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Over 10 years of giving the gift of smiles

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Aladina began in 2005, but was an idea four years prior, when our president Paco Arango asked a friend for a project that could ¨get his hands dirty¨. Paco always says, “I want to donate my time because I have been very fortunate in my life”.

Paco visited the Hospital Niño Jesús one Wednesday afternoon in 2001 and he never stopped going back.

Aladina celebrates over 10 years of service knowing that they help over 1,500 children and their families every year at 15 hospitals throughout Spain.

Thanks Aladina for the magical moments that helped us fight this

disease with laughter.

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Who Are We

• Niño Jesús Hospital • MADRID

• Gregorio Marañón Hospital • MADRID

• 12 de Octubre Hospital • MADRID

• Cruces Hospital • VIZCAYA

• Quirónsalud Pozuelo Hospital • MADRID

• Virgen del Rocío Hospital • SEVILLA

• Virgen de las Nieves Hospital • GRANADA

• Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital • MURCIA

• Vall D’Hebron Hospital • BARCELONA

• Severo Ochoa Hospital • LEGANÉS, MADRID

• Getafe Hospital • MADRID

• Henares Hospital • MADRID

• Clínico San Carlos Hospital • MADRID

• El Escorial Hospital • MADRID

• Asturias’ Central Hospital • OVIEDO

• Alicante Hospital • ALICANTE

Where We Work

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We also collaborate with the following hospitals:

What We Do

Aladina provides important renovations and improvements to public hospitals to make the patients’ stay more comfortable. We also help to cover the expenses of cancer for families with fewer financial resources.

We offer free programs, both in and out of the hospital, dedicated specifically to psychological support for the children with cancer and their families.

Aladina supports and cares for the families from diagnosis to discharge, especially during the most difficult times.

Material Support

Psychological Support

Emotional Support

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Physical exercise not only improves the mood of children suffering from cancer but it also positively affects the healing process. Aladina counts on their physical health and wellness doctor to give each child a personalized training regimen that works for them.

Many recovered patients have health issues related to their illness and while exercising is key, it is not always easy to find suitable forms of exercise for them.

Since 2017, Aladina provides children and their parents or caretakers with personalized training sessions away from the hospital, but supervised by an experienced doctor.

Physical Exercise

Five psycho-oncologists specialize in giving support to the children, teens, and their families. This service is free to the families and Aladina also offers services both in and out of the hospital for family therapy, patients’ siblings, and for mourning.

Psychological Care

Aladina has an extraordinary team of volunteers who come every afternoon, bringing magic into the hospitals. Our volunteers play an important role in making the children and their families’ stay even better.

Volunteers

Children’s Programs

What We Do

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The foundation gives special attention to families with limited resources when their child is diagnosed with cancer. Aladina attends to the needs of the family, whether they are material or economic needs, as a result of their child’s diagnosis. In every case, we work with social workers to figure out the best aid possible for each and every family.

Extraordinary Aid

Aladina collaborates with the foundation ‘Porque Viven’, who works with young patients who are terminally ill. Fundación Aladina provides ‘Porque Viven’ with a driver who travels with the medical team that visits the patients at home.

Palliative Care

Since 2011, Fundación Aladina has awarded a young oncologist at Hospital Niño Jesús with a scholarship to continue their work for another year. In 2015, Aladina expanded this scholarship by awarding another to an oncologist at the Hospital Vall D’Hebron in Barcelona. These scholarships not only help the oncologists to continue their studies but also the oncology team and, of course, the children and teens with cancer.

Aladina also grants a scholarship to a neuropsychologist who works with patients suffering from brain tumors and sequelae of treatment.

Scholarships

What We Do

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Children’s Programs

Serious Fun Children’s Network

Aladina has been working with the Serious Fun Children´s network since 2006. This collaboration has made it possible for more than 100 Spanish kids with cancer to enjoy a magical camping trip to Barretstown (Ireland) or Dynamo Camp (Italy).

All of the proceeds collected from Paco Arango’s movie “The Healer”, will allow us to send 1,000 sick children to have an amazing experience at one of these camps over the next 5 years!

At these camps, the children participate in activities they have only dreamed of such as rock climbing, horseback riding, archery and many others. Above all the children get to live and meet other children from around the world who are experiencing the same challenges as them and work together to re-build their self-esteem!

When I arrived I was in a wheelchair and didn’t think I would be able to do many

activities, but I could! At night we would talk about our experiences and it was super cool because other

campers had gone through what I had.

Esther. 11 years oldOsteosarcoma

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The Aladina ICU at the Hospital Niño Jesús has been up and running since December 2016 thanks to the many donations totaling over 1.500.000€.

Natural light from windows facing the park

14 robotic arms

7 single rooms and 1 double room for poly-trauma

6 isolation rooms

Natural and artificial light options

Surveillance system

Energy efficient systems and sound comfort

Break room for nurses

Storage room for equipment

Residence rooms complete with personal bathroom

This is the largest project carried out by Aladina.

The ICU Aladina was made possible thanks to the contributions of thousands of companies, schools, and individuals. All of which joined our campaign, “A hug for the children´s ICU at Hospital Niño Jesús”.

NEW ALADINA INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU)

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Projects and Improvements

New Teen Wing

Renovated the Hematology Pediatric day hospital.

Created Playrooms.

Renovated with new furniture and decorated the terraces of the Pediatric Oncohematology unit.

Creation of a 200 m2 garden complete with a covered and air conditioned pavilion.

Construction of the Maktub center, a state of the art center specifically for bone marrow transplants. This center was made possible with an investment of more than 500,000 euros.

Creation of a Teen Room complete with a terrace of 70 m2 in the Pediatric Oncohematology unit.

Wi-fi installation in the ICU and Pediatric Oncology units.

Renovated nurse´s break rooms.

Hospital Niño Jesús (MADRID)

Hospital Gregorio Marañón (MADRID)

Hospital de Getafe (MADRID)

Other Projects

Extension of Maternal Milk Bank Aladina-MGU with a cost exceeding 120,000€.

Addition of a lactation room.

Hospital 12 de Octubre (MADRID)

Projects and Improvements

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Project “Imagine the Forest” the decoration of the children’s oncology unit.

“Like Home” the decoration of the oncology and pediatric surgical floor.

Project “Puntos” where we, in collaboration with the Architects Association, decorated the infant oncology ward.

Aladina has also furnished the teen room.

Decorated the waiting room and the milk donation room in the neonatology unit.

Created a lactation room to improve the lives of the many mom’s who use the center.

Hospital de Cruces (BILBAO)

Hospital de Alicante (ALICANTE)

Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca (MURCIA)

Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa (LEGANÉS, MADRID)

Hospital de El Escorial (MADRID)

Other Projects

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Projects and Improvements

The Healer

“The Healer” is the second movie directed by Paco Arango. It is the first film ever to be me made with the intention of helping children with cancer all over the world.

Wherever the film is shown, 100%t of the funds go to local charities. It has been in a great hit in 13 countries (#1 in box office and an average of 12 weeks in cinemas) and raised around $3 millions for seriously ill children.

It is much more than a movie, it’s a social movement. The public’s response to the film and the campaign associated with it to help local cause is astounding.

It’s a win-win. A good, positive, family oriented movie that at the same time helps children in need. Helping has never been so easy and we’re successfully doing it!

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We want to grow with you

Thanks to the support of our partners, companies, schools and friends,

we can take on new projects everyday.

Help us bring the gift of many more smiles to children with cancer!

Search uswww.aladina.org

Call us91 532 93 03

Write [email protected]

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ADDRESS: C/ Tomás Bretón 50-52, 3º Of. 5 • 28045 Madrid Tel.: 91 532 93 03 • www.aladina.org

CONTACT: Ishtar Espejo • Director [email protected]

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