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25 insurance companies participating in the Awards,
that provide a prize of 4,500 € to the sponsored pro-
ject.
INESE, organizer of the Awards, was the organization
that supported the 'Vallecas Project', a study laun-
ched in 2011 by CIEN Foundation and the Queen
Sofia Foundation, to find common patterns in the
progression of Alzheimer's disease that advance the
identification of early markers for early diagnosis of
the disease. The 'Vallecas Project' is studying the
evolution of more than 1,200 cognitively healthy pe-
ople between 70 and 85 years of age.
The Insurance Solidarity Awards 2015 show the sup-
port of the insurance industry towards organizations
working to improve the quality of life of people from
various fields. Thus, 25 NGOs, Foundations and Asso-
ciations have received financial contributions by 25
insurance and service companies to develop pro-
jects concerning children, disability, social exclusion, by the Forja Theater Company.
women, and cooperation in the framework of its
Corporate Social Responsibility.
AEHTF Solidarity dinner
In its fourth edition, held on April 25, 2015, the Fuer- mer Center, home of CIEN Foundation, played by a
teventura Association of Entrepreneurs of Hotels and
Tourism (AEHTF, from its acronym In Spanish) elected
the Association of Relatives of Alzheimer's and other
dementias of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (AFALF,
from its acronym in Spanish) and CIEN Foundation as
equal beneficiaries of the money raised (8,000 €).
The money intended for CIEN Foundation has been
allocated to the Fuerteventura Grant, which finan-
ces one of the research lines being carried out to
eradicate Alzheimer's pathology.
Vallecas Project Volunteer's Day
CIEN Foundation is aware of the role of the volun-
teer, fundamental to carry out our research projects.
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Therefore, from CIEN Foundation we feel very grate-
ful for the great generosity of each and every one
of the 1,213 people who attended our call and,
above all, the fidelity with which year after year
come to the corresponding visits of the Vallecas Pro-
ject. Hence, since 2013, every year we pay them tri-
bute through the already established "Vallecas
Project Volunteer’s Day" and activities organized for
the residents of CAFRS, many of them also volunteers
in the Alzheimer Project of the Queen Sofia Founda-
tion.
The event, chaired by H.M. Queen Sofia, was held
on 20 February 2015 at the La Latina Theater in Ma-
drid. With Irma Soriano as master of ceremonies, the
tribute included two actions: the performance of the
unique in Spain choir "Voices of Memory", compo-
sed by Alzheimer's patients from the Association of
Relatives of Alzheimer of Valencia (FSMA, for its
acronym in Spanish); and the play "Who said love?"
Christmas concert "Music of Recycling"
Queen Sofia attended on December 18 a Christmas
concert held at the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzhei-
group of children and several teachers of the pro-
ject "Music of Recycling" by the Oberon Trio.
The project, promoted by Ecoembes and supported
by the Queen Sofia Foundation, educates musically
and in values 80 children and young people from
the Villapaz (Pozuelo de Alarcón) Shelter and Nunez
de Arenas (Vallecas) public school, who are lear-
ning to build their own instruments with and play
music from recycled materials.
The concert was aimed at Alzheimer patients resi-
ding in the Queen Sofía Foundation Alzheimer Cen-
ter under the management of the Madrid Region.
There are 156 people living with Alzheimer's in the