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Consell and Espai Dones team up to promote equality and eradicate gender violence

Foto conveni espai donesConsell de Formentera president Jaume Ferrer and Dolores Fernández Tamargo, chair of Espai Dones, signed into effect a €3,000 deal to foster equality and prevent domestic abuse in 2017. The agreement lays the groundwork for a partnership between the two groups in which efforts will be focused on boosting equality and stemming gender violence.

Espai Dones Formentera is a nonprofit that seeks to support feminist struggles and achieve broad recognition and support for gender equality. Since its creation, the group has focused its efforts around high-profile events like International Women's Day and International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Formentera's day centre celebrates six years

Foto acte celebracio v aniversariThe Formentera Council's Office of Social Welfare has announced a series of events, April 25 through May 4, to mark the Formentera Day Centre's sixth anniversary celebration. The aim, said Councillor Vanessa Parellada, is to “educate residents about the centre's services, provide guidance and cultivate camaraderie between users of the Centre and the staff there”.

Open day
The Day Centre will open its doors on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 11.00am and 1.00pm for anyone interested in learning more about the facilities, the activities hosted or the services provided.

Discussions and workshops
Tomorrow, April 25, from 11.00am to 12.30pm in the multipurpose room, the Centre staff will be on hand to offer a talk about preventing minor spills around the house. Organisers decided to host the event, which will include safety tips like adapting a dwelling to any dependent residents' changing needs, when they saw that a significant percentage of falls were happening at peoples' homes.

On Wednesday, April 26, from 11.00am to 12.20pm and also in the multipurpose room, staff will give a talk on emotional intelligence for caregivers, a group plagued by high rates of of stress and other disorders.

End of the party
Lastly, May 4, from 11.00am to 1.00pm, the Centre will host a dance to celebrate six years of operations. For patrons of the Centre, as well as families and staff, it will be the cherry on the cake.

Taking stock of local fund's efforts to boost cooperation

Presentacio fons pitiusFormentera Council social welfare officer Vanessa Parellada, who is also the vice chair of a group named the Pityusic Cooperation Fund (Fons Pitiús de Cooperació in Catalan), was joined by fund manager Fina Darder in hosting a press conference to review the decisions made at the fund's March 27 assembly. Among the news items were a new member's adhesion to the fund as well as the fund's budget and areas of action.

In 2017 the Formentera Council has earmarked €20,000 for the non-profit fund, whose work varies from cooperation and emergency humanitarian relief to educational outreach and training on Formentera and Eivissa.

Open day at low-cost flats in Sant Ferran

Presentacio ibavi 1This morning, 14 freshly-finished units of low-cost public housing were unveiled in Sant Ferran. The flats were commissioned by the Balearic housing authority (IBAVI) and built on a plot of land ceded by the Formentera Council.

Alongside CiF president Jaume Ferrer at the morning gathering were Marc Pons, the Govern's minister of land, energy and mobility, CiF councillors and vice-presidents Bartomeu Escandell, Alejandra Ferrer, Daisee Aguilera and Rafael González, as well as IBAVI chief Maria Antònia Garcias and project architect Carles Gabriel Oliver.

Open day
From 12.30 to 2.30pm and 4.30 to 5.30pm this Wednesday, March 29, and Monday, April 3, visitors will be free to tour the flats, all of which come with two bedrooms.

Last chance to register
According to IBAVI officials, 214 applications from would-be renters have been received so far. Tuesday, April 4 is the final deadline for applications, which can be completed at IBAVI's Sant Francesc office on carrer Pla del Rei. IBAVI will remain open from 11.30am to 5.00pm March 29 and 30 and April 3 and 4.

On April 2, Festa Intercultural turns 15

rsz foto presentacio festa interculturalThe Formentera Council's Office of Social Welfare unveiled plans for the 15th Festa Intercultural. At the presentation were social welfare councillor Vanessa Parellada, festival organiser Maribel Jiménez and, chair of the island's Associació Intercultural, Serena Amaduzzi.

Sunday, April 2, Sant Francesc's Mestre Lluís Andreu primary school will play host to a gala showcasing the diverse countries and Spanish regions represented on Formentera. “The event,” said Councillor Parellada, “is about experiencing—living and loving—the other cultures that enrich our island.”

Children's games
The cost of admission, four euros, is waived for children under 12. Doors open at 12.30pm and from 1.00pm kids activities include a mask-making workshop, Twister, can toss, a recycling workshop, a lesson writing their name in Arabic or the chance to decorate a bookmark. The children's corner of the festival will also feature bouncy castles and other activities until 5.30pm.

Musical theatre
New this year is the festival's musical theatre segment at 1.00pm. The Formentera band, with students from the school of music, and s'Esglai theatre troupe, have partnered to present “el Viatge Músic,” a production Jiménez called “a very special combination of music, theatre and dance”.

Fine dining
From 2.00 to 3.30pm, locals will have their chance to taste all the fine-dining flavour of Formentera's immigrant communities. Moroccan couscous, Ecuadorian meat sauté, Indonesian nasi goreng are just some of the dishes food fest attendees will be able to sample. “A show for the senses,” promised Jiménez.

In the words of Festa Intercultural's organiser, the day's roster of culinary ombudsmen—Cuba, Chile, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Colombia, Indonesia, Brazil, Italy, Equator, Morocco, Germany, Paraguay, Andalucía, Galicia, València, Catalunya and Formentera—“will give us a backdoor into the kitchens of a good part of the world”.

Performances
The day's entertainment will entail music and other performances from communities there taking part. Festivalgoers will hear the sounds of the traditional Galician gaita, see dancers do hometown dance steps (ball pagès) and bump to the beat of everything from Cuban salsa to Brazilian music and Dominican bachata. Supercumbia y la Liga de la Alegría headline the day's musical programme. Communiqués were issued to all the day's participating associations and who pledged to shun songs with lyrics disparaging to women and other disadvantaged groups.

Commitment to the environment
Organisers of this year's culture fest wanted to spotlight environmental awareness. Amaduzzi reminded everyone to bring reusable plates and glasses from home and announced that recycling bins, as well as ashtrays, would be set up around the event to keep litter and cigarette butts from turning up on the school's playground.

Councillor Parellada gave special thanks to the one hundred volunteers making this year's Festa Intercultural possible.

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