Fundación MAPFRE acknowledged Particular Olympics with the ‘Greatest Entity Award for its Social Affect’ at an occasion held on the Royal On line casino of Madrid, Spain, on 8 October.
The award was introduced to David Evangelista, President of Particular Olympics Europe Eurasia, and Valentina García Lluch, Particular Olympics Spain athlete, by Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain.
This award, which comes with a prize of 40,000 euros, is introduced yearly to acknowledge the work of establishments or organizations that, all through their historical past, have carried out important and efficient actions in numerous fields, together with social, cultural, and health-related initiatives.
Evangelista stated: “I need to categorical our deepest gratitude to Fundación MAPFRE, to Particular Olympics Spain, and to Her Majesty Queen Sofía, for his or her continued help.”
“This award doesn’t belong solely to the Particular Olympics group, however to each one of many hundreds of thousands of athletes who’ve proven that with braveness and willpower, all adversities, stigma, and discrimination will be overcome.”
“We stand alongside them, their households, and their communities, united by our shared imaginative and prescient. Collectively, we’re making the world higher via inclusion, in sports activities and in life.”
“I want to take this second to acknowledge the management of my expensive buddy, actually, our expensive buddy Enric Blesa, who can’t be right here with us bodily at present, however is all the time very a lot current with us.”
García Lluch added: “For me, being a Particular Olympics athlete is greater than an completed objective; it’s a journey that has profoundly remodeled me. I’ve an mental incapacity and, though the trail has not all the time been simple, and despite the fact that I’ve needed to face the lack of knowledge from many, I’ve by no means allowed that actuality to outline my prospects. I’m sure that I can supply simply as a lot as anybody else.”
“Particular Olympics has had lots to do with this journey. When I discovered it, I felt {that a} new world opened earlier than me. Sports activities helped me step out of my consolation zone, and uncover that, with effort and dedication, the boundaries we consider we’ve got solely exist in our minds.”
“This award that we obtain represents each athlete who works onerous on daily basis, who strives to interrupt down the obstacles of prejudice and show that we’re all succesful.”
Additionally awarded on this version had been Núria Espert (Lifetime Skilled Achievement Award), Moda re- (Greatest Mission or Initiative for Social Affect), and Joselito (Greatest Initiative within the Agricultural Sector Award).
