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Tony Bryant
...of local designer Christina Stiksma. Cudeca spokesperson Esther Ráez said, “This crisis has hit us hard, but thanks to the community, we can continue caring for more people who need us."
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CHARO MÁRQUEZ
...would be saving. Along with other officers, César donated blood and bone marrow in a campaign started by the Local Police force in Marbella to continue the campaign started by Pablo Ráez. He doesn't normally talk about his donation, but when he does ... of donation at the Carlos Haya, and that was on behalf of their own child. This local hero points out that although Pablo Ráez, who began the campaign for donations died, his legacy lives on. "It is good that we are all carrying on, but this isn't ... a temporary fashion. There are many others like Pablo Ráez in the hospitals, people of all ages, needing bone marrow, hoping you will give a sample and donate. It isn't easy, but we are saving people's lives. One day it could be you in that
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JUAN SOTO
The heart of Pablo Ráez and his everlasting slogan 'always strong' has not stopped beating for a single second. Even though his body left this world almost exactly a year ago, his spirit, his story and above all his message, continue to have an ... and many people like Nereida, Patricia, Miguel, Miriam, Pablo, Lidia, Sonia, Lorena and Mariem (who feature in this article) registered as donors and decided to continue Pablo's legacy. Pablo Ráez's legacy will live on in a documentary which will ... moment he took this step he has thought about it every day. “At first I saw it as an act of generosity. I thought I was being brave. Now, though, I have realised that doing this is an obligation,” he says. When Pablo Ráez's case became known in the
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Mónica Pérez
“Normally it’s the children who remember the legacy of their parents, but in this case it’s the reverse. I am proud and I’m also joyful, because to think about Pablo is to think about joy,” reflects Paco Ráez, the father of Pablo Ráez who died over ... a year ago aged just 20 after a difficult battle with leukaemia. Before his death, Pablo Ráez led a huge social media campaign for bone marrow donations in order to help those who found themselves in similar situations to his own. As a result, the ... number of bone marrow donors in the province of Malaga increased by 1,300% between 2016 and 2017. To honour the memory of Ráez, the town of Marbella has opened a large pedestrianised park space on Arroyo Primero boulevard, which will take its name from
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Mónica Pérez
"Normally it's the children who remember the legacy of their parents, but in this case it's the reverse. I am proud and I'm also joyful, because to think about Pablo is to think about joy," reflects Paco Ráez, the father of Pablo Ráez who died over ... a year ago aged just 20 after a difficult battle with leukaemia. Before his death, Pablo Ráez led a huge social media campaign for bone marrow donations in order to help those who found themselves in a similar situation to his own. As a result, ... the number of bone marrow donors in the province of Malaga increased by 1,300 per cent between 2016 and 2017. To honour the memory of local-boy Ráez, Marbella has opened a large pedestrianised park space on Arroyo Primero boulevard, which will take
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ANA PÉREZ-BRYAN
...son Pablo Ráez died of leukemia and was cared for by Cudeca at the end of his illness: "These people are just pure love and dedication," she says, in a video recorded for the campaign.
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Mónica Pérez
...with palms trees, umbrellas and lights; and the auditorium. The facility is named after Pablo Ráez, a local man who promoted the donation of bone marrow prior to his death from leukemia.
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NIEVES CASTRO
...announce that we are going to make a documentary about his life, his work, his love for and solidarity with other people and how we, his family, have received love from all over Spain and the whole world.” With these words Vladimir Ráez, Pablo's uncle, ... young people,” said his father Francisco, in a short speech in which he also expressed his gratitude for the project. Lighting the way The presentation of the documentary coincided with the first anniversary of the death of Pablo Ráez, whose
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José Bernal, the Mayor of Marbella, has agreed to honour Pablo Ráez's legacy by naming a public space in Marbella after him. The announcement comes after Francisco José Molina, a resident from Vélez who was so moved by Pablo's story and campaign
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MÓNICA PÉREZ
He did not let his illness put a halt on his life, instead he started running. Today, he is one of the best long-distance runners in the country. Last weekend he completed his impressive 1,000 kilometre run to pay homage to Pablo Ráez, a young man ... from Marbella who died after transplant complications nine months ago. He ran 600 kilometres and cycled 400 kilometres, from Avilés to Marbella. As well as paying tribute to Pablo Ráez, who he never managed to meet, the aim of this great feat was to ... raise awareness about bone marrow donation, and to collect money on www.1000kilómetroscontralaleucemia.com. In the final few kilometres of this eight-day journey he was joined by Paco Ráez, Pablo's father. They were met like heroes at the finish line,