The Capellanía del Yágabo school hosted the closing of the project "Life in the Orchard"

CEIP Capellanía del Yágabo hosted this Tuesday the closing of the project "Life in the Orchard", which the Association for Rural and Fisheries Development of Lanzarote has been developing for the last 6 months in different schools on the island. The event was attended by various institutional representatives and also a representation of 200 students, of the 841 who have participated in the initiative.

ADERLAN launched this project last November, subsidized by the Canarian Employment Service and financed by the European Social Fund and funds received from the State Public Employment Service. Since then, students from 18 schools on the island have participated in the initiative. At the closing ceremony, a sample of the products collected by these young people in the school gardens was exhibited, as well as the works of the participating students who showed their vision of the project.

The closing of the project was held at 11.30 am this Tuesday and was attended by Rafael Yanes Mesa, Deputy Minister of Employment of the Government of the Canary Islands, the island director of Education, Mario Pérez, councilors of the area of Education and Agriculture of the different municipalities of the island, the president of ADERLAN and representatives of the management team of the centers where this initiative has been implemented.

Specifically, students from CEIP Capellanía del Yágabo, CEIP Titerroy, CEIP Mercedes Medina Díaz, CEIP Benito Méndez Tarajano and CEIP Argana Alta participated in the project in Arrecife. Children from CEIP Playa Honda and Ajey in San Bartolomé, CEIP Guiguán in Tinajo, CEIP La Garita in Haría, Alcalde Rafael Cedrés and Concepción Rodríguez Artiles schools in Tías, CEIP Dr. Alfonso Spínola, CEIP La Caleta de Famara, CEIP Los Valles, CEIP Tiagua, CEIP Soo, CEIP Nazaret and CEIP Guenia in the municipality of Teguise also participated.