Maria Fernandez

We are health clowns in Asturias. For years we have been filling corridors and rooms with color, play and joy in the paediatrics wards of the HUCA. We visit the Cruz Roja Gijón weekly, animating corridors and staff and intervening in the rehabilitation and palliative care plants for adults. On the other hand, every week we visit the Naranco residential establishment for the elderly and we have implemented a show of sensory stimulation through clowning for special education centers in Asturias.

When Martina was 2 months old, she broke her two legs while into her mothers arms. Since then, she has suffered multiple fractures that prevent her from walking normally. Our daughter suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta, better known as brittle bone disease. 100% of the collected funds go to entities and projects committed to improving the quality of life of patients.

Juegaterapia es una Fundación formada con un único objetivo: hacer más llevadera la vida de los niños en los hospitales. Recogemos todo tipo de consolas y videojuegos usados y los distribuimos en las zonas de oncología infantil de hospitales de toda España. Juegaterapia lleva a cabo una iniciativa pionera en España que recupera las azoteas en desuso de los hospitales y las convierte en jardines para que todos los niños ingresados puedan jugar al aire libre en un entorno verde y lúdico.

The SJD Pediatric Center is the first monographic centre for paediatric oncology in Spain (2nd in Europe). 70% of the centre is devoted to care and 30% to research. It has the capacity to care for 400 children and youngsters. Its spaces are designed with the emotional well-being of the children and their families in mind. Our aim is that the children have more options to overcome cancer with less after-effects. Your euro helps to carry out the humanisation programmes and new treatments. Will you join us?