In 2022 a historic figure has been reached: more than 100 million people have been forced to leave their homes to save their lives.

Improve the quality of the stay of refugees staying at the El Escorial Reception Center (Madrid).

Spanish Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado -CEAR) is a non-governmental organization that has been defending the right to asylum and human rights since 1979, promoting the comprehensive development of refugees who have been fleeing armed conflicts or human rights violations, applicants for asylum, stateless persons and migrants in need of international protection and/or at risk of social exclusion.

Carry out a series of interventions in the area outside the center to refurbish and improve the garden of the El Escorial shelter, as well as to make it resilient to climate change and enhance its biodiversity:

• wooded prairie
• garden beds with pollinating plants and food and shelter for small birds: prairie area (1) and transit area (2)
• pergola with climber
• automatic irrigation of the mentioned areas

Direct beneficiaries: 18 boys and girls between 0-18 years old in the reception center and 42 adults (men and women).

Indirect beneficiaries: the future residents of this center, since they will be able to enjoy a more pleasant and welcoming space, as well as the workers and/or volunteers, who will find it in better conditions and will assume its maintenance. At the same time, this space ought to be an open space, where it is possible to work with the associations, groups and civil society of the municipality.

CEAR