Social

Palma 04.02.25

Xisco and Marc, a relationship built through play

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 ...

El molar 28.01.25

“We need to have a normal life, that’s why we would like to stay in Spain”

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 ...

Notas de prensa
Madrid 29.06.04

Exhibition: Microcars

The Spanish Civil War was over, and the Second World War was looming. 80% of Spain's motor-vehicle fleet had been destroyed in the fighting, the roads were in an awful state, and materials and fuel were scarce. To make matters worse, the few ...
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Notas de prensa
Madrid 15.10.03

Exhibition: Shields and Lances

Madrid, 15 October 2003. One of the basic survival rules for living beings is "Eat and do not be eaten." To this end, plants, human beings and animals adopt different camouflage and defence tactics: blending with the environment in order to go ...
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Notas de prensa
Madrid 14.10.03

The employment integration of the disabled

Some 3.5 million people in Spain have some kind of disability. The social integration of such people is a problem underlying the present context of our society, and although progress has been made in recent years in the design of integration ...
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Notas de prensa
14.07.03

Grants to projects for the labour insertion of the disabled

"La Caixa" Foundation launches the second edition of its Programme for the Labour Insertion of the Disabled, which provides grants for projects that strive for the labour insertion of individuals with psychological, physical, sensory or mental ...
- Social Programmes
- Welfare Programmes
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Notas de prensa
Madrid 08.04.03

Documentary: The Endurance

"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success." Ernest ShackletonCoinciding with the outbreak of World War I, the British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton used these words ...
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Notas de prensa
Madrid 20.01.03

Exhibition: Antarctica

The Antarctic is the most remote, coldest, most wind-swept and highest of all the earth's continents. The largest ice cluster on the planet is located there, and its role, like that of its surrounding ocean, is essential in many natural processes ...
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Barcelona 16.12.02

”la Caixa” Foundation holds a new call for environmental project funding

Protecting biodiversity, conserving natural areas, spreading respect for the environment, preserving environmental quality and boosting sustainability of natural resources are the aims of the new call held by "la Caixa" Foundation for environmental ...
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 29.05.02

Students from the UPC teach Information and Communications Technologies courses in the centres for the elderly of ”la Caixa” Foundation

The objective of the programme, within which new courses have started this May, is for students from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) to teach the elderly some of what they know about computing and to have the centres for the elderly ...
- Social Programmes
- Elderly People
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Barcelona 16.09.01

«The spanish family and their children’s education

The study The Spanish family and their children's education is the fifth volume of the Social studies Collection of the Fundació "la Caixa", a collection of work that aims to contribute to the debate, analysis and publishing of the burning issues ...
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