Madrid, February 24, 2021.- COFIDES and its employees will allocate 6,870 euros to various organisations that work to combat childhood cancer and to improve the lives of children and adolescents with cancer.

On the International Day of Childhood Cancer, the Company launched a campaign with which employees have donated 3,435 euros to the organisations of their choice: Aladina Foundation, El Sueño de Vicky Foundation, Juegaterapia Foundation y Josep Carreras Foundation.

The company, will contribute the same amount as that collected by the employees and will allocate it to the same organisations, making a total contribution of 6,870 euros.

This initiative is part of the actions framed in the company's Corporate Social Responsibility programme. In 2020, the employees and the company managed to raise a total of 49,832.63 euros for those affected by COVID, the Madrid Food Bank and the Enraíza Derechos association.

COFIDES encourages you to collaborate with children with cancer and contribute to a more caring society.

ABOUT COFIDES

COFIDES is a state-owned company which has been offering financial support to Spanish companies investing abroad. COFIDES is accredited to the European Union (EU) to manage funds coming from the EU budget, allowing the structuring of transactions with a high impact on development. COFIDES is also accredited to the UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) and can therefore structure operations on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Moreover, COFIDES is the exclusive manager of FIEX and FONPYME funds on behalf of the Secretariat of State for Trade attached to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism and also supports AECID in managing FONPRODE funds. COFIDES’s shareholders include Banco Santander, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Banco Sabadell and CAF-Development Bank of Latin America.