The Foundation Grandes Amigos (“Big Friends”) is the new entity with which we will collaborate during the next two years (from January 2024 to December 2025) in Globalvia/Openvia Madrid, within the framework of the sixth edition of our CSR project, Contigo, 1=2 (Together, 1=2).
Contigo, 1=2 is an internal initiative in which Globalvia employees themselves decide the entity with which they want the company to collaborate for a period of two years. At the end of each month, the amount contributed by all project collaborators is doubled by the company and, in this way, we join forces to support the social cause chosen by all.
Grandes Amigos has been the most voted proposal among the entities presented for this edition: Soñar Despierto Foundation, Integra Foundation, SaniClown, Afroyeye, Itwillbe, Azada Verde and Acción Contra el Hambre.
On December 2023 we will say goodbye to the Feder Foundation, for which we have raised during this last edition of “Contigo, 1=2” more than €19,000 for research into rare or uncommon diseases. In January 2024, we will begin our collaboration with Grandes Amigos.
This is a state-level volunteer NGO, founded in 2023 that aims to accompany older people at risk or in a situation of loneliness and that defends and fights for their rights.
By supporting Grandes Amigos, we will contribute to our elderly being able to age with health, well-being and dignity. Loneliness is one of the biggest challenges in the current and future world, especially in Spain, as it is one of the most aged countries in the planet.
That is why this Foundation accompanies lonely elderly people every day and facilitates their socialization through both in-person and telephone support, the organization of intergenerational leisure activities and the promotion and reinforcement of neighborhood networks that are key to combating loneliness. the older ones.
Grandes Amigos also seeks to promote the generation and dissemination of knowledge in our society through the participation and dissemination of scientific studies, both internal and external. A very important awareness-raising task that helps us become aware of this problem and be able to dismantle all the stereotypes that fuel loneliness and age discrimination in our society.
We are very excited to start this collaboration and join forces to combat the loneliness of our elders!