The Ministry of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Childhood and Families, headed by Candelaria Delgado, has organized this year the presentation of the Joven Canarias 2024 awards on the Island of La Graciosa. The Director of Youth, Daniel Morales, highlights that "it is the first time in history that we have organized the event in La Graciosa", so he invites all citizens to travel to the eighth island.
In addition, he anticipates that, "apart from the awards ceremony, there will be different performances and something fundamental, we will have a special transport service, every half hour, until 8:00 p.m., and a return boat La Graciosa-Lanzarote at the end of the event, to facilitate travel."
"This edition of the awards is the one that has received the most nominations by far, so I thank those who made the proposals," he says, and adds that "these awards and the event we organize to present them allow us to highlight social references among our youth, promote values and positive models that contribute significantly to the development and well-being of our youth in a more just society." "It is incredible the number of young people in the Canary Islands who have opted for solidarity work, do a fantastic job and also transmit a great passion for what they do, believe in it and give their best in every action. They are an example for the whole society."
In the event, in which all the entities and the society of La Graciosa have been integrated, Almudena Hernández, Isabel Cabrera, Adrián Niz, José Vicente Pérez, Iván Témpera and Cz, winner of the Honor Canario Urban Fest, will perform. The event has been organized in collaboration with the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the Ayuntamiento de Teguise.
Awards
The Pro Inclusiva Association, social action in Tenerife, will receive the "Joven Canarias" 2024 Award in this edition, "8 Islands" modality for its work to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and promote their inclusion and normalization, fostering social and community awareness among young people. Specifically, it recognizes the activity they carry out through the + Pro Quo (+PQ) project, Classrooms for Inclusion, a socio-educational project of solidarity service learning that has been developed since 2017 in the Canary Islands, whose purpose is to make visible and raise awareness among students of 3rd and 4th year of ESO, Baccalaureate and Vocational Training, about the reality of disability through direct contact with people belonging to this group.
In the "Collective" modality, the KAUA Youth and Cultural Association of Tenerife has been chosen, for the intense trajectory carried out since 2016. Its origins go back to the voluntary activity developed by a group of young people from the San Luis Gonzaga neighborhood in Taco who, after years of designing, organizing and participating in community initiatives informally, decided to form an association in order to reinforce the work that had been carried out.
The runner-up in this modality is the Association for the Liberation of Anorexia and Bulimia in Tenerife (Alabente) of Tenerife, in recognition of its trajectory initiated in 1995, to promote and provide information and advice to families of people with Eating Behavior Disorder (EBD).
In the "Individual" modality, the award is for the activist Inés Rocío Rodríguez Martínez of Tenerife in recognition of her social activism and work as a speech therapist specialized in brain damage and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the use she makes of 21st century technologies to give visibility to disability in networks and promote inclusion.
The runner-up in this modality is Ubai Alemán Benítez of Lanzarote, for "the entrepreneurial trajectory achieved as founder of a production company that has played a crucial role in promoting young local talents, providing them with the opportunity to develop and show their potential through entrepreneurial projects and initiatives. His commitment to the promotion of creativity and talent from an inclusive approach, highlighting at the same time the role of Canarian culture in each of his works."
As recognition, the winners will receive in the 8 islands modality, an award of 4,000 euros, diploma and a commemorative sculpture, in the collective and individual an award of 4,000 euros and diploma and in the runners-up, to the collective and individual award: 3,000 euros and diploma.
