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Social issues Ricky Martin advocates for

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Social issues Ricky Martin advocates for

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Ricky Martin is a singer who considers himself gay, so he defends the rights of the gay community.
On the other hand, he is recognised as a human rights activist. He founded the Ricky Martin Foundation, which defends the children’s rights with the aim of preventing child trafficking.

In addition, through this foundation, Ricky Martin was in charge of providing medical supplies to help with the pandemic all throughout 2020.

He definitely seems to be a great human rights activist.

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The problem: hunger during natural disasters

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The problem: hunger during natural disasters

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Hunger is one of the biggest problems of humanity, which affects up to 800 million people around the world, which means 1 in 10 people globally and it is on rising due to COVID 19 pandemic.

Hunger is strongly connected with poverty, but it is also often caused by conflicts and natural disasters.
More than 80% of the people suffering from hunger live in countries affected by natural disasters with high levels of environmental degradation.

When a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, a cyclone or a hurricane, strikes a region, the first response is substantial, bringing food and assistance to populations that have lost everything.

In addition to that, long-term aid is also needed. When crops and farms are lost due to extreme weather events, access to food becomes more difficult for the whole affected region.

Although natural hazards could happen wherever on the planet, low-income families are often more heavily hit than high-income families.

With natural disasters on the increase helping communities to reduce and manage the risks they face is of fundamental importance.

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What made Ricky Martin take interest in human rights?

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What made Ricky Martin take interest in human rights?

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In 2002, fate took him to Calcutta to experience a moment that would change his life forever. Some friends invited him to witness, together with a foundation, the rescue of some girls who were going to be trafficked. The parents of the 3 girls thought they were going to sell them to a prostitution ring. Nevertheless, the team foundation intervened, these girls were rescued, and they never experienced that disgusting reality.

When Ricky Martin was informed about the scope and the depth of this problem, he returned home determined to that saving three girls was not enough. It was very disturbing for him to know that child slavery in still exists. This is why he decided that the Ricky Martin Foundation would dedicate their efforts to denounce the existence of child trafficking and human rights.

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Jose Andres and the NGO World Central Kitchen

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Jose Andres and the NGO World Central Kitchen

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In addition to the success of his restaurants in Washington, he has become well known for his commitment to the problems of hunger.

In 2010, José Andrés founded the NGO World Central Kitchen to respond to the food shortage in Haiti after the earthquake that devastated the island. The country was destroyed and the population had nothing to eat. He cooked rice with peas for fifty people in a small village, and that's how the NGO started.

Eleven years later, he has received many internationally recognized awards and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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In every way, Brigitte Bardot (B. B.) is considered one of the most important global icons of the mid-20th century. She has been involved in different kinds of projects. As a result of them, she established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in 1986.

It all began in 1962, when B.B. was 28 years of age. She participated in one of the French television programmes called "Lawyer for an evening". It would be the Brigitte Bardot's starting point as an ambassador of the animal activism. Here, she would publicly denounce the suffering of cattle in slaughterhouses, which had a great impact in some European countries, such as her own, France, which would change its regulations on the matter.

Some years later, in the late 1960s, this awesome Frenchwoman decided to leave her successful professional career behind to fight against animal cruelty and to defend animal rights. From then on, she kept on working hard being the voice of the voiceless, both domestic and wild animals.

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In 1986, Brigitte Bardot launched La Fondation Brigitte Bardot, which is a non-profit organization based in France to promote and organize the defence and protection of domestic animals and wildlife both in France and worldwide.

To finance this project, B.B. auctioned her jewellery and other personal possessions. Moreover, in 1991 Bardot donated her Saint-Tropez property to the Foundation so as to raise the capital required to obtain a declaration of public utility.

At present, with 35 years of existence, BBF has taken over 7,000 animals in danger, has three animal shelters, works in more than 70 countries worldwide, and in 2020 initiated 2,162 legal actions. Its 75,000 members give the strength to lobby parliaments to change the laws with regard to animals. It should be noted that the Dalai Lama has been an honorary member since 1995.

Activities

The Foundation undertakes all kinds of activities for animal welfare:

1.   It participates in projects of reintroduction in the wild and the creation of rehabilitation centres for wildlife.

2.   It also participates in the development of laws protecting animals and implements awareness campaigns among the general public.

3.   One of the major actions in France is to fight against the proliferation of cats “free” in the cities by sterilising wandering dogs and cats in developing countries.

4.   Provide assistance to the homeless and their pets.

5.   Investigate and legally prosecute cases of abuse, for which there are nearly 600 investigators and volunteers throughout France. It supported the proposition of law to ban force-feeding on ducks and geese.

6.    FBB is a generous supporter of many world Vets programmes.

7.    The Foundation has helped create shelters for elephants, koalas, dancing bears and primates all over the world.

8.    The Foundation has also created their own shelters, where dogs and cats wait for adoption, and which offer refuge to several horses, cows, etc.

Fights

The BBF fights against all forms of animal abuse in France and abroad. It campaigns to fight against:

1-    The captivity of wild animals (circuses and zoos)

2-    The cruelty of fur

3-    Hippophagy

4-    Transportation of butchery animals

5-    Animal testing

6-    Hunting and poaching

7-    Blood spots (bullfighting and cockfights)

8-    Pet abandonment and pet stores

9-    Whaling and seal hunting

One of the main purposes of the BBF is influencing public opinion of animal cruelty. B.B. has taken advantage of her fame to draw people’s attention and increase awareness of animal cruelty. For instance, in 1988 Bardot led a television series called S.O.S. Animaux, aired from 1989 through 1992.

The ultimate aim is the development of laws protecting animals.

The Foundation aims to inform the public to get them involved and ready to act.

On several occasions, B.B. has taken controversial actions, such as the letter to Nicolas Sarkozy that B.B. published in the Foundation’s newsletter in 2006, condemning the practice of the Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Lamb), an Islamic sacrificial festival when every family sacrifices a lamb. This caused her to be charged with and fined for incitement to racial hatred.

The Foundation is a regular plaintiff in lawsuits against animal cruelty.

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PACO ARANGO is a Mexican singer, scriptwriter, film director and philanthropist who moved to Spain with his family when he was five. Since he was young, he felt he needed to return to the society the fortune received by being born within a rich family. In 2001, after talking about it with a priest friend, he started volunteering in a hospital for children with cancer, where he instantly felt that it was what he was looking for. In 2005, he established Aladina Foundation.

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When did Leonardo Dicaprio become aware of this social issue?

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When did Leonardo Dicaprio become aware of this social issue?

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He has been concerned about caring for the Earth since he was a child, but he has used his fame as an actor to raise awareness of this social issue, climate change. Has he said, "climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating".

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Aladina Foundation is a Spanish organisation that aims to help children and teenagers suffering from cancer and their families. It was set up in 2005 by Paco Arango. Its purpose is to provide comprehensive support to families through three pillars: emotional, material and psychological.

The main project they have embarked on has been the creation of the Maktub Centre, a pioneering bone marrow transplant centre in Spain created within Niño Jesús Hospital, which treats numerous cancer patients nationwide.

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Sociologists define gender as the roles assigned by the society to what, historically speaking, we understand as a man or a woman. Sexism is the thought or belief that men are superior to women and, therefore, they must stay in a subordinate position.

This problem affects most of the population and that is why a lot of celebrities are taking a step up and talking about it, like Emma Watson, because nowadays education is our best weapon. Sexism makes it more difficult for women to have access to higher education in developing countries, such as STEM majors, but also hinders their access to certain jobs, like those in politics. Suffice to say that only 21% of the world is run by women. Something similar happens with economy, as 20% of the companies in the world are run by women.

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In 1998, he created his foundation, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, starting his mission to protect the world’s last wild places. The aim of its first organisation is "To preserve the Earth's biodiversity through projects that protect wildlife and implement strategies to safeguard threatened ecosystems".

The donations he receives within the Foundation go to these 4 different areas:

-Wilderness conservation.

-Conservation of the oceans.

-Climate change.

-Indigenous rights.

Thanks to donors, environmental leaders around the world, indigenous communities, scientists and conservationists, the foundation has been able to fund more than 200 projects, support 132 organisations, implement actions in 5 oceans and be present in 50 countries.

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Leonardo DiCaprio (UN Messenger of Peace) at the opening of Climate Summit 2014

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Activities to defeat hunger after natural disasters

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Activities to defeat hunger after natural disasters

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World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to supplying food after natural disasters. The method used in this organization consist of responding to the most urgent need and then collaborating with local chefs to find an effective solution to the problem of hunger that follows the disasters.

Since its foundation, the NGO has organized food distribution in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Zambia, Peru, Cuba, Uganda, Bahamas, Cambodia and the United States.

Some of his most recent activities are feeding the passengers of the Grand Princess cruise ship which was under quarantine near San Francisco due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also transformed eight of his restaurants into soup kitchens to help customers affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Recently, he has moved to La Palma to help those affected by the eruption of Cumbre Vieja volcano.

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Activities to shift public awareness on key issues

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Activities to shift public awareness on key issues

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Leonardo DiCaprio sits on the board of several organizations such as World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), Global Green USA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). He has produced a number of media projects that communicate the urgency of issues to the public. For example:

- Short web films: Water Planet and Global Warning.

- Half of his website www.leonardodicaprio.org has been dedicated to environmental news and content.

- Social media channels dedicated to environmental news and content.

- In 2007, he published The 11th Hour (environmental documentary), which shows 50 of the world’s leading experts on environmental issues and the exciting solutions that can save our planet and humanity.

- Documentaries:

1) Sea of Shadows, to face the danger of extinction of the vaquita, a kind of porpoise endemic to California.

2) Ice on Fire, which investigates the dangers of the methane pockets that lie under the ice of some regions of the Arctic and that would go out into the atmosphere if it thawed.

3) We Go Green which is a story about electric car racing.

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Leonardo DiCaprio created together with the news anchor Carlos Loret de Mola and the Austrian director Richard Ladkani this documentary to be a desperate call to save the 12 sea vaquitas that are left alive on the planet.
The subject of this documentary is terrifying. It tells the story of the almost certain end of the vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) due to the illegal fishing of totoaba in the Sea of Cortez.
This documentary won the 2019 Sundance Festival Audience Award.

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El documental de la naturaleza que te hará llorar.

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In La Paz Hospital in Madrid, Aladina finances medical research that involves oncologic patients, and it also gives support to other hospitals in Madrid.

In addition to this, in Vall d’Hebrón Hospital it awards scholarship programmes for oncologists to help them finish their education. Furthermore, the Paraplegic Hospital of Toledo –in Castilla la Mancha– has received a pediatric robot (Lokomat) which helps children with spinal cord injury to walk.

Another remarkable contribution is given to eight femail psychooncologists who bring support both in hospitals and out of them by developing therapies with families with the aim of helping not only these young cancer patients, but also their families, how to manage their new situation.

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Hospitales de Castilla La Mancha donde colaboramos - Fundación Aladina

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Fundación Aladina extiende su colaboración a Castilla La Mancha gracias a terapias de apoyo y proyectos que mejoran la calidad de vida de los guerreros.

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Daniel Rovira de Rivas is a Spanish comedian and actor born in Malaga.

In 2020, he announced on his social media that he suffered from cancer, specifically Hodgkin's lymphoma.

He feels an unconditional love for animals, has three adopted dogs, in addition to actively collaborate with different shelters in Spain.

After several successful professional projects, he decided to create the Ochotumbao Foundation to collaborate with many different causes.

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Dani Rovira and Clara Lago are a couple of famous Spanish actors. You may have seen them in popular movies like Ocho apellidos vascos or Ocho apellidos catalanes.

Due to their love for animals and people, they created a foundation called Ochotumbao to help other NGOs like Alpha, FAADA or Save the Children.

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Clara Lago and Dani Rovira delivering the funds raised for the foundation "El hogar de las niñas" helping to improve the future of these girls in Calcutta.

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The Foundation is known mainly for the fight against the abandonment of animals. However, it is also involved in many other important activities, such as improving the lives of disadvantaged people or people with rare diseases. They are also helping to preserve the environment.

Since it is a non-profit organization, activities of all kinds are developed to raise funds for the different causes.  The activities are ranging from entertainment shows –charity events–, to sporting challenges, like marathons, bike races and –for the bravest– triathlon races.

The best-known activity that the association has developed too place in 2019 on the TV programme El Hormiguero, on which Dani Rovira, as one of the founders, was in charge of a section called “Amores perrunos”. In this section, he helped dogs which had gone through difficult situations to find a new home. By appearing on a TV programme, he helped to give visibility to the great problem that exists with animal abuse and abandonment.

Another important project in which they are collaborating is with the “Princesa Rett” foundation, founded by the family of Martina, a girl who at 12 months of age was diagnosed with a rare disease, named Rett syndrome. For this, Dani Rovira and Martina's father made a bicycle trip to Rome, to give visibility to this disease. A documentary was also filmed that was taken to movie theatres. On the other hand, the mothers and friends of "Princesa Rett" took the pilgrims’ route to Santiago de Compostela and covered 200 km. Almost €20,000 have been raised for this charity.

In relation to the environment, they are involved in raising funds for the association Arrels Marines,which is dedicated to the recovery of marine fauna and flora and the reforestation of seabed plants, such as posidonia, on the Balearic Islands. They continue collecting funds, having raised €1,330 for the moment.

Currently, Dani Rovira is preparing a show in Málaga for December called Odio. The money it raises will go to different associations that are dedicated to different causes (Down Málaga, Málaga Acoge, Protectora de Animales y Plantas de Málaga). They have already raised €6,265.

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The actor has worked on TV programmes to show animals which need to be adopted.

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Dani Rovira adopta a uno de los perretes - El Hormiguero 3.0

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Achievements of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation

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Achievements of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation

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Nowadays, the Foundation is present on 5 continents and has a hundred employees.

Outside France, a bear sanctuary has been created in Bulgaria as well as a mobile veterinary clinic for Eastern countries.

Its first achievement was the acceptance of the gun to kill cattle without causing undue pain in 1962. However, the application of this method needed 10 more years.

The Foundation also fights against the exploitation of wild animals for human benefit or entertainment, such as in circuses or zoos, and hunting animals for sports.

It condemns the consumption of horse meat and has forced a law that changes the status of horses, which are nowadays considered pets like cats or dogs.

Likewise, the use of fur clothes has been reduced because of a campaign against animal exploitation and the mistreatment of animals to take their fur.

The Foundation warns about animal experiments and has raised awareness of the use the pharmaceutical industry makes of animals to predict how a medicine affects humans, promoting alternative methods.

It frequently reports animal fight for human entertainment, as in the case of bullfighting or cockfighting, and it promotes the prosecution of whaling and seal hunting.

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Wildlife environmentalism against seal hunting

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Wildlife environmentalism against seal hunting

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In the 1970s, every wealthy lady owned a fur coat and it was then when one of the first and largest campaigns to protect wildlife started.

Brigitte Bardot and other celebrities denounced in the media how the fur used to make those coats was obtained. Environmental groups spray-painted fur coats.

Some time later, the French president, Giscard d’Estaing banned the import of sealskin as well as the fur of other wild animals. Canada and other countries followed in his footsteps.

Nowadays, everything has changed, and fur from wild animals will probably not be used again to make coats.

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One of the most shocking campaigns led by environmental groups was not very respectful of the ladies' right to choose their dress, but it had a high publicity impact.

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Leonardo DiCaprio has adapted his lifestyle in an eco-friendly way. For example, he uses an electric vehicle and commercial flights to minimize his carbon footprint. What is more, his properties have LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Certification, which validates the environmental sustainability of a construction, and he also has solar panels at home.

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the best drivers of the Formula E Tournament, which is an electric car rally.

To conclude, Leonardo DiCaprio dedicates 70% of his media content to environmental causes and 30% to talk abut his career as an actor.

For all he does, he is the best advocate of the environment.

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The social integration of vulnerable children and young people is essential to achieve a better, fairer future committed to diversity. Improving universal education will contribute to free and egalitarian societies. In addition, the values of sport are related to some universal values such as team spirit, respect, and effort.

For this reason, education and sport are strongly linked in the foundation chaired by the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal.

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Ricky Martin has participated in a lot of charity events around the world to fight against slavery, HIV disease, lack of education and/or trafficking of women. He has organized concerts or run an abseiling event from a building, he has participated in events where one of his kisses was auctioned, sang a song… and all of this in Countries such as Austria, Argentina, México… It is worth mentioning that with the money raised he has built schools, among other things.

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Ricky Martin is not only recognized for being as a human rights activist, but he has also been doing social works in the reconstruction of dwellings in Loíza, as we can see in the video.

The Humanitarian Fund of his foundation was established only a few hours after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and, in order to prevent the possible crimes that this kind of natural disaster causes, they joined forces to promote the rehabilitation and rebuilding of 165 homes for Loíza residents.

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Greenhouse gas emissions (including carbon dioxide and methane) are causing climate change. And emissions continue to rise. As a result, the Earth is now about 1.1º C warmer than it was in the late 1800s. But that is not the only consequence, there are others like intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, flooding and melting polar ice.

Climate change may also affect our health, ability to grow food and safety. In the future, the number of climate refugees is expected to rise.

Limiting global temperature rise to no more than 1.5º C will maintain a livable climate. A growing coalition of countries is committing to net zero emissions by 2050 and about half of emissions cuts must be in place by 2030 to keep warming below 1.5º C.

Climate action requires significant financial investments, but climate inaction is vastly more expensive.

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In the past months of pandemic caused by Covid-19, the actors created a campaign to provide hospitals with facial screens to protect health workers from becoming infected.

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In 2010, Rafa Nadal and his mother founded this non-profit organisation which has sport as its axis. In total, it is present in 23 centres in Spain, and has a school in India

It currently works in three areas:

- social integration of vulnerable minors.
- care for young people with intellectual disabilities.

- promotion of sports and academic talent.

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Greta is an eighteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist who became interested in climate change because she thought that it is generation Z (people between 7 and 22 years of age approx) the ones who will suffer the most from its negative effects. Among those that worry her is air pollution, which causes 10% of deaths and is increasing every year. By 2050, the Arctic will have increased its temperature by 6º C, which means that the sea level will keep rising and glaciers will continue to melt.

She thinks that the future of young people is tied to that of the planet and also that they are up to the task of protecting it and fighting against government inaction by calling strikes and meetings.

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Rovira organized a triathlon to raise funds to help a girl named Abril with a rare disease. They raised over €10,000.

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Greta Thunberg takes aim at climate platitudes: 'All we hear is blah blah blah'

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In addition, the actor collaborated with the city council of Málaga, being a storyteller of a book about childhood cancer.

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Dani Rovira - "Hay una niña en la ventana" Día Mundial de la Lucha Contra el Cáncer Infantil 2021

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The actor wrote a very short book in which we find 88 microstories about love, heartbreak, friendship, or happiness, among other topics. Each microstory has an illustration related to him.

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T-shirts and mugs made by people with different abilities

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The association also collaborates with "Ocupa2", which is a centre dedicated to training people affected by cerebral palsy. This organization collaborates with different centres to be able to offer products made by people with disabilities from different occupational centres in Andalusia. This makes each object special.

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Emma Watson has promoted many projects so as to lessen inequality between men and women, some of which are the following:

- In 2016 she created a feminist book club called Our Shared Shelfin the social media known as Goodreads. The goal of the club is to share feminist ideas and encourage discussion on the topic.

- In 2020 she participated in a project the aim of which was to rename London Underground stops. This way, the work of many people who have been forgotten in history would be recognized, especially that due to women and non-binary people.

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Endesa have donated 400,000 euros to the foundation, and they hope to work in collaboration with Rafael Nadal and his team to provide aid to those who need it.

Those families whose situation was already vulnerable, suffer even more harshly from the consequences of the pandemic. To the economic difficulties and lack of employment, there are added emotional and social consequences that can negatively influence the personal and educational development of minors."

Now, thanks to this contribution from Endesa, the Foundation goes one step further, covering not only their immediate needs, but also influencing the well-being of minors and their families in the long term.

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Rafa Nadal.

Rafael Nadal has is one of the greatest ambassadors for sport, not only in Spain but all over the world. After countless philanthropic efforts in the early part of his career, the Spaniard launched the Rafa Nadal Foundation in 2008 to support various sectors of Spanish society - not just in sports, but also in education and health.

In that spirit, Rafael Nadal's foundation has now joined hands with Endesa, the largest electrical utility company in Spain and one of the most recognizable brands for Spanish citizens.

Endesa have donated 400,000 euros to the foundation, and they hope to work in collaboration with Rafael Nadal and his team to provide aid to those who need it.

"The donation is to help people survive the pandemic", says director of Rafael Nadal's foundation.

The donation will further the efforts of the Rafa Nadal Foundation in both Palma and Valencia. It will be used to add personnel and increase the capabilities of different services offered by the centers - with special focus on setting up a psychotherapy sector in Valencia.

The donation of 400,000 euros from Endesa is a token of faith in Rafael Nadal's ability to work for the betterment of Spanish society, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. As reported, Maria Perelló, director of the Rafa Nadal Foundation, explained further:

"Those families whose situation was already vulnerable, suffer even more harshly from the consequences of the pandemic. To the economic difficulties and lack of employment, there are added emotional and social consequences that can negatively influence the personal and educational development of minors."

The world's healthcare systems were brought to their knees during the pandemic, and Spain in particular was severely affected during the early onslaught of the virus. The Rafa Nadal Foundation will look to provide care for minors and their families, both in the short-term and the long-term.

"Since the beginning of the crisis, we have maintained daily contact with families, continuing the intervention thematically," said Perello. "Furthermore, we have been responding to new needs; with direct financial aid to especially affected families, or the donation of school supplies and tablets. Now, thanks to this contribution from Endesa, we go one step further, covering not only their immediate needs, but also influencing the well-being of minors and their families in the long term."

This is not the first time that Rafael Nadal's foundation has been rewarded for its work. Recently, the Laureus Sports for Good initiative also joined forces with the Foundation to help in its work towards social development and integration of children in Spain and India.

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Rafael Nadal's foundation receives donation of 400,000 euros from Spanish corporate giant

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Rafael Nadal has is one of the greatest ambassadors for sport, not only in Spain but all over the world. After countless philanthropic efforts in the early part of his career, the Spaniard launched the Rafa Nadal Foundation in 2008 to support various sectors of Spanish society - not just in sports, but also in education and health.

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At the age of 8, Greta Thunberg learned about climate change and started to change her own habits, becoming a vegan and refusing to travel by airplane. In 2018, she went on a three-week strike to push lawmakers to take action to stop climate change. This initiative was known as “School Strike for Climate” and got international attention.

Shortly afterwards, she started the movement “Fridays For Future” that inspired thousands of young people around the world.