The event will take place in the Florida Room and will feature presentations to highlight the progress achieved thanks to the Ecopal project.
The Sala Florida will host the "Fraga, Compassionate Community" event next Saturday, September 19th, to celebrate the first anniversary of the Ecopal (Palliative Ecosystem) project. The event will offer city residents a space for information, awareness, and culture, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Admission is free until capacity is reached.
The meeting aims to highlight the progress made in supporting and caring for people with advanced illnesses or at the end of life . Following the official welcome, experts in the social and healthcare fields and science will outline the pillars of this social and healthcare ecosystem in the municipality.
The program will begin with a presentation by Rogelio Altisent, director of ECOPAL Aragón and representative of the Dignia Chair of Palliative Ecosystems at the University of Zaragoza, who will explain the significance of this international recognition. Following this, Natalia Fortón, coordinator of ECOPAL-Fraga, will detail the objectives and activities carried out this year in the town.
The scientific component will also feature a presentation entitled "The Therapeutic Potential of Music and Its Scientific Basis ," given by engineer and science communicator Jordi A. Jauset. To close the events in the Sala Florida auditorium, the Fraga City Band will perform at 12:15 pm, preceding the day's closing remarks. The mayor of Fraga, Ignacio Gramún, emphasized the social value of consolidating this care ecosystem in the capital of the Bajo Cinca region. "Celebrating our first year as a compassionate community reaffirms our city's commitment to supporting those who need it most ." "We are very proud to know that this project is truly pioneering and that, to date, it is only being implemented in Fraga and the Casablanca neighborhood of Zaragoza," commented the mayor, who assured that "the City Council will continue to collaborate in funding and promoting initiatives that directly benefit the well-being of Fraga's residents ."
