EXTRAORDINARY CALL FOR EMPLOYMENT GRANTS FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE COVID-19 Fundación MAPFRE, aware of the current situation, has activated 5.5 million euros to help reactivate the productive network as soon as possible in order to maintain and boost employment and minimize the social and economic effects of the pandemic. To do so, we have launched an extraordinary call [...]
During lockdown there was an increase in gambling addictions among young people, “a very serious problem”, according to the experts. Fundación MAPFRE and the University of Valencia are conducting the first test to quickly identify addiction from the age of 11. Male teens, especially at the ages of 15 and 16, have a higher risk of [...]
Fundación MAPFRE has launched a new edition of their research grant program worth a total of 240,000 euros, aimed at researchers and research teams in both the academic and professional world that wish to develop research programs independently or within the ambit of the universities, hospitals, companies or research centers they belong to. The Foundation [...]
In the images: 1. Lee Friedlander. Nashville, Tennessee, 1963. Colecciones Fundación MAPFRE © Lee Friedlander, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco 2. Bill Brandt. Evening in Kew Gardens, (Tarde en Kew Gardens), 1932 Private collection, Courtesy Bill Brandt Archive and Edwynn Houk Gallery. © Bill Brandt / Bill Brandt Archive Ltd. 3. Paul Strand. Blind Woman, New York, (Mujer ciega, [...]
Social transformation and global impact. These are the main attributes that make the nine social innovation projects selected in this year's award semifinals stand out; these awards aim to improve health, sustainable mobility and insurance innovation, and have been held by Fundación MAPFRE for three years. The projects—which, this year, come from Brazil, Ecuador, Spain and Peru—aim [...]
The COVID-19 crisis is plunging many Spanish families into new levels of poverty. To help these families recover, Fundación MAPFRE has created the Family Food Card, which will be distributed to socially vulnerable families with children through 30 social welfare organizations throughout Spain. Each card will have a value of 100 euros, which can be [...]
Most of these burns are due to incidents involving open flames in the home or workplace. In the case of children, they are mainly caused by hot liquids. Men are the main victims up to the age of 65, at which point the percentage of female victims increases. Hospital admissions due to burns dropped by [...]
The foundation plans to invest just over one million euros in this project and to donate about 500 ventilators. The ventilators will assist the breathing of patients with severe respiratory problems. The machines are fully functional and able to control airflow, volume and pressure to help respond to the global emergency. They were designed by a [...]
40,000 FFP2 masks, 140,000 surgical masks, 600 protection glasses, 40,000 disposable gowns and 300,000 nitrile gloves will be distributed to homes for the elderly and social care entities throughout Spain. This action, which forms part of the Fundación MAPFRE Emergency Aid Plan on occasion of the health crisis caused by the COVID-19, also includes emergency financial [...]
Expert grief psychologists will provide personalized assistance and follow up on the people affected. Those interested can call 91 310 14 55 to make an appointment by phone and receive assistance. Helping people who have lost a relative or a loved one due to Covid-19 is the purpose of a free telephone and online line, set [...]