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XII edition of the “IEB Solidario”, together with a score of foundations and NGOs, to make students aware of their work and the different ways of collaborating in their volunteering.
Later, in the month of October, in Fuenlabrada and Móstoles campuses of Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Social Promotion held two awareness sessions for students of Pre-school and Primary Education, dedicated to the importance of education at all levels, through the explanation of some projects of cooperation for the development and humanitarian aid of the Foundation that affect this aspect in countries like Lebanon or Palestine.
Finally last November, at the Nebrija University of Madrid, the Foundation gave a session on their work for students of the International Relations Degree.
EXHIBITIONS
After the exhibition, the IES Veredillas organized a solidarity market to support the water access actions of the Foundation in Palestine.
STAND TOGETHER
In 2017, Communion and Liberation, Rome Reports TV News Agency, ISCOM and Social Promotion Foundation launched “Stand Together”, a digital, inclusive and ecumenical platform to give voice to persecuted Christians, especially those who live in the Middle East, and highlight the importance of religious freedom.
During the year 2018, with the support of Mondo Unito, the awareness-raising activities continued, through the dissemination of testimonies, and the Foundation announced this initiative in May at the Faculty of Theology in Rome, during the conference “The persecution of Christians in the current context”. www.allstandtogether.com
mAINEL FOUNDATION TALES AWARD
On May 25, the Social Promotion Founda- tion participated in the ceremony of the XXI Mainel Foundation Tales Award, held in Valencia.
Nine students from the Regional Gover- nment of Valencia, Murcia, and Toledo were the winners of this award, which, under the motto “The world you want”, invites young people to reflect on the Sustainable Development Goals.
During the ceremony, Social Promotion, collaborator of this contest, presented a video about its work in the West Bank to guarantee the right of access to drinking water and sanitation, through the deve-
In March, on the occasion of World Water Day, the IES Veredillas and the Los Tilos School in Madrid, exhibited four didactic panels on “Water as a Right” and its problems, with the aim of raising awareness among the educational community about this SDG and work this theme in the classrooms.
The panels were designed and donated by the Social Promotion Foundation, as an awareness-raising action within the framework of the Agreement for rural development in the West Bank financed by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).
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