Algarve Situation Report Wednesday 9^th March 2022

Ukraine: Bus from Loulé to pick up 52 refugees

It was just after 6 am on Monday, when a bus left the Loulé Bus Terminal bound for Warsaw, Poland, to support the refugee population from the war in Ukraine and collect a group of 52 people who will settle in the municipality of Loulé, the municipality said in a statement.

“These people who choose Portugal to rebuild their lives, destroyed by the military conflict, are mainly women and children, most of them family members of Ukrainian citizens already residing in the municipality of Loulé”, reinforces the same source.

The bus that should arrive at the destination this Tuesday at the end of the day, also takes some material for the refugees who are on Polish soil, namely medical and first-aid material, food and clothing.

The delegation that will pick up these Ukrainian citizens is made up of 4 drivers (who will take turns during the journey), a doctor from the ABC – Algarve Biomedical Centre, a social action technician and a translator. The return trip will take place on the morning of Wednesday, March 9th.

Also in the coming days, a truck with essential goods will be heading towards Ukraine, which are being collected by associations, entities and civil society in the municipality of Loulé. This initiative carried out by the Municipality of Loulé, and which is part of the mechanisms for supporting and welcoming refugees, is carried out in close collaboration with DOINA – Association of Romanian and Moldavian Immigrants in the Algarve and validated by the High Commissioner for Migrations, Secretariat of State for Integration and Migration and Secretary of State for Internationalization. It also has the support of ABC – Algarve Biomedical Centre.

“Together for Ukraine”: Câmara de Tavira updates list of needs

In the context of the conflict situation in Ukraine, and following the support of the Municipality of Tavira to the campaign to support this country, the list of needs was updated, and the new goods can be delivered to the group of Ukrainian volunteers/ those in Tavira, until the 31st of March, in the building where the Youth Foundation operated (Rua Maria Aboim, n.º 1), from Monday to Friday, between 3 pm and 6 pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays, between at 10 am and 6 pm.

According to the Municipality, the goods collected will later go to the Algarve Ukrainian Association, in Faro, where the Ukrainian logistics centre for the Algarve “Together for Ukraine!” was created. Volunteers are available for more information on 961 205 514.

International women’s Day – City Hall marks the occasion with various activities in Portimão.

The municipality of Portimão is preparing to mark International Women’s Day tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8th, with several initiatives that aim to celebrate all women and their achievements and alert the community to the issue of gender equality, which is once again the theme chosen this year by the United Nations for this event.

With the aim of making young people aware of the change in attitudes and discriminatory practices between men and women in the public and private spheres, and within the scope of the activities of the TIAR CLDS Portimão project that promote gender equality, it will take place during the day. , at the Bemposta Elementary and Secondary School and at the Engenheiro Nuno Mergulhão Elementary School the activity «Dialogues for Change».

This initiative will sensitize the students of these schools to change attitudes and discriminatory practices between men and women in the public and private spheres.

It is part of the TIAR CLDS Portimão program of activities, for the promotion of gender equality within the scope of this project to fight poverty and social exclusion, to promote employment and to improve the living conditions of the population in of economic, social and personal vulnerability.