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Our Board of Trustees is growing in diversity and experience
Our Board of Trustees is being enlarged with the addition of two women with proven experience in complementary business spheres. Let us introduce them!
Save electricity by all means – but take care
With the hike in electricity prices, you may be thinking of running the dishwasher and washing machine at night to make savings. If you’ve decided to put your appliances on the night-time tariff, make sure you take precautions to avoid any risks.
10 years of working together to support young children
The collaboration agreement between Fundación MAPFRE and Fundación Barça to support children and young people from vulnerable communities in Brazil has reached its tenth anniversary. During this time, more than 13,000 children have benefited from the program.
A musical perspective of Bill Brandt
As part of our ‘Digital Art’ project and to celebrate Music Day, we are offering a unique proposition that combines Bill Brandt’s photography with a song composed by electronic band Delaporte especially for the occasion.
Madrid, the global capital for people with visual impairment
The World Blindness Summit Madrid 2021takes place on June 28 and 29, a virtual global meeting at which we will be working to promote the inclusion of people with visual impairments and examining the impact of COVID-19 on their full participation in society.
Should you always use a booster cushion from when the child is four years old?
Age is not a variable that needs to be taken into account when using child restraint systems; the only important thing is the child’s physique.
How much information is generated and stored in the world?
If Internet usage figures were already monumental, with the pandemic they have increased even more. The more than 4.5 billion people in the world who have access to the Internet are constantly generating information. Considering the increase in content creation, we need reliable sources to turn to in order to obtain quality data, such as the data offered by our Documentation Center.
Paddle is also inclusive
Thanks to the idea of a group of students from Loyola University, the Spanish Paddle Tennis Federation and our support, patients at the Hospital for the Paraplegic in Toledo will be able to enjoy this sport.
Fundación MAPFRE Monday
For children and young people living in the slums of Managua, Nicaragua, getting an education that will enable them to break the cycle of poverty is very difficult. The Pan y Amor school works to help them achieve this, to transform their lives. Fundación MAPFRE supports this project.
A recipe for employment integration
We gathered Carme Ruscalleda, chef with seven Michelin stars, and four students from the Escola d’Educació Especial Xaloc (Xaloc Special Education School) to prepare a monkfish “Romesquet”.
The wish tree
How do you imagine yourself or what do you want to be when you grow up? The boys and girls of Escola Vida Montserrat, a school that is part of the Catalan Association for Integration and Human Development (ACIDH), and the organization AURA have answered this question in front of the wish tree that has been installed in the exhibition V15IONES, at Torre MAPFRE, Barcelona.
To fight against COVID-19, research and more research
President of the CSIC Rosa Menéndez, presented a plaque to Fundación MAPFRE in sign of their appreciation for the donation made at the beginning of the pandemic for research on COVID-19.
Art transforms and improves us
Art leaves no-one indifferent; it helps us to rebuild, to escape, to rest, to enjoy, to step outside our reality before returning to it. On Museum Day we invite you to get in touch with your feelings.
What are you waiting for?
Our Fundación MAPFRE Social Awards are aimed at individuals and organizations that dedicate their efforts and work to improving the lives of others. You can be one of the winners, there is still time. Send us your application before the 31st May.
Everything is in books
Everything – past, present and future – can be found in books. Choose a book, open it, start reading, relive old feelings, and experience new emotions. We invite you to join us in the magic of reading, of opening up your imagination, of creating a reality! Happy World Book Day!
One year growing together
11,300 volunteers. 1,637 activities. More than 170,000 people benefited in 28 countries. These 2020 figures say it all:we have more volunteers each year, and with them, we all grow.
Paint Jawlensky
Jawlensky’s paintings also fascinate children. His vivid colors attract children’s eyes and the characters that inhabit his paintings provoke their curiosity. Encourage your kids and participate together in the Instagram contest #PintaJawlensky by interpreting and recreating the works of the Russian painter!