This afternoon, a 49-year-old man was rescued by the Instituto de Socorros Náufragos (ISN).
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In a 'Used Batteries and Light bulbs for Food' collection campaign, Banco Alimentar do Funchal received the top prize of 2500 euros after collecting 1703 kilos of used batteries and light bulbs.
The clean-up operation in Estrada Monumental has begun, as people start cleaning up yesterday's and this mornings storm damage to commercial establishments, carparks, houses and apartment blocks.
Although reports contradict themselves, whether the person lost on Levada do Serra do Faial in Camacha was in fact a man or a boy, he was found last night suffering from hypothermia by the rescue teams of the Sapadores de Santa Cruz Fire Brigade and the Forest Police.
According to the Civil Protection of Machico, a fire broke out this morning in a forested area of Santo António da Serra, the fire managed to take hold, consuming approximately 2,000m².
The Municipality of São Vicente has decided to mark Easter by distributing Easter eggs and almonds to schools and day centres within the municipality, to not only ensure that no one forgets the importance of Easter, but to thank everyone who has worked hard within the community during these trying times.
On the 25th of March French sailboat, Kraken, part of the French NGO ‘Wings of the Ocean’ will arrive in Madeira to carry out an environmental campaign with several local groups including ‘Ocean Devotion Madeira’. The aim of the visit to develop actions and create a better understanding of the…
Two tourists, aged between 30 and 50, were rescued yesterday afternoon from the sea in São Vicente.
As part of their social outreach project, the Santa Cruz City Council has started it's 5th food basket delivery phase, to help those families affected either directly or indirectly by the pandemic.
An extremely thin dog, showing signs of abuse has been found in Rua da Levada, in Funchal. Residents concerned over the welfare of the animal have asked several institutions if they could help.
Within their social projects sphere, Emertech Projet RAM has created and donated 500 Covid kits, 3,000 paediatric masks and hand gel to several charitable institutions, such as the Aconchego Shelter.
The photo says it all, and this is the reality facing Cáritas employees when they arrive at the institutions warehouse in Nazaré.
The body of a man, already in an advanced state of decomposition, was removed yesterday from the slope of Fajã dos Padres.
In a press statement, the Banco Alimentar has stated that via the the Food Emergency Network, they have received and forwarded 241 requests for help from people in Madeira, to 32 of their partner institutions and local support networks.
After the initial transportation of three Covid patients from the mainland to Madeira last weekend, a further three mainland Covid infected patients will arrive this week.