A total of 604 people were attended by Cáritas Interparroquial in Dénia in 2018, a figure similar to that of the previous year that confirms that inequality is still installed in Dénia and in the Marina Alta.
A fact that emerges from the annual report of the organization, which indicates that the profile of the beneficiaries at the county level are single women, young couples with children, and single people; The majority of the people who come to Cáritas are women (73%) and the largest presence of foreigners (62%) remains in this region. It also highlights a high percentage of minors, who in the Navy reached the 33 percent of the beneficiaries of the action of Caritas.
Of the total number of people assisted in Dénia, 87% of families benefited from the solidarity cards project, prepaid cards that dignify the right to food, since they allow the people who receive them to buy fresh food and anonymously. commercial food establishments. Thus, it is promoted that people accompanied by Caritas can continue buying at the usual points without knowing that they receive help. The amounts allocated vary according to the family unit and their needs. The start-up of this project represents the 56% of the cost of the aid from Cáritas in Dénia, which this year totals 46 602 euros.
Slight increase in those served at the county level
In its annual report, Caritas has reported that a total of 2574 people were beneficiaries of their action in 2018 in the Marina Alta, a slight increase over the previous year. This increase is due, in part, to an 45% of people who have been served for the first time this year by 2018.
Projects developed in Dénia
Another project in Dénia and Xàbia they are interparroquial teams of accompaniment to employment, which people access from the parochial shelters and which are formed by volunteers who inform, advise and train people in different areas such as interior painting, English, computer and sewing. During the 2018 year they achieved 50 jobs.
Cáritas also has seven garment containers located in the region, one in the parish of San Miguel de Dénia, five in Ondara and one in Gata de Gorgos. The collection of clothes is also done in the rest of the parishes of the Marina Alta where you can deposit clothes, shoes and accessories whatever your state. With the donation of clothing, work is generated for people at risk of exclusion through the insertion companies @rropa and Koopera Mediterránea.
Increase in the parish community
In Dénia in this year 2018, the parish community has increased the donations and the contributions of the partners with respect to last year and next to the collections represent the 73 percent of the income.
In the 2018 year, Cáritas counted in the Marina Alta with the selfless work of 326 volunteers, most of them (76%) women. In addition, he invested a total of 183 214 euros in primary care to cover basic needs of food, education, housing (supplies, rents, etc.) and medicines, among other aids. Likewise, the 74 for one hundred of the resources that the entity has come from its own funds through donations, collections and awareness actions.
