Issue No. 1960
26 Jan - 1 Feb 2023
COSTA BLANCA NORTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
WALK FOR AKIRA!
DOG-WALKING volunteer Lee Harker is embarking on a 240 kilometre walk from Moraira to Valencia and back to raise money for the Akira Angels project launched to convert land in to a training and rehabilita tion centre. The walk is from January 30 to February 4 and Akira dogs will join him part of the way. “I’m doing it is because I love dogs all animals, just dogs the most! It’s my pas sion to help as many dogs as possible,” said Lee. “If I won the Euromillions, I’d build the world’s best dog shelter. “In the meantime, I’m do ing this walk for the new centre. I appreciate it’s an expensive time of the year
LEE HARKER: It’s his passion to help as many dogs as possible.
with bills going up, so if you can’t donate, I would appre ciate it if you could share my GoFundMe page with as many friends as possible.” Lee’s GoFundMe page is here: Fundraiser by Lee Harker
Akira receives donations and holds fundraising events to cover running costs, but Akira’s Angel, a fundraising initiative to ex tend the shelter’s facilities, has its own website, https://akiraangels.org.
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Culture against bullets
A TOTAL of 32 Ukrainian women who have lost a relative in the war are participating in a psychological rehabilitation programme in Calpe for women who have lost relatives or been attacked or kidnapped in the war in Ukraine. The pro gramme is organised by NGO ‘Cultura contra las balas’. The women are spending two weeks at La Fossa beach participating in activities supervised by psychologists, thera pists and volunteers. They have had spa treatments, excur sions to Alicante and Novelda, and tasted the town’s cui sine at local hotels and restaurants. The Red Cross also took them on a hike through Calpe’s salt flats. This project is possible thanks to groups and residents that have selflessly taken part. The NGO plants to repeat the programme with children in March.