The Vodafone Spain Foundation and the City Council of Aguilas will launch next week, for the second consecutive year, the training workshops on the use of the Smartphone aimed at adults, which will be taught in Águilas by the Iniciativas el Gigante Foundation until the end of next March.
The aim of the same, as assured the mayor of Senior Citizens, Encarna Navarro, "will be to bring older people smart new mobile devices-smartphones and tablets-to reduce the digital divide between generations in rural environments and for our elders can access new paths of opportunity in improving their quality of life. "
According to Antonio Álvarez, director of Public Administration of Vodafone in Levante and the Balearic Islands "the emergence of advanced mobile devices, on the one hand, and the emergence of mobile broadband, on the other, have generated a new communication environment that older people They have to assimilate in order to benefit from new services that will help them to live with greater personal autonomy and independence, hence the importance of these workshops, which will train the elderly by facilitating access to the benefits provided by new technologies to enhance and favor active aging. "
The elderly will see the enormous possibilities offered by mobile devices, smartphones and tablets, in aspects such as security, health, participation, access to the internet and the world around them in a much more accessible way and applications that can be used according to their tastes. and preferences, especially for contact with family and friends.
Those interested in participating in these workshops, which will be offered in the multipurpose room of the House of Culture, can make the registration in the Department of Senior Citizens located on the ground floor of the City of Aguilas or telephone 968 41 88 13 from 9 to 14 hours.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas