Cules sweetens the holidays for children in hospitals and boarding schools in Barcelona | video

Men’s first team players Barcelona football club visited on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, various children’s hospitals in the Barcelona area and, as new this year, also several centers for juveniles under supervision Generalitat of Catalonia to try to sweeten these Christmas dates for those admitted and their families.

Organized FC Barcelona Foundation, This solidarity action is part Emotional well-being and allows boys and girls are hospitalized or placed in juvenile detention centers, ability to see, speak and meet the players in first person and members of the Blaugrana coaching staff.

The Blaugrana delegation led by the Vice President for Institutional Affairs Elena Fort, as well as other representatives of the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees of the Foundation, who left around noon from Joan Gamper Sports City distributed in several buses for direct smoking cessation in various hospitals and small centers.

One of the greatest innovations was the availability Vitor Roque, Brazilian striker, signed Barcelona football club in this winter market and who, in his first days as a cooler player, joined this traditional Christmas visit of the first team, especially in Hospital Val d’Hebron.

During the visits, the players shared very emotional and unforgettable moments for all these children, signed autographs, took selfies and offered them various gifts, while giving smiles, enthusiasm and joy, which became great therapy for these children and girls. , some of whom suffer from serious illnesses.

On the other hand, this year also marked the first time that players visited several juvenile detention centers under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance. Directorate General for Child and Adolescent Care (DGAIA) belonging Generalitat of Catalonia. These are the centers that offer temporary residence for minors from zero to eighteen years of age in situations of social risk (reception centers) and children and young people torn from the family unit because they do not see their educational needs being met (CRAE Educational Action Centers).

The arrival of players in different centers was a real event and meant a moment of great joy and emotion for all these children and young people. During the meeting, they had the opportunity to meet Barça players, receive words of encouragement, take pictures and receive various gifts. For players, getting to know these groups of vulnerable minors has become a unique and very rewarding experience.

The following centers were visited: Sant Joan de Déu Hospital (Joao Cancelo, Joao Felix, Inigo Martinez, Ferran Torres), Hospital Val d’Hebron (Vitor Roque, Rafinha, Lewandowski, Gundogan), Barcelona Hospital (Sergi Roberto, Javi Hernandez), Hospital Park Tauli in Sabadell (Oriol Romeu, Fermin Lopez) and Ronald McDonald House (Christensen, De Jong). In addition, they visited CRAE Minerva (Balde, Lamin Yamal) and Nazareth (Kunde, Kochen) and CAUI Reception Center (Ronald Araujo, Iñaki Peña).

(according to information from Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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