This Thursday morning, in the El Silencio neighborhood, the Women's Therapeutic Chalet formally began operations. The action is part of an alliance formed between the Municipality of Concordia and the Civil Association “Restituo”.
The Secretary of Human Development, Sebastián Arístide, highlighted the importance of being able to carry out this joint work, stating that “we are doing something unprecedented, not only for Concordia, but for the entire province. This is a support space for the recovery of women with problematic substance use and, in this first stage, we seek to improve the infrastructure, condition the place, and we are generating the first admissions”.
The goal is to transform the space to turn it into “a place of support that Concordia needs so much”, he stated.
The coordinator of the place, Miriam Blanco Rey, valued that there is no space with these characteristics “in the national territory, so we are pioneers”, adding that this is the first step of a process that “will take time but we have short-term goals which are to make the admissions that the city needs”. In that sense, she said that currently “we have eight women from the entire province and three from Concordia”.
“They are women who, at some point, were affected by consumption, so the goal is for them to return to their homes and be autonomous”, making it clear that “it is not a permanent home, it is a treatment place with a view to the future, they have to be autonomous because that is the goal”.
Council members Eliana Lagraña, Verónica Del Boca, Emmanuel Godoy, Claudia Villalba, and the therapeutic director of the institution, Manuela Ramos, were present.
The Secretary of Human Development, Sebastián Arístide, highlighted the importance of being able to carry out this joint work, stating that “we are doing something unprecedented, not only for Concordia, but for the entire province. This is a support space for the recovery of women with problematic substance use and, in this first stage, we seek to improve the infrastructure, condition the place, and we are generating the first admissions”.
The goal is to transform the space to turn it into “a place of support that Concordia needs so much”, he stated.
The coordinator of the place, Miriam Blanco Rey, valued that there is no space with these characteristics “in the national territory, so we are pioneers”, adding that this is the first step of a process that “will take time but we have short-term goals which are to make the admissions that the city needs”. In that sense, she said that currently “we have eight women from the entire province and three from Concordia”.
“They are women who, at some point, were affected by consumption, so the goal is for them to return to their homes and be autonomous”, making it clear that “it is not a permanent home, it is a treatment place with a view to the future, they have to be autonomous because that is the goal”.
Council members Eliana Lagraña, Verónica Del Boca, Emmanuel Godoy, Claudia Villalba, and the therapeutic director of the institution, Manuela Ramos, were present.