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The UNED and the Solidarity Board make an appeal to citizens to collaborate with "1 book x 1 kilo"

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Event Date: April 17th 2019
Event type: Other events
Site: UNED Dénia (Municipal House of Culture)
Schedule: From 10: 00 to 20: 00 hours
Home: Free
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The next 17 in April, and in the framework of the celebrations of the Day of the Book, the Associated Center to the UNED in Dénia celebrates a new edition of the solidarity day 1 Book x 1 Kilo, through which the center will deliver books in exchange for a contribution of food that will go to the Bureau for Development.

This practice, certified as Good Practice by UNED at the national level, has been held for the past seven years at the door of the House of Culture, headquarters of the UNED Dénia. More than 40 volunteers are already part of this year's edition, which demonstrates the consolidation of the day and the involvement of the entire educational community.

The collected food will be delivered to the Solidarity Roundtable, formed by the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Extend your Hand and Cáritas. Their representatives agreed to thank this initiative to the UNED, which in addition to collecting food allows to give visibility to the problems suffered by dozens of neighbors in Dénia.

From Caritas, Siro Gómez stressed that "There are less needy than years ago, but there are more needs than before". The representative of Cáritas appealed to the neighbors so that, in addition to collaborating with this initiative, they are encouraged to collaborate with financial donations to help pay bills for people at risk of social exclusion.

In turn, the Salvation Army He explained that the association has more users than last year, and that this initiative helps fill the food stores. Your representative took the opportunity to remember that, during this solidarity day, personal hygiene and baby utensils are also welcome.

Antonio Calero, of the association Extend Your Hand, denounced the "political demagogy" in a society in which the 26% of the population is at risk of social exclusion and in which more and more the working poor are. In Dénia, exemplified, there are cases of workers to 8 and 12 hours that earn a salary of 400 euros per month. Extend your hand helped, in 2017, to 1044 people in Dénia. Calero stressed that "Dénia's response is exemplary", but asked the city council to increase its social budget.

Finally, from Red Cross, explained that in the local assembly of Denia food deliveries are made every Monday and Wednesday in their facilities.

The Solidarity Day 1 Book x 1 Kilo will be held on Wednesday, 17 in April, from the 10: 00 in the morning and until the 20: 00 hours, at the door of the Municipal House of Culture. Until that day, those who want to contribute books can do so at the center's secretariat.

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