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2nd Conference for young people with values: what really matters

On 19 September 2008, the Fundación Educación Activa and the Rafael del Pino Foundation signed a collaboration agreement to formalise the Foundation’s sponsorship, together with other institutions, of the 2nd Conference for Young People with Values: What really matters, which took place in Madrid on 25 October 2008 and in Seville on 21 November 2008.

The conference, which was organised by the Fundación Educación Activa in collaboration with AD+ Proyectos Solidarios, brought together more than 4,000 young people. Its aim was to foster the values of young Spaniards by sharing personal experiences, and to raise their awareness by showing them inspiring examples that would open their minds to the possibilities they have right in front of them, their responsibilities to their surroundings and their attitude to life.

II Congreso de jóvenes con valores

Speakers at the conference included: William Rodríguez, a survivor of the World Trade Center North Tower and President of the Hispanic Victims Group; Jaume Sanllorente, founder of the NGO Sonrisas de Bombay [Bombay Smiles] and author of the book “El viaje que cambió mi destino” [The Journey that Changed my Destiny]; Pedro García Aguado, world Waterpolo champion and gold medallist at the Atlanta 96 Olympics; Emilio Calatayud, juvenile magistrate, Granada; and lastly, the Mexican actor and producer, Eduardo Verástegui, a strong defender of family life and values who, with his film “Bella”, won the People’s Choice Award at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.