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Irma Borges

Irma Borges

Actress and dramaturge. Is working with Pallapupas, Hospital clowns in the mental health units of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona. 

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When art walks into a hospital

Is art a therapy? From my experience I can say it isn’t. Nevertheless, it does help communication processes, it relaxes the patients, it invites them to evade and also it helps them to meet their inner selves. 

Latest opinions

Volunteer and NGO-led educational projects change lives by opening opportunities and bringing hope where there was once poverty and neglect. Yet without stable support, their efforts can only keep the dream alive.

Manifesto against empty discourses in the third sector.

Reflection on how volunteering sustains local communities, builds  trust, and acts as social glue in times of polarization.