The Câmara de Vila Franca de Xira has extended for 20 years the cession of a building to the Association for the Child Welfare of the Parish of Vialonga (ABEIV), allowing the institution to apply to the PARES 3.0 program to carry out works at the Residential Reception Home in Vialonga. The property, located on Avenida Soeiro Pereira Gomes, is owned by the municipality and will continue to be made available to the association free of charge.
The extension of the commodatum contract term aims to meet one of the requirements for the application to the PARES 3.0 program – Reception Homes for Children and Youth. The funding will enable interventions to adapt the building to the current needs of the children and young people in care.
According to the mayor, Fernando Paulo Ferreira, ABEIV has been seeking to improve the facilities due to new needs of the children, namely in terms of accessibility and the installation of elevators. The mayor explained that the works are only possible with state support, which is why the municipality decided to extend the term to allow the association to apply to the program and carry out long-term works.
The new contract, approved at the Câmara meeting on August 31, was signed on September 4 in the Noble Hall of the Junta de Freguesia de Vialonga. The cession of the property falls within the municipal support for the associative movement, through the provision of spaces for activities of social interest.
