The Santo Domingo Convent of La Villa hosted this Friday the solidarity gala for childhood cancer, whose International Day was celebrated on February 15. It is the second edition of the initiative "Teguise + Solidaria", organized by the Social Welfare area of the City Council, whose objective is to promote awareness about the disease suffered by many children, and the hair donation campaign in the municipality's hairdressers. A gala that had a surprise and that is that the comedian Kike Pérez donated his fee to AFOL.
The solidarity gala began with the screening of a video where the manager of the Rueber Capillary Center of Barcelona, Noemí Codina, intervened, who informed in great detail of the entire process that takes place in the center where the donated hair arrives to make the wigs and then provide them to all those children who need them.
Without a doubt, the most emotional moment of the night occurred when, through a video call, the public could see and hear the message of Emma Pérez Peraza, 13 years old, resident in the town of Mojón. Enma explained how she is dealing with the disease that was diagnosed to her at only 18 months. At the end of her speech, the applause resounded much louder under the roof of the Convent.
Immediately afterwards, the Councilor for Social Welfare, Isidro Alonso, thanked the public for their attendance and recognized the involvement of the hairdressers of the municipality who will continue to collaborate until March 15 with the "30 centimeters" haircuts. The councilor praised the extraordinary work that AFOL is carrying out with its president Carmen Arrocha and her entire team.
The City Council recognized the work of the hairdressers by giving them a "Baby Pelón" to each of them and also to the president of AFOL and the two grandmothers of Emma Pérez Peraza, gifts that were given by Isidro Alonso and the Councilor for Culture, Nory Machín.
And finally, came the performance of the comedian from Lanzarote, Kique Pérez, who never ceases to amaze every time he goes on stage, easily getting the public to disconnect from so many news and dramatic moments that we are experiencing. In a simple way, without looking for complications, telling his own experiences sprinkled by the spark of humor, he gets the public to reflect and where before he saw a big problem, he sees it in a different and much more bearable way.
When his performance ended, the audience stood up and thanked him in addition to his humor for his solidarity gesture with AFOL.