Another festive initiative of 'Apadrinhe this Christmas' begins this week, in Santa Cruz. The project is part of the Municipality CPCJ (Commission for the Protection of Children and Youths), Santa Cruz Parish Councils, and the Caniço Solidarity Store.
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This Christmas, Mission Continente will support 15 Madeiran institutions. One for each Continente, Continente Modelo, and Continente Good Morning operating in the archipelago, as part of their fight against hunger. The support will be made through their campaign ‘Gifts to the Table’ which will assist a total of 328 institutions…
From the 5th of December, the Blood Donor Association (ADSRAM), will hold, in partnership with TaxisRAM, Promerch, and Funchal City Council (CMF), a blood donor awareness campaign.
A foreign male tourist became lost while walking along the Bica da Cana pedestrian route last night.
With the arrival of colder weather, the Municipality of Funchal, in partnership with the Parish Councils, has launched a new solidarity campaign asking people to donate blankets for the animals in the care of the Municipal Kennel of Vasco Gil.
Yesterday, a team from the Regional Secretariat for Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change found a turtle trapped in a heap of abandoned fishing nets in Caniçal
Café Memória da Madeira returns on Saturday, the 22nd of October from 9:30 am to 11:30 am at the Funchal Community Centre (Building 2000).
A cat was safely rescued by the Madeira Volunteer Firefighters last night.
A child was rescued this morning from the sea in Porto da Cruz by a surfer.
The Municipality of Funchal (CMF) will open this week, their new Animal Welfare Unit in Rua da Alegria.
Yesterday, in Braga, Portugal, firefighters from Madeira took part in the annual timed trial "Escadórios da Humanidade."
As part of the protocol established between the Funchal City Council (CMF), and the Associação Protetora dos Pobres (APP), which involves the “Solidarity Housing” project, which welcome homeless people, the social responsibility councillor, Helena Leal, today visited the APP, taking advantage of the occasion to conduct a working meeting with APP technicians, who will, together with the Municipality of Funchal, monitor and accompany this initiative.
The blood reserve in the region has stabilised again, after a decline during the pandemic and, currently, "there are about 3,000 regular blood donors who guarantee about 6,000 donations per year."
Animal shelters in the Region are overcrowded, and are currently facing a “very problematic situation.”
A coastal cleaning operation will take place in Praia Formosa on the 17th of September, by the Sailors for the Sea Portugal Association between 10:00 - 13:00.