A patron withdraws its donation to the ´rícipe Felipe´ for lack of guarantees
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The mother of a girl affected by diabetes launches a project to collect funds for the investigation with which she has raised in just six months more than six thousand euros - the money will now go to a network of specialized centers in the case
Cristina Ponce (Valencia, 1968), mother of a 13 -year -old girl who debuted with type one diabetes is five years, has contributed to the Prince Felipe Research Center (CIPF) of Valencia only in six months 6,176 euros from donations collected tothrough the Paula project for the investigation of an effective diabetes treatment.After the budget cuts applied to the center and the future despair of the institution, which does not guarantee the continuity of the diabetes research line, the promoter of the initiative announced yesterday to Levante-EMV that has suspended the delivery of new quantities to theDo not guarantee the center the continuity of that research group directed by Dr. Deborah Burks.
"I know clearly that only scientists can cure my daughter."With this deep conviction Cristina Ponce launched the Paula project, an initiative that although she is named after her daughter lacks a personalist eagerness, she said.
In six months Cristina Ponce has organized raffles, solidarity snacks, has placed 35 hours in shops in Valencia, has managed to support more than twenty companies, the commitment of two of them to organize events and cup to Tacita, with a lot of patience, delivery and overflowing dose of courage and enthusiasm, has carried out the Paula project to contribute to the promotion of research and cure of diabetes.
"My best way to help in the fight against the disease is to provide people with a privileged brain such as researchers, who are those who do something important for all humanity," said Cristina who deeply admires researcher Carlos Simón.In fact, the Paula project arose while he was as a scientific director of the institution.
"Scientists are vocational and with what they get you can save a lot of money and fill us with happiness," the promoter declares.
In her journey as leader of the Paula Project, Cristina says she has received the help of many people who did not expect it.In her efforts to shorten the career towards the healing of diabetes, this affected mother urges politicians to give scientists "everything they need to continue investigating."
"If you invest in research, you spend now to save tomorrow and get a better world, because I am clear that science is the only solution in my daughter's illness," he says.
The dismantling news of 16 CIPF laboratories, the 40 % reduction in the salaries of the researchers who stay, the ERE and the dismissal of 108 people, and the drastic cut of budgets that endanger the viability of the center has madeThat Cristina Ponce changes the fate of her donations and now leads them to the CIBER DEM, a stable biomedical research network, based in Barcelona, which works with diabetes and metabolic diseases.
"I will continue with the project on this network that offers guarantees, donations have to go to a diabetes laboratory, which is agreed, I do not want the money that donors give is used to clean the soil," he said.
The CIPF has received 46 donations this year for a amount of 8,295euros, 43 of them with 6,176 euros are from the Paula project.Concentration in Valencia on November 5
As donations have received to promote diabetes investigation through the Paula Project, it has entered the current account of the Prince Felipe Research Center.The first was 475 euros, of the first raffle.
"If I am sincere, I did not expect to raise more than 3,000 euros but there are many people who have deposited their confidence in me."
On November 5, the followers of the Paula Project will concentrate at six in the afternoon with white bats in the Valencia City Hall Square against the cuts in research and in support of science.
Cristina Ponce has asked the patient associations to adhere to the initiative.On the other hand, the director of the CIPF Diabetes Laboratory, Deborah Burks, declared that with a 40 % reduction in the salary it is not clear whether to stay in the center or not.The money collected in the Paula project was for a fellow who can no longer enter the CIPF.