Social

Barcelona 28.05.25

Unesco and the ”la Caixa” Foundation highlight the unequal impact of climate change and the measures taken to address it, and call for the protection of the most vulnerable

According to the report Who Bears the Cost? Addressing Inequalities from Climate Change and Climate Action, by 2050, 2.5 billion people could be exposed to severe weather conditions, including 239 million living in extreme poverty, with limited or ...

Barcelona 08.05.25

59% of Spaniards donated money to a charitable cause in 2024, with a median of 75 euros per person

The study Philanthropy in Spain and Portugal. Social attitudes and behaviours, promoted by the Social Observatory of the "la Caixa" Foundation, analyses the knowledge, social attitudes and philanthropic behaviour of Spaniards. Over the past year, ...

Notas de prensa
Barcelona 25.04.08

»la Caixa» leads a business alliance to collaborate with the GAVI Alliance in child vaccination

Today ''la Caixa'' has presented a collaboration agreement with the GAVI Global Alliance to lead a business alliance in Spain for child vaccination. The entity chaired by Isidro Fainé will support the first world coalition between the public and ...
- Social Programmes
- International Aid
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Notas de prensa
Madrid 15.12.04

Exhibition: Remains and Traces of Our Ancestors

How did a swarm of flying insects and arachnids become trapped in the viscous resin of a tree from the Pleistocene? What prompted the indigestion that led one of the most voracious bony fishes, the Xiphactinus audax of the Upper Cretaceous period, ...
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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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