What's on in and around the Guadiaro Valley

THE Guadiaro Independent Traders (GITs), a business group from the Guadiaro valley, is holding a charity car treasure hunt in aid of Cudeca on Saturday 10th April 2010 in the Benaojan. Cortes de la Frontera, Jimera de Libar and Montejaque area near Ronda.

If you own a car and want to discover our Secret Andalucia and have a family fun day out while supporting a charity, then this is the event for you.

The hunt will commence at 11am at Bar Allioli in Estacion de Jimera de Libar, where registration will take place and then cars will depart on their adventure!

Each team (two persons) will be required to visit various establishments and answer questions about different sights and features of the area. Total distance covered will be approx 40 to 50 km.

Participants should buy at least one beverage in at least one of the local bars on route.

The teams can make their way back to the start at their leisure and once all the sheets are in marking will take place and prizes will be awarded which include 4 hotels stay including breakfast, wine from a local vineyard and other small prizes.

The entry fee for the event is just €10 per couple and all proceeds from this event will benefit the Cudeca Hospice to help them continue to offer the “Special Kind of Caring” to patients suffering from advanced and non-curable cancer within the province of Málaga.

For more information about this event, please contact Paul Darwent by 'phone on 671 501 054 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Fundación Cudeca “A special kind of caring”……

Main purpose:

• To change the process of dying to a process of living. Although we cannot add days to life, in Cudeca we try to add quality of life to days through our “special kind of caring”.

Declaration of Vision. Cudeca Hospice undertakes to:

• Become a reference in taking care of patients and their families by providing palliative care through a comprehensive programme of information, education and training services.

• Develop holistic and innovative models in the treatment of physical and psycho-social symptoms caused by cancer and other chronic, progressive and advanced diseases, providing relief to suffering through clinical control of symptoms, physical rehabilitation, and complementary therapies of physical care, psychological, social spiritual and family support and seeking the highest comfort for patients and their family while respecting their personal autonomy.

• Extending the philosophy, knowledge and skills of palliative care in our community by specialized training of professionals and volunteers and increasing the information given to patient families and the general public.

• Contributing to the development and improvement of palliative care through research in coordination with other research centres of excellence.

Declaration of Mission. Cudeca Hospice undertakes to:

• Offer high standards of palliative care to patients suffering from cancer and other advanced or terminal disease.

• Offer support and advice to those who take care of patients throughout the illness, after it, and throughout the bereavement period.

• Offer a personalized response to patients and family needs, both at home and in our Centre through our caring programmes.

• Develop innovative therapies actively seeking to maintain patient dignity and autonomy so that they can have the highest quality of life in spite of the limitations of their illness.

• Give care to everyone in need regardless of race or religion.

• Develop training and research programmes that contribute to extend palliative care that assures a constant improvement.

Essential values:

• Excellency – taking special care of the patient who suffers from cancer or other advanced or terminal disease, and their family, always being faithful to the philosophy of palliative care.

• Solidarity - engagement with social needs in the framework of the charity mission.

• Respect and integrity in the relationship with people and institutions (patients, family, volunteers, suppliers, collaborators, donors, sponsors, public or private supporters, etc.)

Fundación Cudeca
Centro de Cuidados Paliativos
Avda. del Cosmos, s/n.
29631 Arroyo de la Miel
Benalmádena
Málaga
España

Tlf.: (+34) 952 56 49 10

Fax: (+34) 952 56 49 22

Website: www.cudeca.org

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