The Juegaterapia Foundation, an entity that helps children with cancer through play, has signed a collaboration agreement with an important initiative in the study of tumors in children called «Friends of the CNIO». This agreement has had a luxury godfather: Alejandro Sanz.
With regard to funds to finance this project, They mainly come from toys called "Baby Pelones", hairless dolls with a headscarf and the entire collection of which has been directed to Juegaterapia projects. The singer himself has designed one of the scarves that these dolls wear.
This foundation is continuously developing new lines of work, and is now in the combination between jega therapy and cancer research. This is the name of his new path "Play Therapy Research".
Juegaterapia and 'Amigos del CNIO' join forces to offer young researchers the opportunity to develop projects of excellence that allow progress in the fight against pediatric cancer. Soon, the CNIO will open the announcement of the scholarship to choose the best candidate, who for two years will be able to develop their work in one of the leading cancer research centers in the world.
Alejandro Sanz has been fully involved in this project. He has been able to visit the facilities of the Center and has seen first-hand the investigations that are carried out. "The fight against cancer is a war and I am a soldier"He stated after leaving the facilities.
La CNIO Friends initiative was born at the end of 2014 with the aim of raising funds to finance different research projects against tumors, which have been developed in the center. To date, it has more than 600 donors. The involvement and generosity of all of them has allowed the launch of three so-called postdoctoral scholarships for the study of this disease.