Barretstown It is a camp founded by PaulNewmanen as part of the Hole in the Wall Camps Association. It is located in a magical castle at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. There are children with cancer and other diseases from more than 22 different countries. The challenge of this camp is to offer a program of adventures, activities and fun backed by the medical world that helps children regain their confidence, self-esteem and courage, in an environment that is not only safe but also fun. Thus, in 2012, 125 Spanish children through the Aladina FoundationThey had the opportunity to enjoy this wonderful vacation in Barretstown.
To get the children of the Aladina Foundation Many actors have been able to attend these camps have participated in solidarity in the 61st edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival thanks to the watchmaker's charity project Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Aladina Foundation. And is that the artists and celebrities who have gone through the contest have not hesitated to collaborate with the initiative Reverso for a Smile so that children with cancer never lose their smile.
For each inn of actors and directors with the solidarity clock Reverso for a Smile A sick child will recover his smile enjoying an extraordinary vacation in Barretstown.
The charity is sponsored by Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Miguel Angel Muñoz and it has been one of the great successes of the festival in which many actors have requested on their own initiative to collaborate in the project.
Paco Arango, filmmaker and President of the Aladina Foundation, and who can be seen in the image with the cook Martín Berasategui, thanked Jaeger-LeCoultre for his generous initiative that will allow many children with cancer to have a magical experience in Barretstown. In addition Paco has also thanked all the solidarity people who posed and especially Miguel-Angel Muñoz and Aitana Sánchez-Gijon.
Between the people who have posed at the festival You can see: Agustí Villaronga, Aida Folch, Andrés Gertrudix, Cesc Gay, Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, David Trueba, Diego Luna, Enrique Cerezo, Ginés García Millán, Javier Cámara, Joan Manuel Serrat, Jorge Sanz, Judith Collel, Juile Gayet , Leiva, Marian Álvarez, Natalia de Molina, Óscar Jaenada, Alex de la Iglesia, Antonio de la Torre, Bárbara Goenaga, Carlos Areces, Carolina Bang, Denis Villeneuve, Hiba Abouk, Hugo Silva, Javier Cifrián, Javier Gutiérrez, Jose Coronado, Juan Antonio Bayona, Manuela Vellés, Mario Casas, Martín Berasategui, Santiago Segura, Sarah Gadon, Unax Ugalde and many more.
We remember that the Aladina Foundation It is a private non-profit organization created in 2005 by Paco Arango whose goal is to help children and adolescents suffering from cancer and their families. Each year it serves more than 1,200 children and families providing comprehensive support: material, psychological and emotional. In 2007, Paul Newman invited Paco Arango to be part of the board of the SeriousFunChildren's Network, which organizes the network of more than 30 camps around the world, a position he still holds.
The company Jaeger-LeCoultre It is the protagonist of the history of watchmaking since 1833 made from Switzerland. In its continuous search for excellence and supported by a spirit of unique inventiveness, Jaeger-LeCoultre perpetuates the tradition of large Swiss machinery with exciting creations that fascinate those who own them.
I congratulate the Jaeger-LeCoultre company for its participation in this solidarity event and of course the Aladina Foundation whose founder Paco Arango does not stop collaborating to improve the lives of these small patients with cancer.
