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Jordi Balot
Director of the Joan Salvador Gavina Foundation and president of the Catalan Federation of Social Volunteering.
Author's articles
Volunteering, more important than ever
Volunteers have done a discreet but essential task, making little noise, to keep people from falling deeper into a well of hopelessness and helplessness.
Latest opinions
Given the climate emergency situation we are going through, and in the local/global context of urban population growth, it is urgent to seek solutions that mitigate the impacts of climate change on people's lives.
Across the European Union (EU), the legitimacy of civil society organisations is being increasingly questioned, at a moment when democracy needs them the most.
The 2nd Prison Volunteer Meeting, held on April 18 in Barcelona, put on the table a collective urgency: to stop looking at prison only from the perspective of punishment and start talking about dignity, reintegration and social responsibility.
