• Issue No. 2020 • 21 - 27 Mar 2024
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Pupils against graffiti Credit: Cala Nova Cancer Care
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YOUNG people lobbying for damaging graffiti removal have been awarded a prize by the Association for the Revitalisation of Historic Centres (ARCA). Pupils from Sant Francesc school in Palma, led by teacher Jordi Carulla, have won a prestigious award for their hard work cataloguing graffiti. This beautiful initiative aims to tackle defacement in a district in the old town of Palma known as Canamunt. Pupils at Sant Francesc school were indignant to discover ugly graffiti on historic buildings in the area. After considering various options, including cleaning the walls and demonstrating, their teacher organised them into groups of six 12- and 13-year-old children, who then spent three hours a week for two months mapping the graffiti. They subsequently presented the results to the city mayor, demanding the buildings be cleaned of the inscriptions. These bright young people are proof that the future is in good hands. Credit: Z. Thomas, Creative commons
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Cheque presentation ceremony for cancer care.
CALA NOVA CANCER CARE charity founder Angela McGrath was delighted to present cheques for € 20,000 each to AECC Cancer Care in the Balearic Islands and to Aspanob (Association for Of Parents of Children With Cancer in the Balearic islands). In the centre of the picture, Angela McGrath is presenting a cheque to Jaime Coll, president of Aspanob children’s can-
cer. To her right is Rachel Watkinsa, vice British Consul, and next to her is Jaime Bellido, vice president of AECC. None of the volunteers in the organisation receive any payment for their work. They were warmly thanked for their tireless dedication. Thanks also went to everyone who donates their unwanted items to the three charity shops and to the committed
customers who then buy them, without whom these remarkable donations would not have been possible. Bronwyn Griffiths, the President of the Cancer Support Group, CSG expressed thanks for a €3,000 cheque from Cala Nova Cancer Care. These funds are earmarked for taking patients to and from hospital, offering counselling and support and also providing wigs.
Dime, the association of palliative care volunteers in the Balearic Islands, also received € 3,000. Almost everyone has family or friends who have had cancer, and together we can help alleviate suffering. To donate furniture, bedding, or other items, or to volunteer, contact Calanova Cancer Care Charity Shop on Joan Miró, San Agustín on 971 708 664.
Graffiti on historic building in Palma.
Audience with the Pope THE president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, had an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on March 20. The Council of Mallorca is starting celebrations for the year of Saint Catalina Tomàs with a series of events in Rome and the Vatican to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the death of the only Mallorcan saint.
The first minister of the Council, Llorenç Galmés, accompanied by the bishop of Mallorca, Sebastià Taltavull, and the mayor
of Palma, Jaime Martínez, told Pope Francis that the event will be “very memorable, because she is the only Mallorcan saint.”
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