Mª José Portillo, vocational palliative care nurse

Mª José Portillo, vocational palliative care nurse
My name is María José Portillo Peña, I have been a nurse at Cudeca for more than 13 years. I like to define myself as a nurse by vocation because, since I was very young, I have known the profession through my father, Paco Portillo, a nurse from Benalmádena, with many anecdotes and always helping [...]leer más »

Shops makeover in honour of Joan Hunt

Shops makeover in honour of Joan Hunt
We have recently launched a new look in our charity shops in homage to our founder Joan Hunt. For now we have implemented this new concept in the shops in Calle Compañía, Torremolinos, Rincón de la Victoria, Echeverría and the 100% vintage shop in Calle Salvago and little by little we will take this concept [...]leer más »

Cómpeta Volunteers raise a massive amount of more than €2,500 for Cudeca at their VIII World´s Biggest Coffee Morning

Cómpeta Volunteers raise a massive amount of more than €2,500 for Cudeca at their VIII World´s Biggest Coffee Morning
The eighth Competa Worlds´ Biggest Coffee Morning event took place on Monday, 03 October, 2022 at Restaurante Siddhartha on the Rock, Competa, and raised a massive amount of more than €2,500.   A record attendance of 178 people from Cómpeta and all the surrounding villages, including two local mayors, were delighted with homemade cakes and [...]leer más »

Joyería Marcos Visit

Joyería Marcos Visit
Aurelio Marcos, owner of Joyería Marcos visited our Cudeca Centre in Arroyo de la Miel last October 4th to get to know better what we do and our special kind of caring, knowing that every year we care and accompany more than 1,700 people at the end of life. Joyería Marcos has always supported our [...]leer más »

Visit of companies from Málaga

Visit of companies from Málaga
More than 30 people from different local businesses in Malaga visited our Centre in Benalmádena last September 29 with the aim of raising awareness on our care work. We showed them around our Palliative Care Centre and the Yusuf Hamied Cudeca centre, headquarters of the Cudeca Institute for Studies and Research in Palliative Care, all [...]leer más »

Costa Women End of Summer Charity Party surprised everyone with a great €900 fundraising for Cudeca!

Costa Women End of Summer Charity Party surprised everyone with a great €900 fundraising for Cudeca!
More than 90 women got together for a night of tasting a delicious menu, a shiny and elegant fashion show by Mapuchi Moda and a live flamenco performance. Costa Women gathering raises €900 in aid of Cudeca while they enjoyed their End of Summer Charity Party at PLAY Restaurant last week. There was music from [...]leer más »

Our beloved volunteer Tine´s birthday party raises €1,750 from the Netherlands!

Our beloved volunteer Tine´s birthday party raises €1,750 from the Netherlands!
One of our most beloved volunteers, Tine Muizelaar, celebrated her birthday in her home country, the Netherlands, without forgetting us at Fundación Cudeca. At her birthday party she wanted to tell all her friends and family about her love for Cudeca and her work in helping us for more than 10 years. She asked all [...]leer más »

Diploma of the Malaga Academy of Sciences to Dr. Yusuf Hamied

Diploma of the Malaga Academy of Sciences to Dr. Yusuf Hamied
On 30 September, on the day of the European Researchers' Night 2022, representatives of the Malaga Academy of Sciences visited our facilities in Benalmádena, touring the Yusuf Hamied Centre, home to our Cudeca Institute for Studies and Research in Palliative Care, and receiving a talk from our Vice President, Susan Hannam and our Chief Executive [...]leer más »