Rowing For Life: Women Set Out On A Journey Of Hope

The brave women of Anémona, Benidorm’s Self-Help Group for Women pinch Breast and Gynaecological Cancer, person taken connected a caller situation that goes acold beyond sport. This greeting they began their first visit to Iria Flavia, a symbolic travel of 1,600 kilometres that represents strength, unity and nan will to support moving forward.

The motorboat took spot astatine nan Benidorm Nautical Club, wherever councillors Ángela Zaragozí and Javier Jordá gave their support by rowing nan first kilometres alongside nan group. Each personnel of Anémona will statement betwixt 120 and 130 kilometres connected ergometers, together covering nan region that separates Benidorm from Galicia’s Ría de Arousa.

When nan rowing is completed connected Monday October 7, nan women will recreation to Cabo de Cruz and proceed their travel connected foot, stepping nan 25 kilometres that lead to nan Church of Santiago Apóstol successful Padrón. The scheme is to complete nan visit successful a azygous day, but if nan upwind proves difficult, they will decorativeness successful 2 – ever broadside by side, supporting 1 another.

Tradition and religion

For Anémona, nan travel carries a typical meaning. Iria Flavia, successful Galicia, is simply a spot of heavy tradition, linked to nan communicative of nan apostle St James, who is said to person first preached there. For nan group, arriving location will beryllium a measurement of celebrating life, resilience and nan bonds that merge them.

Councillor Zaragozí erstwhile again highlighted nan municipality hall’s backing, while Councillor Jordá described nan women arsenic “tireless” and wished them spot for the way ahead.

María Botella, president of Anémona, said pinch emotion: “This situation is astir celebrating life, astir showing that we are good and that together we tin execute anything. We are profoundly grateful to nan municipality hall, nan Nautical Club, our coach, nan parish leader and, supra all, to each other.”

With each kilometre rowed, Anémona is not only honouring their travel done illness, but besides inspiring dream – impervious that, united, they tin conquer immoderate sea.