welfare.
Ponferrada’s Grow With Me Program.
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