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The 4000 San Sebastian that have taken the Kirol Txartela so far this year have enabled the City to work with 4,000 euros in a project of solidarity with the Ethiopian people through an agreement between the Foundation for Sports and Sport Mundi association, as announced today the Councillor for Sports, Jon Lasa. This collaborative agreement states that you must donate 1 euro to cooperative action for each new high of Kirol Txartela to register. "In this way, Donostia Kirola wishes to reaffirm its commitment to values associated with sport, such as solidarity, cooperation or integration, as reflected in its Strategic Plan 2007-2013", stressed Lasa.

The mayor, who has appeared accompanied by the golfer Txema Olazabal, Secretary of Sport Mundi, Manu Amunarriz and President of Ethiopia, "Utopia, Imanol Apalategi, has indicated that the solidarity project that these funds are intended to continue raising money order year for each new subscriber Sports Board.

The contribution will be channeled through NGOs Ethiopia Utopia, which is developing several initiatives in the area of Wukro (Ethiopia), where the Angel hernaniarra Olaran runs a project that aims to cover the basic needs of the population, through development of activities of public health, education, food, sports, etc.

In particular, it is carrying out a project on the existing school sports in the area, Saint Mary's College, created as a vocation and technical center to guide and improve youth unemployment. Apart from the different subjects taught in the classroom, the institution is passionate about the work of promoting physical exercise among young people.

To carry out this project, has organized a committee made up of six people who are organizing teams to participate in different leagues Wukro.

The donation of 4,000 euros Donostia has been collected due to the steady upward trend that has registered the Kirol Txartela over the past three years and has achieved his record with entries in January and June 2010 (500 more than in the same period in 2009). Thus, there are already 41 650 people paid to Kirola Donostia card on today.

The council has explained that "among the reasons which have led to this boom Txartela Kirol highlight the opening of facilities (such as Etxadi sports center), the benefits offered (plus discounts on workshops, free personal training ...) and new forms of fertilizers. "

In this sense, it is important to accept that new arrangements have been among the different sectors to target, such as those over 65 years (over 1,500), youth aged 16 to 23 years (1800), large families ( 627) or persons with disabilities (244 subscribers). It is noteworthy, also, the growth of social Txartela Kirol mode, which already benefit about 900 people.