2010-07-29

And now some news that didn't make the press releases this week, but which impacts on the lives of residents in this region.

The economic crisis has resulted in a marked increase of "petty thefts", with dozens of little crimes happening every week, which lull both residents, visitors, and the police into a false sense of security about the crime statistics, as most go unreported and certainly never appear in the official stats.

A report came in this morning from hard-working volunteers on the Camposol urbanization near to Mazarron that someone had stolen their community trailer, which was used for a variety of purposes, but generally for the benefit of the entire community, as these volunteers work hard to improve the area in which they live, something which they shouldn't have to do themselves, but that's another story.

How despicable.

Hopefully the police , who are busy checking paperwork for anything with wheels may pick up this trailer somewhere, as if it is a home build, it will have no vin-plate, a legal requirement here, so hopefully whoever stole it will get their just deserts.

 

The second incident this last week was in a hospital. A very , very special lady from this same community passed on this week. Her name was Gill, and she had been an enthusiastic supporter of our undertaking from day one, and to be honest, if it hadn't been for her enthusiasm, support and kind words during a time in which we were disillusioned by lack of support, I doubt that we would have carried on with this project.

We are deeply saddened by her loss and will miss her warm personality and enthusiasm as a member of the gardening group and her presence as a wonderful human being.

She was very ill in hospital, and had left the ward for treatment, and whilst she was gone, someone stole her mobile phone from her bedside table.

 

What a world we live in.

Apparently in one of the big Murcia hospitals, thefts of this nature are so common that they've had to bring in extra security personnel and install security systems, as not only patients, but also staff are the target of these scum.

 

So, if you are going into hospital, or visiting someone, be aware that this is happening and take extra care with possessions and phones.

 

And secondly, crime like this is perpetuated by us. How many  people have bought something knowing full well that it's "bent."

The true definition of bent should be, " stolen from someone who actually can't afford to lose it, " so please, don't buy these things if you know that they're " not right."

It could be your possessions on offer next week.

 

 

Here is the release which arrived from the volunteers:

 

The Greenfingers Gardening and Social Club have had their much needed trailer stolen from the storage area opposite the Masa Office on Sector ‘C'.  The trailer was last seen at the storage area on Friday 23 July and was a vital tool for keeping Sector ‘C' supplied with water tanks for watering the plants that the group have planted over the last 12 months.  It now means that the residents will have to carry water some distance to be able to keep the plants alive and in the August heat this is going to have to be done twice a day and as a lot of residents are elderly it is going to be a particular problem.

 The trailer was donated by Sue Jones one of Sector ‘C's' residents last year and it was an English self build wooden trailer about 5 feet square and 3 feet tall and painted black.  The Greenfingers Club did a lot of work on the trailer to make it roadworthy and converted it to hold the water tanks and cannot believe that someone has stolen it after all the work they have done on the area to make it a better place to live. If you were in the area of the Masa Office on Friday 23 July and saw anything suspicious please contact Bernard Holland on 626513842, e-mail spainvilarosa@gmail.com

 

   Greenfingers Gardening and Social Club are a group of volunteers from Camposol Sector ‘C' who are improving their sector by clearing the roadside verges and gravelling and planting them up, taking the bins off the road and have built a Petanca Pitch on C1 for the use of all sector ‘C' residents and friends.  They have various social events with a Quiz and Family Disco at the Golf Club on the 6 August and a Table Top sale on 24 September at Sector ‘B' square.  If you would like to attend any of the events, can donate clothing, bric a brac etc for the sale, donate plants, would like to make a money contribution towards the work or become a volunteer for your sector please contact us as above. 

 

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