The artist Luis Sandino held a solidarity exhibition of his acrylic paintings in March 2024 in the space provided free of charge by the Marambay Restaurant. Luis has donated the amount of the paintings acquired during the exhibition to Aladina, to help us so that no child with cancer loses his smile.
Thank you very much, Luis, for being an exceptional artist with a big heart and for helping us reach further every day.
A true treasure from the history of Spanish music, “La Inédita”—a guitar handcrafted in 1912 by master luthier Santos Hernández for the legendary Andrés Segovia—is now being auctioned at the prestigious Bonhams auction house in Paris. The auction runs until May 28, and 100% of the proceeds will go directly to our programs for children...
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Together with Emiliano García-Page, President of Castilla-La Mancha, we unveiled the newly renovated pediatric unit at the Hospital Universitario de Toledo. This space allows children to remain children while receiving treatment, creating an environment where patients and families can find comfort and moments of happiness despite being in a hospital. This ambitious project required a...
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On International Childhood Cancer Day, and as part of our #BandanaChallengeAladina campaign, we are thrilled to officially unveil The Aladina Home—a project we have long dreamed of and worked tirelessly to bring to life. This will be Spain’s first dedicated daytime support center for children with cancer, a pioneering initiative in Europe. Located in Madrid’s...
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On June 6, our president Paco Arango received the XLSemanal 2024 Award in the Values category for his charitable career. It is an honour to receive such an outstanding award accompanied by Antonio López in the Arts category, Valentín Fuster in Science and Adela Cortina in Thought. Thank you very much XLSemanal for granting this...
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The XVI National Congress of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (SEHOP 2024) will be held in Palma de Mallorca from May 30 to June 1. This year we will be present as sponsors, promoting Aladina’s work among all the professionals attending the congress. It is an honor to be part of such...
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Last April 20 took place SportsFun, our first charity event in Murcia, in collaboration with the Never Surrender Foundation. The objective was to raise funds to make a gymnasium a reality at the Virgen de La Arrixaca Hospital in Murcia where children with cancer admitted to the hospital can carry out the rehabilitation prescribed by...
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We are launching the website eventosaladina.org, where from now on we will announce the different charity events that we organize from Aladina. From the Aladina Xmas Weekend to our latest event in Murcia, SportsFun, through this website you will have all the information you need to know what it consists of and what we hope...
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On the 20th of April we will celebrate, together with the Never Surrender Foundation, our first event in the city of Murcia: SportsFun, whose proceeds will go towards the construction of a new Paediatric Oncology Gymnasium in the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca. On Thursday 11th April, the councillor for Social Welfare, Family and Health,...
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On 11th April, together with the Never Surrender Foundation and Murcia City Council, we presented our first event in the region: SportsFun, the proceeds of which will go towards the construction of a new Paediatric Oncology Gymnasium at the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital. The event, which combines sport and fun, will take place next...
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Once again Aladina is where children with cancer need us most. This time we have had the privilege of helping our friends of Una Nueva Esperanza in their Basic Needs Programme for Families with children with cancer in Mexico. We made a donation of $50,000 that will cover shelter, food, clothing and transportation for two...
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In our aim to improve hospital spaces to make the stay of children and families more pleasant, we have decorated the paediatric emergency room and the medical office of the Tomelloso Hospital. With this new decoration we wanted the children to feel as if they were at the bottom of the sea every time they...
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To close the #PañueloChallengeAladina, our major campaign to raise awareness of childhood cancer at a national level, we held an event at Madrid City Hall in which the families of Aladina participated together with the Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida and EMT volunteers. First we had an event in the Plaza de Cibeles next to the...
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At Aladina we are celebrating because we have inaugurated the new decoration of the Paediatric Oncology area of the Hospital Clínico de Valencia. This new intervention in hospitals has been possible thanks to the altruism of Formica Group and the artist Antonyo Marest. This decoration is present in six hospitalisation rooms, two transplant rooms and...
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We inaugurated the new Paediatric Oncology Day Hospital at La Paz. At a cost of 1,200,000 € and with a surface area of 800m2, more than 500 children with cancer will pass through its facilities every year for 4,000 consultations. The new La Paz Paediatric Oncology Day Hospital is a project entirely financed by Aladina,...
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THE CHALLENGE SCARF IS BACK! The great wave of solidarity that will sweep across Spain in favour of children with cancer. Next 15th February is World Childhood Cancer Day, a very special day for all the children and families that, with your help, we care for at the Aladina Foundation. For the third consecutive year...
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In our aim to reach further internationally, we officially joined the UICC, the International Union Against Cancer, which is dedicated exclusively to global cancer control. More than 200 organisations in 80 countries are part of this joint project in the fight against cancer. We are honoured to be part of this alliance that brings together...
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This January we finished our improvement in Parla Hospital, where we have decorated the Obstetrics Unit. In our aim to make hospital stays much more pleasant for patients and families, we continue to decorate hospital units and floors throughout Spain. The space is decorated with floral and plant motifs to give a feeling of spaciousness.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospitalthe world’s leading organisation in paediatric cancer care and research, includes the Aladina Foundation in its international programme. St. Jude Global Alliance. We are the first Spanish institution to be part of this alliance. The St. Louis programme The St. Jude Global Alliance brings together individuals and institutions...
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On 19 December the Council of Ministers approved Royal Decree-Law 6/2023. which amends the law on patronage that has been in force for more than 21 years. Published in the BOE on 20 December, it will be in force from 1 January 2024. It involves two important changes that will affect all Aladina’s members and...
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The Diverse Foundation, the main partner of the Improved Reality project promoted by Aladina together with the Small Foundation and the A.Bosch Foundation, accompanied us on a visit to the construction site of the new Paediatric Oncology area at Vall d’Hebron. Jordi Rubiralta and Emily Kunze, president and founder of Fundació Diverse respectively, visited the...
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