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We build change

Our projects are mainly focused on children, youth and the elderly, but we attend to any social group that requires our help. We put special effort in improving the lives of girls and women, still the most vulnerable in many communities.

Two types of programs

Specific actions

A one day action so employees can feel the synergy. Projects of direct response to concrete situations with immediate effect.

Global programs

The starting point to bring about systemic change. Ad hoc projects designed with the perspective to make a lasting impact.

Our areas of work

Proyectos de salud United Way España

Health

We improve the quality of life of vulnerable people. Because health is the basis of any opportunity

Proyectos de educación United Way España

Education

We promote the potential of children and young people at risk of exclusion. Because education is the raw material of the future.

Proyectos de seguridad financiera United Way España

employability

We help disadvantaged social groups gain access to employment. Because economic stability generates healthy, cohesive and prosperous communities

Health

We improve the quality of life of vulnerable people.

Global Program

We promote the physical and mental well-being, education and inclusion of children who live in vulnerable situations through games and sports, with special attention to the acquisition of healthy habits.

Global Program

We support Ukrainian refugees in a multidisciplinary and comprehensive way, putting at the service of humanitarian organizations specialized in migrants and refugees, specific resources such as psychosocial support, educational reinforcement, socio-labor integration and housing access.​

One-time Action

We support the work of social canteens, covering basic needs of people in situations of social vulnerability.

Global Program
We combat childhood obesity among vulnerable families by visiting the Galaxia Saludable (Healthy Galaxy) of Fundación Gasol (Foundation Gasol), with the support of corporate volunteer teams.
Global Program

Seniors who teach, migrants who accompany. We palliate the loneliness that many elderly people suffer and we favor the social integration of migrants and refugees, betting on technology and intercultural and intergenerational relations.

One-time Action

We combat the unwanted loneliness of the elderly, through different volunteer actions.

One-time Action

We promote education on environmental issues to raise public awareness about environmental protection.

One-time Action

We alleviate the hospital stay of children’s patients through science workshops that, at the same time, bring them closer to the subject in a playful way, thus awakening scientific vocations. We also carry out these workshops in child care centers.

Global Program

We combat the unwanted loneliness of elderly or dependent people through weekly visits by volunteers.

Education

We help children and young people reach all their potential

Global Program

We promote the physical and mental well-being, education and inclusion of children who live in vulnerable situations through games and sports, with special attention to the acquisition of healthy habits.

Global Program

We support Ukrainian refugees in a multidisciplinary and comprehensive way, putting at the service of humanitarian organizations specialized in migrants and refugees, specific resources such as psychosocial support, educational reinforcement, socio-labor integration and housing access.​

One-time Action

We combat the digital divide and promote STEM skills in children and youth through workshops.

One-time Action

We connect life stories of professionals with high school students, to bring them new references that facilitate the knowledge of training and professional options and thus promote vocational discovery.

One-time Action

We alleviate the hospital stay of children’s patients through science workshops that, at the same time, bring them closer to the subject in a playful way, thus awakening scientific vocations. We also carry out these workshops in child care centers.

One-time Action

Through enjoyable workshops, we provided training in basic financial matters, thanks to the work of a team of Andbank volunteers who prepared the materials for these workshops.

Global Program

We combat school dropout in institutes with a high rate of school failure by carrying out programs with the last years of Secondary and Vocational Training, in which motivation and guidance to make decisions in the nearest future is crucial.

Global Program

We promote the improvement of skills in young people by generating spaces for the creation and development of initiatives that the people themselves propose and lead.

Global Program

We combat school dropout through the responsible and proactive use of technology as a tool for learning. We use it to help young people with greater academic difficulties to find areas of development of their abilities, while they work to solve problems in their environment.

Global Program

We awaken the creativity and capacity for innovation of young people, we empower them to invent technology-based solutions to problems in their community.

Employment

We promote the stability and financial independence of people and families

Global Program

We support Ukrainian refugees in a multidisciplinary and comprehensive way, putting at the service of humanitarian organizations specialized in migrants and refugees, specific resources such as psychosocial support, educational reinforcement, socio-labor integration and housing access.​

Global Program

We promote access to employment through workshops for unemployed people.

Global Program

We train long-term unemployed young people in the knowledge and tools that the labor market demands. With very high rates of job stability, with these courses we promote the financial stability of our young people.

Global Program

We facilitate job search for young people through mentoring activities.

Global Program

We fight against energy poverty by bringing electricity to La Cañada Real in an economical, safe and sustainable way for the most vulnerable people who have been deprived of this basic necessity since October 2020.