Valentina Shafranovich is 58 years old and has a new opportunity to work, something that is becoming increasingly difficult due to her age. The social and labour insertion programme 'Renta Básica', developed by the municipal company Mijas Servicios Complementarios, provides her with economic respite and security for six months. Like Valentina, nearly 200 people have joined this initiative of the Mijas Town Hall these days. The mayor, Josele González (PSOE), welcomed them on Monday morning together with the delegate councillors, Laura Moreno (PSOE) and Arancha López (Cs). "They are going to carry out different tasks within the scope of this public company, coordinated by the Town Hall itself, with the firm intention that they will not only obtain a salary during the six months that they will be with us, but also acquire the necessary training and skills to be able to join the labour market in future", explained the mayor.

Basic Income is a programme to help people at risk of social exclusion to find work, trying to find a new direction for the unemployed who have difficulty finding a job, such as those over 45, especially women, or those over 60, who many companies refuse to hire because they are close to retirement age. Now, they have a six-month contract ahead of them to carry out various tasks: "These almost 200 workers who have already joined the Basic Income programme in the last few days are going to carry out tasks such as cleaning or clearing brush. There are 200 workers from Mijas who have the opportunity through this programme to learn a new trade", said Lopez. 

In addition, not only will they learn a trade during these six months, but the Town Hall will also lend them a hand once their contracts are over. "It is also essential that once these six months are over we ourselves can provide them not only with a CV, which many of them have not prepared or updated, but also that we can inform them of where the job offers are, where they can go and what training we have available in the Employment Promotion building.

Employees
The new employees of the 'Renta Básica' programme have started working with enthusiasm and with the hope of finding the job they are longing for in order to progress. For many of them, accessing the labour market is difficult for various reasons. For Valentina it is because of her age. Now 58 years old, she has a new opportunity after having previously worked as a security guard in schools, cleaning or even in the reception of the Employment Promotion building: "I am an older person, it is very difficult to find a job and I need a job. I also like to work, to feel useful, to go to work in the mornings like everyone else", said Shafranovich.
Juan Luis Ríos is also over 50. He is 52 years old, was long-term unemployed and with this job he hopes to get back to work. "Now I'm here again for six months", he said. Like Shafranovich, Ríos has previously participated in this programme, which gives them  financial respite during the six months of the contract: "I feel very good because I get a paycheck every month and it's six months of security, I can pay for things", Shafranovich added.

Lowering the unemployment rate
The Basic Income is also a programme that has had an impact on reducing unemployment in Mijas, which ranks 4th in the province of municipalities with more than 40,000 inhabitants with the lowest unemployment rate, registering 15.5%, behind Marbella (with 13.41% unemployment rate), Estepona (13.93%) and Rincón de la Victoria (14.29). "At the same time, for 16 years we have not had such positive data for the month of April in our municipality", emphasised the mayor.
 

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