February 2011
Santiago de Compostela, general director of agency and personal autonomy of the Xunta de Galicia, Coro Pineiro, today announced the voluntary program for older people 3.0.
The agreement between the Department of Labor and the Caixa Foundation aims to train in new technologies to older people to then teach others in the community.
Pineiro said that the primary goal of 3.0 people is to create "a channel through which to demonstrate that" the largest, remain active and participatory. "
The deputy director of the Fundación la Caixa, Elisa Duran, said that this is the result of reflection on "how to build on that strength so important to our seniors."
Duran said that the people of the 3.0 generation "are the advance party" will have to apply their knowledge programs such as Life Stories, Active Minds, Great Readers, among others, all related to personal training through the Internet.
Those who want to participate must register with the centers over the Obra Social La Caixa to have an agreement with the regional government where they can be trained in volunteerism and social skills.
voluntary joint project between the Regional Government and the Foundation began in 1998 and have involved about 165,000 adults in Galicia.
In Galicia, the program has 400 volunteers, divided in 23 centers with computer equipment.
is a flagship project that began in June 2008 at the Teixeira prison, where 12 seniors in new technologies to enable young inmates.
This year, the Caixa Foundation will have a budget of 500 million for social projects, of which 25 are invested in programs for seniors.
At a press conference, the delegate general of the Caixa Galicia, Arthur Marc Benhamou, said that 9 million euros of social work were invested in Galicia last year and that his idea is that it "will continue to increase" .
The meeting was also attended by adult volunteers and Camen Feijóo involved five years ago and now teaches computer science at a disabled youth. EFE
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