Madrid | March 4, 2022 | Updated: March 10, 2022
The Islazul shopping center and Envera are launching a collection point for humanitarian material to be sent to Ukraine to help the population resisting the Russian invasion siege inside the country.
The collection site, located in the space provided by the Islazul Shopping Center, owned by Nuveen Real Estate and managed by Cushman & Wakefield, is run by the non-profit organization Envera, whose beneficiaries with intellectual disabilities, workers and volunteers from collaborating companies such as Iberia and Unisys, are in charge of receiving the material, sorting it and preparing it for direct shipment to Ukraine in coordination with High Strategies Intelligence.
Also noteworthy is the participation of IES Pío Baroja de Carabanchel and Cushman & Wakefield, which will contribute to the cause by providing volunteers, as well as Panificadora de Alcalá, which will donate materials.
WHAT TO DONATE?
The professionals who are working on the ground in the care of the population that has been trapped in the Russian fire request the following aid material that will be received at the Islazul collection point:
- Medications: especially analgesics and painkillers.
- Winter clothing: coats, socks, shoe insoles, raincoats, windbreakers, blankets, quilts, hats, gloves, insulating mats and sleeping bags.
- Sanitary material such as saline solution, vial system, needles, glucometer, glucometer strips, ventilation balloon (ambu), cervical collar, bandages, gauze, decompression needles, laryngoscope, nasopharyngeal tube, etc.
- Logistic and protective equipment: bulletproof vests and helmets, thermal cameras, camouflage clothing, belts, boots, AA and AAA batteries, camping-type metal crockery (glasses, plates, cutlery, pots...), binoculars, knee and elbow pads, shovels and picks, protective gloves and walkie-talkies.
- Financial donations in cash: at the request of donors, the collection of financial aid to cover the logistics of shipments has also been established.
WHERE TO DONATE?
The collection point for humanitarian aid on the second floor of the Islazul Shopping Center (c/ Calderilla 1, Madrid) is open from 10:30 am to 8:30 pm until next Thursday, March 10 at 8:00 pm.
For more information: enveraconucrania@grupoenvera.org
AN UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in one week more than one million people have fled Ukraine and another one million remain internally displaced due to the rapidly deteriorating situation and Russia's military actions in the country. The situation is increasingly unstable, delicate and unpredictable.
For UNHCR, the Ukrainian refugee crisis could become the biggest "of the century" and the UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi himself is surprised at "such an incredibly rapid exodus of people" seeking a life-saving way out at the border of neighboring countries.
In the face of this grave situation, Islazul and Envera reaffirm their commitment to the most vulnerable and call for citizen solidarity to help Ukrainians suffering from the siege and those fleeing the war.
This action is part of the 'Origen' Project, whose objective is to fulfill the purposes contemplated by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), giving impetus to initiatives such as this one, focused on promoting the visibility of solidarity projects. Islazul thus becomes the loudspeaker that projects its voice to reach all corners and help achieve a better world for all.
About Islazul
Islazul is the largest shopping and leisure center in the city of Madrid and is located at Calle Calderilla, 1, next to the M-40 (exits 27 and 28). Islazul is owned by Nuveen Real Estate, one of the world's largest real estate investment management groups, and managed by Cushman & Wakefield, a global leader in real estate services that helps clients transform the way people work, buy and live. Islazul is part of the Origen project, an innovative plan that covers and promotes an ambitious sustainable development strategy and corporate social responsibility policy that encompasses Cushman & Wakefield's various parks and shopping centers.
About Envera
Grupo Envera is a non-profit organization founded 45 years ago by Iberia employees, parents of people with intellectual disabilities, whose transparency is accredited by the Fundación Lealtad, and which serves about 5.5,000 people with disabilities and their families in its early care services, neurodevelopment for children and adolescents, training, job placement, occupational and day centers, residences and guardianship; it employs more than 800 people in its special employment centers and trains more than 300 athletes (it belongs to Special Olympics); it has the support of 250 volunteers and has a hundred collaborating entities. The following are patrons of its Tutelar Foundation: Iberia, Airbus, Unisys and Hilario Alfaro (president of Madrid Foro Empresarial). It has centers in Madrid, Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), Barcelona, Malaga, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and Inclusion Points in Madrid, Pozuelo and El Prat.
Envera leads the CSR table of Madrid Foro Empresarial and works on Corporate Social Responsibility as a strategic element of competitiveness and differential value in the customer experience, impacting 11 of the 17 SDGs of the UN's 2030 agenda.
About High Strategies Intelligence
High Strategies Intelligence is a consulting firm specialized in competitive intelligence, business security and cybersecurity, compliance and strategies to reduce uncertainty in decision making. We are a multidisciplinary team composed of professionals from the world of intelligence, military, private security, analytics and Ivy League backgrounds with experience in all types of operations.
