THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 12 16 Issue No. 1944 6 - 12 October 2022
AXARQUIA - COSTA TROPICAL • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
A NERJA animal charity is heading to the town hall to petition them to find land for their new shelter. A meeting is to be held between the APAA dog charity and the local coun cil today Thursday, Octo ber 6 at 5pm. APAA will be asking for an improved local castra tion neutering programme for cats as well as urging them to assist in their hunt to find local land suitable for building a rescue cen tre large enough to look after the hundreds of ani mals the charity cares for a year. The charity’s treasurer, Sue Kiff, told the Euro Weekly News the charity has support from the wider public. She said: “We will have several rep resentatives of APAA at the meeting and Kitty Zil liger will be speaking for us as well as members of the public. “Judy Rust, a local resi dent, is also very interest
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PET PETITION
ANIMAL CHARITY: Is looking for a suitable piece of land.
ed in asking the town hall for help for our local strays and abused dogs and cats.” She added: “Although we are opening our second shop in Nerja within the next couple of weeks it still nowhere near covers our expenses. “We desperately need a refuge here locally in Nerja which APAA will run as successfully as we did be fore we were told to quit the land we were on four years ago.” The charity has been fundraising for the past year and the money raised, including an ex traordinary €200,000 from one generous anonymous donor, means they are now able to begin building their new refuge. Problems finding a suit able piece of land which is far enough away from oth er properties have delayed their plans however and they now plan to ask the council for help.
School Materials Campaign
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Backpacks have been delivered.
THE Red Cross in Velez Malaga has delivered backpacks to 259 children in the Axarquia region as part of the 2022/2023 School Materials Cam paign. This year, supplies have increased by 32 per cent due to an increase in work in disadvantaged ar eas of Velez and Torre del Mar, along with the care of children arriving from Ukraine who were forced to leave their country due to the war. This year 259 children
from all over the region, aged between three and 18 years old, have re ceived backpacks with their corresponding school supplies. Of the total ma terial delivered, 135 are boys and 124 are girls.
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Breast Cancer Day
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International Breast Cancer Day
THE Department of Social Welfare of the Rincon de la Victoria Town Hall together with the Spanish As sociation Against Cancer (AECC) has organised a se ries of activities to celebrate International Breast Cancer Day under the slogan ‘Pink is more than just a colour’. Informative activities will be held on Wednesday, October 19, with street tables aimed at raising awareness and promoting access to screening, diag nosis and effective treatment for the population. On Sunday, October 23, a solidarity walk will take place and on Wednesday, October 26, and Saturday, October 29, there will be a workshop on how to deal with uncertainty in the face of cancer. There will also be physical and meditation activities on the beach. The councillor for the area, Elena Aguilar, ex plained that these are “actions that aim to promote the early diagnosis of breast cancer, as well as to in crease the access of the female population to con trols and timely treatment of this disease.” For more information on the activities taking place go to https://www.rincondelavictoria.es/