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The Juegaterapia Foundation and GGTech
With GGTech, we promote the use of video games among children with cancer.
The aim of the alliance is to design, throughout the year, different esports competitions and tournaments for boys and girls undergoing chemotherapy treatment, both in the hospital and at home.
The benefits of gaming for patients
According to data from a study by JuegaterapiaThe project, carried out jointly with researchers from the La Paz Hospital in Madrida pain reduction of 14% in paediatric oncology patients who played video games while undergoing treatment, as well as the need for morphine administration was reduced by 20% to combat the effects of chemo. The specialists also found a improvement of parasympathetic tonewhich is largely responsible for the body's recovery.
Actions and events
Among the actions envisaged by the agreement signed with JuegaterapiaThe development and maintenance of a competition space in Qualy.ggthe esports competition and content platform developed by GGTechwhich will host all the competitive activities that will take place in order to Juegaterapia. As well as the donation of a cheque for 2,250 euros which will go to support the actions and initiatives launched by the Foundation. In this way, internal competitions will also be set up for Pelones Jugonesthe esports team of the Foundation.
In addition, GGTech will support Pelones Jugones for its participation in the competitions it organises and in which this team has a place, such as, for example, the Storm Circuit. In addition, Juegaterapia will also be present at the next edition of GAMERGYthe main gaming event in Spain, which already hosted last December the final of the first competition promoted by Pelones Jugones.
An opportunity to go further
In the words of María José Jaraproject manager of Juegaterapia: "with this agreement will help us to organise video game and esports tournaments for the children who. This therapy is essential to help them recover their cognitive skills.".
According to Alberto Martín, Chief Revenue Officer from GGTech, "At GGTech we are very happy to be able to contribute and collaborate in initiatives that provide support elements and contribute to both children and adults. Juegaterapia. We are confident and very excited to collaborate and that together we can launch new initiatives in the world of gaming and esports focused on all those little ones who fight every day to beat cancer.".
About Juegaterapia
The Foundation
The Juegaterapia Foundation helps children with cancer through games. It collects game consoles that people no longer use and distributes them to paediatric oncology rooms in Spanish hospitals so that children can spend their chemo cycles playing and forget about their illness. In Spain, it has already delivered consoles to 76 hospitals and also to hospitals in Portugal, Morocco, Colombia, El Salvador, Afghanistan, India, Guinea and Guatemala.
Projects
El Jardín de mi Hospi is an initiative of Juegaterapia, a pioneer in Spain, which consists of recovering disused hospital rooftops and converting them into gardens so that all children in hospital can play outdoors. It has already built three: La Paz Hospital and 12 de Octubre Hospital in Madrid, and La Fe Hospital in Valencia. The fourth is already under construction at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid.
The Baby Pelones
They wear a headscarf, with designs by ambassadors of the foundation such as Alejandro Sanz, Shakira, Richard Gere, David Bisbal and María and Jorge, two little fighters. 1,000,000 have already been sold in five years and the proceeds have enabled the opening of two biannual research grants of 100,000 euros at the CNIO against childhood cancer. They are available in Spain and Portugal at Juegettos, El Corte Inglés, Amazon, Toys R'Us; as well as Gocco, Drim in Spain; on some Iberia flights; La Giraffa and Rocco Giocattoli in Italy; and Sanborns in Mexico.
The Baby Pelones
The Baby Pelones are an original idea of Juegaterapia and are "the cutest dolls in the world" because they are inspired by the children fighting the disease.
