The project, involving a team of 17 workers and lasting one year, aims to condition and restore public heritage spaces to preserve Fuerteventura's memory and identity, while also fostering local employment and cultural tourism.
Human Resources Minister Nuria Cabrera highlighted the dual objective of job creation and heritage conservation, while the mayor of La Oliva, Isaí Blanco, thanked the inter-administrative coordination. The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Rayco León, emphasized the need for continuous action to enhance the value of these sites.
At the Villaverde windmills, the crew has carried out interior and exterior cleaning, painting, and conservation of wooden elements and doors, contributing to the maintenance of this ethnographic ensemble representative of the municipality.
The Memoria Viva 2025 plan, co-financed by the Cabildo de Fuerteventura and the Government of the Canary Islands through FDCAN funds, has an investment of 472,007.63 euros in labor costs.
Since its launch, the project has undertaken conservation and conditioning work at other sites, including the Casa del Arrendatario in Cofete (Pájara) and the Casillas del Ángel wrestling ring (Puerto del Rosario). Current efforts are ongoing at Casa Alta in Tindaya (La Oliva) and the Valles de Ortega windmill in Antigua.
