BBVA sponsors charity projects, one of ELA Andalusia.
Spain, February 2013.- when one helps others, almost always receives much more than giving. The power of collaboration has no limits. In difficult times like these, the solidarity becomes a shared responsibility. These are some of the reflections that we heard yesterday in the awards solidarity territories ” of BBVA, event held at the headquarters of the entity in Seville, where the Andalusia ALS Association, als comprehensive care project, has been one of the winners with 10,000 euros.
Solidarity territories ” is an initiative of the BBVA’s Corporate Social responsibility area. Of this are employees who intend to and choose the projects that support from the institution within the framework of their responsibilities, establishing themselves as the godfathers of the same.
In the case of the ELA Andalusia Association implemented at the regional level, our Godfather is Domingo Fuentes Bustamante, sponsoring the project, comprehensive care to ALS: counseling home. This seeks to provide the families of strategies for addressing the progressive degeneration that causes als: know what to do and how to deal with the complications, physical, psychological, social, and autonomy, in the different stages of the evolution of the disease. And it is that, the attention and care of people affected by ALS, with the support of his family, promotes quality of life and increases life expectancy.
JoaquÃn Peña, President of ELA, ELA psychologist Patricia GarcÃa.
most of the institutions selected in Andalusia are focused the attention of basic needs (23%), assistance to persons with disabilities (19%), childhood and youth (19%), attention to patients and family (13%) and the inclusion of groups at risk of exclusion (13%). “In total, will be more than 77,000 persons benefit from the projects supported by BBVA in the South of Spain. in addition, all provinces have at least one selected initiative, ensuring that subsidies reach every corner of geography.
“With six million unemployed people in Spain, more than 1.6 in Andalusia, Extremadura, Ceuta and Melilla, is more necessary than ever to develop solidarity “, stressed AgustÃn Vidal-Aragon, director of the South Territorial of BBVA, in the Act of delivery and insisted that, despite the international vocation of the entitydo not forget their commitment to the societies in which it is present. A responsibility which, in the second edition of solidarity territories, has resulted in the support of 31 social projects in the region encompassing the southern Territorial (24 in Andalusia, five in Extremadura, one in Ceuta and Melilla), boosting its solidarity projects which receive up to 10,000 euros each.
Ultimately, and as extolled Luis de Odriozola, commercial director of the South Territorial, “BBVA not only supports large universal solidarity programs, but also local that demonstrates a commitment to the closest social environments”. Thus, the BBVA group brings their grain of sand to beneficial projects that develop regional and local authorities, promoting the social welfare of the geographical area.
