He Prize Natura He turns 25 and we cannot be more happy to continue contributing to everyone's effort in this project.
For those who do not know Prize Natura, it is a small gesture with which we intend to recognize all those non -profit organizations that fight to build a better world. We have been supporting more than 70 projects since 1994.
This year we are especially excited since, in addition to celebrating a very special figure, we have two awarded categories: social and environmental. The total economic endowment of the XXV Award Natura It is € 74,797, distributed in 3 winning projects.
Know them!
Social category
Great friends - "You are not alone"
The project seeks to offer accompaniment to the elderly who are in absolute solitude. They are greater (Middle Ages 85 years) with limitations to go abroad autonomously or in a situation of affective lack. The initiative consists in organizing home visits, residence, specific accompaniments, cultural visits and adapted outputs. The beneficiaries of this project will be 500 people.
Great friends is a foundation that has a great volunteer participation (more than 900 people) and has more than 15 years of experience. In 2017 he was awarded the Madrid Award thanks in the social ends category. The project "You are not alone" fights loneliness in the elderly, avoiding isolation and generating social fabric for older people who are
They find in a situation of exclusion.
Open Arms - "Origin St. Louis, Senegal"
The objective of the project is to avoid the death of migrants in the Mediterranean offering development alternatives in Senegal. Inform through local population and reliable way about the reality of migration and life in Europe, in addition to sensitizing about the imaginary of migration. It also intends to form offering real alternatives to more than 2,000 beneficiaries through the Community Center for Digital Knowledge (CCCD).
Open Arms has challenged and positioned in the media the issue of migrations and deaths in the Mediterranean. It is an NGO focused on maritime rescue and lifeguard but is evolving towards enhancing projects at the origin of the problem that causes these human dramas. It has strength at the communicative level and can position these types of projects that will avoid the situation that often ends in tragedy. The Senegal Origin Project combats the lack of information and ignorance of the reality of migration and life in Europe by people who have the will to migrate. and fight against the lack of development opportunities in Saint Louis.
Environmental category
Association Hàbitats - "Conservation of river ecosystems"
The Ríos project seeks to involve society in the conservation of river ecosystems. It proposes to promote volunteering in rivers, improve the quality of ecosystems and favor the knowledge and awareness of citizenship over river ecosystems and value.
Association Habitats is an entity for social and non -profit purposes created in 1997 with the mission of bringing people closer to the natural environment to promote their conservation through education, participation and volunteering.
The Ríos project promotes the care of river systems in Catalonia, fighting the ignorance of its environmental wealth and its value as thermometers of the quality of the environment.
Find more information about the award Natura here.
Great friends is a foundation that has a great volunteer participation (more than 900 people) and has more than 15 years of experience. In 2017 he was awarded the Madrid Award thanks in the social ends category. The project "You are not alone" fights loneliness in the elderly, avoiding isolation and generating social fabric for older people who are
They find in a situation of exclusion.
Open Arms - "Origin St. Louis, Senegal"
The objective of the project is to avoid the death of migrants in the Mediterranean offering development alternatives in Senegal. Inform through local population and reliable way about the reality of migration and life in Europe, in addition to sensitizing about the imaginary of migration. It also intends to form offering real alternatives to more than 2,000 beneficiaries through the Community Center for Digital Knowledge (CCCD).
Open Arms has challenged and positioned in the media the issue of migrations and deaths in the Mediterranean. It is an NGO focused on maritime rescue and lifeguard but is evolving towards enhancing projects at the origin of the problem that causes these human dramas. It has strength at the communicative level and can position these types of projects that will avoid the situation that often ends in tragedy. The Senegal Origin Project combats the lack of information and ignorance of the reality of migration and life in Europe by people who have the will to migrate. and fight against the lack of development opportunities in Saint Louis.
Environmental category
Association Hàbitats - "Conservation of river ecosystems"
The Ríos project seeks to involve society in the conservation of river ecosystems. It proposes to promote volunteering in rivers, improve the quality of ecosystems and favor the knowledge and awareness of citizenship over river ecosystems and value.
Association Habitats is an entity for social and non -profit purposes created in 1997 with the mission of bringing people closer to the natural environment to promote their conservation through education, participation and volunteering.
The Ríos project promotes the care of river systems in Catalonia, fighting the ignorance of its environmental wealth and its value as thermometers of the quality of the environment.
Find more information about the award Natura here.
