The Councilor for Social Welfare of the Arrecife City Council, Maite Corujo, has highlighted the "important role" played by the El Cribo Mental Health Association in the "care and support of people with mental health problems in Lanzarote", through the provision of psychosocial and/or psycholabor rehabilitation services.
After a visit to the association's facilities, accompanied by the capital's councilors for Education and Culture, Abigail González, and Citizen Participation, Cathaysa Suárez, Corujo highlighted the work of a pioneering association that has been "working tirelessly since 1992 to improve the quality of life of many people and facilitate their integration into society." The Arrecife head of Social Welfare emphasizes that "El Cribo's mission is fundamental and deserves all our recognition and support."
Throughout the aforementioned visit, the representatives of the capital's Consistory learned from the director of El Cribo, Rosa Mª González, that one of the most outstanding programs of the Association's work is its supervised housing program, which began in 1996 with a house provided by the city council in the Altavista neighborhood to meet the needs of five users, to which another from the National Mental Health Confederation was added in 1997.
Currently, in addition to these two homes, the association has nine rented apartments in which a total of 23 of its 120 users are cared for. "This program allows people with mental health problems to develop a greater degree of autonomy and independence, while receiving the necessary support and accompaniment," explains the councilor.
Corujo refers to the first supervised apartment managed by the association, recalling that it was an "important step in its trajectory and a model to follow for other similar initiatives" on the island. "From Social Welfare and together with my government colleagues, we will continue to collaborate closely with El Cribo to promote mental health and the care of those who need it most in Arrecife," concludes the councilor.