Social

Every sport is a long-distance race, but not all players start from the same position. Some have to overcome barriers that are not in the rules and determine the competition: gender, skin colour and sexual orientation. In order to consider these ...

In 2024, the "la Caixa" Foundation assisted more than 235,000 beneficiaries in Spain and Portugal through its direct social intervention programmes, supporting people in vulnerable situations from childhood to later life. In 2025, the institution’s ...

Xisco was four years old when he started going to Espiral, an organisation dedicated to equality, youth and the family, which, as part of the CaixaProinfancia programme of the "la Caixa" Foundation, focuses on child development through play in order ...

Irina Shumska and her children arrived at the home of Elena, Jesús and Iker in El Molar in 2022. They had fled the Ukrainian city of Odessa after months of shelling. Today, thanks to the Tiende una mano. Acoge programme, these host and hosted people ...

Over 100 people at risk of social exclusion participated in a job speed dating event in Madrid, an effective recruitment method that enables multiple interviews to be conducted simultaneously in the same space. The Incorpora programme of the "la ...

The DANA (standing for Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos in Spanish or “isolated high-level depression"), commonly known as a “cold drop", which claimed over 200 lives in Valencia, has not only left behind destroyed homes, but has also had a severe ...

Creativity has a prominent place in the DNA of the Cepaim Foundation, which is reflected, above all, in the way the initiatives conducted are approached. Its objectives of social assistance and improvement are reflected in innovative projects such ...

The 21st century has been called the century of loneliness. Social changes have weakened community networks which promote collective well-being, in favour of a growing individualism. Factors such as industrialisation, the movement of rural ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, the banana value chain is one of the most significant. Annual production is estimated at between 30 and 40 million tonnes, 30% of which is classified as third-grade, making it unsellable. Until recently, these bananas were ...