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Vitamins on the Rooftop [Translation of an adapted and shortened version of the article “Vitaminas en la terraza”, by Daniel Martín, published in th
the online version of El Mundo on 9 May 2015]
Around 7,000 children are hospitalized in the “12 de Octubre Hospital” in Madrid every year, many of whom have to stay there for long periods. In order to brighten their conditions,
Juegaterapia
foundation
has
recently inaugurated a playspace built on the hospital’s rooftop. Focused on palliative care for
minors
who
suffer
from
cancer,
Juegaterapia now aims to make the young inpatients’ new home more enjoyable. The 800 m2 green area hosts a playspace surrounded by trees and plants. Its design was inspired by the children’s drawings, which they used to illustrate what their ideal playspace would look like. ‘Talking to the
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children was vital if we wanted them to feel the garden to be their own, a secret place, a landscape able to empower their imagination, a place where they could dream, where their senses would delight in the contact with
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