Solidarity, what gives it meaning
The Vertical Montserrat is a solidarity initiative of Bombers de la Generalitat that is part of the Bombers amb Causa solidarity project. Bombers amb Causa was born with a solidarity calendar in 2011, as a result of the initiative of three volunteers from the Generalitat Firefighters Corps who had a clear objective: to obtain funds for research into childhood diseases. For this reason, they contacted the Obra Social de Sant Joan de Déu and, with the complicity of the different fire stations, they developed this project.
Children at risk attended at Sant Joan de Déu
The funds raised since 2011 have allowed the creation of the Bombers amb Causa research scholarship, which is awarded through a competition among researchers at the SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital.
‘Retinoblastoma Project’ – Dr. Ángel Montero Carcaboso (2024 – 2026)
We are currently financing the second year of research of the project ‘Treatment of retinoblastoma with a new drug that penetrates the central nervous system’ by Dr. Ángel Montero Carcaboso, created to improve the effectiveness and localization of treatment against this type of tumor.
‘Newborn Project’ – Dr. Ana Alarcón Allén (2026 – 2028)
We are currently also funding the first year of the project ‘A quick tool to improve the survival of babies and children with infections and other serious diseases using health status indicators’ by Dr. Ana Alarcón Allén.
Starting with the 2018 edition, we have financed social projects for children at risk once the allocation for research has been secured
Social projects financed in the 2025 edition
– Project ‘Keep Calm’ with the habilitation of a multisensory room for children with a serious mental disorder of SJD Terres de Lleida.
– Project ‘Horse Therapy’ for children with mental health problems at SJD Terres de Lleida.
– Complementary therapies by nature activities with boys and girls with mental health problems from SJD Terres de Lleida.
– Project ‘Resilient childhood’ for families with children and adolescents in charge who are in a situation of social and economic vulnerability of the Parc Sanitari SJD.
–‘At the foot of the bed’, joint project of SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital and the SJD Foundation for Dependency Care (Fundació SJD d’Atenció a la Dependència).
– ‘Scholar reinforcement for recently arrived girls and boys’ for boys and girls from refugee or migrant families from the Bayt Al-Thaqafa Foundation.
– ‘Program of leisure activities for children from refugee families’ in the Llar Sant Joan de Déu in Manresa, managed by the Germà Tomàs Canet Foundation.
Inclusion in sports
Another cause that we address with Vertical Montserrat is to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities or at risk of exclusion through sport, both in the sporting and organizational aspects.
For its work in favor of inclusion in sports, it has been honored in the first edition of the Premis Inclusius de l’Esport Català, awarded by the Onat Foundation with the support of the Secretary of Sports and Physical Activities of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
44 athletes with various disabilities have participated:
▪ Visual
▪ Auditory
▪ Intellectual
▪ Physical
Two of them went down a section of the route on a wheelchair.