Students from the Citizenship class at Colégio Estadual D.Manuel I went to the Jardim do Bacalhau wardrobe to leave their clothes.
Until Sunday, two pieces of furniture called “Solidarity Wardrobes”, in an initiative by Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Beja (SCMB) and the support of the Municipality, will be on the city streets containing clothes, so that people who live with less means can take the parts they need most.
The objective was to gather winter clothes, and in each of the wardrobes, placed in strategic locations in the Historic Center, in the arcades of the Church of Misericórdia, at Praça da República and Jardim do Bacalhau, you can find all types of clothes, of man, woman and child.
“We have a very harsh winter in the region and we know that there are people with many needs”, revealed to Lidador News (LN), Francisca Guerreiro, yes SCMB, who added that in the wardrobes “there are also many blankets thinking about homeless people. We intend to give them some more comfort”, concluded.
For the person responsible for “Solidarity Wardrobe”, “The initiative has two aspects, taking and bringing back clothes that people no longer use and can be useful to others. We know that the community is supportive and we count on it”, maintained Francisca Guerreiro.
Solidarity with the cause, the 22 students of the Citizenship and Development discipline, from the 9th year - Class C of the D.Manuel I State School, in Beja, they went to Jardim do Bacalhau and left the clothes they no longer wore. “The teacher told us about this initiative and in class we decided to participate in this noble cause. We gathered what we didn’t use and came to deliver it and help those who need it most”, told LN, Bárbara Silva, of 15 year old, one of the students present at the scene.
Until Sunday, three times a day, the wardrobes are supplied by SCMB techniques, so that there is always plenty of clothing and each person, anonymously you can get the coat you need most.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
