The Real Betis Balompié Foundation This Tuesday, it presented its report of activities for the 2023-24 season with the intervention of Rafael Gordillo, its president, and Rafael Muela, its manager, who took stock of the main milestones, including aid to the victims of DANA in Valencia. and the Forever Green sustainable project. In the lounge area of the Luis del Sol sports city, the main elements of the club gathered from its president, Ángel Haro, and the vice president, José Miguel López Catalán, to several councilors and the trustees of the Foundation and the sports director, Manu Fajardo, for a day marked on the green and white agenda in the concept of corporate social responsibility.
Rafael Gordillo posed with the four star signings of the Foundation in recent years (the children Paola, Jesús, Alba and Bruno) and thanked everyone. The advisor and vice president of the Foundation, Carlos González de Castro, also intervened, pointing out that Betis does not want to “play a role” but rather “believes in the values that the club itself embodies” and that resources are optimized to be able to be solidarity with people who need it. “We have plans, we have a long way to go, we are at the beginning of a great journey renewing our commitment to society, to the most disadvantaged and to the environment, among other issues,” he continued.
Rafael Muela, manager of the Foundation, pointed out that “we are Betis and we do Betis. It’s our motto. We represent the entire club and all its fans. “We try to live up to the fans.” As notable actions, he highlighted the inauguration of the sensory room at the Benito Villamarín stadium, a pioneer in Spanish football, so that autistic boys and girls can enjoy a match day without alterations. Also the debut of the soccer team for amputees, which is the first club in the highest categories to support it and which have been champions of Andalusia and Spain. Furthermore, in the sports area it stands out that values are represented in schools and up to 4,500 children around the world dress in green and white and learn with the club’s coaches. There are three academies in Iraq, for example. Also the commitment to the planet through Forever Green, which is four years old and has more than 150 actions such as the gala held in Barcelona, the sustainability match (dedicated to drought) with Bellerin as one of the ambassadors, the care of heritage and history with tributes to relevant former footballers and the Genuine league team.
Ángel Haro smiles next to Jesús, in the arms of Manu Fajardo
The Real Betis Foundation has acted in up to 61 countries such as Malawi, Iraq, Venezuela, Japan, the United States, Italy, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Fasso, Ghana, Morocco, Kenya, Georgia, Ireland, Croatia, Greece, France… They have reached 20,576 children and adolescents, with 252 organizations supported, with 63 own projects, 43 implications in projects of other entities, 32 social campaigns and with an executed budget of almost one and a half million euros. “The goal is to reach 50,000 people according to our strategic plan,” said Muela. And all this has an important impact on the media.
In addition, the president of Betis intervened, Angel Harowho pointed out that “on the Betis board we are very proud of the work of the Foundation and that the reach of the world of football must be used to improve society. We have to help others and we do it thanks to our network of collaboration such as volunteers, associations and friendly companies. An example has been the action in the Valencia catastrophe. The trucks that have left the Betis field join the donations from the Betis, the institution and the players. Every action is important. We have done it thanks to this collaboration network. “The work of the Foundation is one of the main reasons why Betis people feel proud of their club.”
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