The Mutua Madrileña Foundation allocates 140,000 euros to five projects to be developed in Catalonia

The Centre d'Acollida Assís is dedicated to facilitating and motivating social inclusion processes for homeless people, promoting their advancement, in addition to raising awareness in society. With the coronavirus crisis, Assís has encountered the arrival of people who had never needed the services of social entities, such as families and individuals who have lost their jobs, who cannot afford housing or food, adding to those already in a vulnerable situation.

Likewise, the Ared Foundation works to achieve the social and labor integration of people in situations of exclusion, mostly women from penitentiary centers and social services. This foundation has found that the COVID crisis is being harder and more severe on the most vulnerable families, and among the measures it has promoted to respond, is the preparation of food and basic product kits.

These are two of the non-profit organizations that the Mutua Madrileña Foundation, within its IX Social Projects Aid, will support in Catalonia this year. The IX Call for Aid to Social Projects of the Mutua Madrileña Foundation will support a total of five projects in Catalonia with 140,000 euros, directly benefiting more than one thousand people.

With the resources provided by the Mutua Madrileña Foundation, the Centre d'Acollida Assís will cover basic needs of homeless people who come to the center, such as protection, food, and hygiene. It will also offer them emotional social support. For its part, the Ared Foundation will allocate the aid to its socio-labor integration program for victims of gender violence. This program aims to improve the personal, professional, and economic autonomy of the women attended and increase their employability level.

Call for Aid to Social Action Projects

The initiatives that the Mutua Madrileña Foundation, chaired by Ignacio Garralda, will support in Catalonia will be framed in the areas of disability, care for victims of gender violence, support for children with health problems, and attention to the socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19 in vulnerable groups.

For the rest of Spain, this foundation's initiative has a total allocation of one million euros. It will serve to launch 36 projects by non-profit organizations throughout the country, directly benefiting 22,000 people.

In the rest of Spain, this initiative by the Mutua Madrileña Foundation has a total endowment of one million euros and will serve to launch 36 projects by non-profit organizations

In addition to supporting the Centre d'Acollida Assís and the Ared Foundation, the Mutua Madrileña Foundation will contribute to the development of projects carried out in Catalonia by the Mifas Foundation, the Acció Social Infància Foundation, and the Bienestar y Desarrollo (ABD) Association.

Support for the health rehabilitation of people with disabilities

In Girona, the Mifas Foundation, specialized in the improvement and health rehabilitation of people with disabilities, will use the amount of the aid to finalize the works for equipping a room located in its Comprehensive Care Center. In this room of the Mifas Foundation, the health area is expected to be located, which includes psychological care, talks, and workshops; the autonomy promotion area, where workshops on technical aids are organized; and the associate area, with workshops and classes of different disciplines, such as yoga and pilates, adapted dance, or revitalization activities.

Digital devices for children and adolescents

Throughout Catalonia, the Acció Social Infància Foundation will develop its project Connecting People, which will provide digital devices to children and adolescents without internet access and at risk of exclusion. These devices will help them with schoolwork. The resources of the Mutua Madrileña Foundation will also serve to expand the team of pedagogical professionals who accompany families.

Digital literacy for people over 65

In Barcelona, the Bienestar y Desarrollo (ABD) Association will improve the digital literacy level of people over 65 who live alone and are at risk of suffering situations of isolation or unwanted loneliness. ABD will help them empower themselves and contribute to democratizing their access to information through technology.