SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 13 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
More than 60 people with breast cancer, mostly women and some men, will participate this Saturday in the 16th Ámate Charity Fashion Show, which has the support of the Cabildo de Tenerife and other companies and institutions on the island.
The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Tenerife Fairgrounds and has a cost of six euros to enter, with which they want to raise funds for the care of people who suffer from this disease
The Noble Hall of the Cabildo hosted today, Thursday, the presentation of the event by the insular president, Pedro Martín; the president of Ámate, Mari Carmen Bonfante; the director of the parade, Jonathan Amaro, and María Carmen Galindo, representing the women participating in the parade affected by breast cancer.
Pedro Martín pointed out that it is a somewhat special edition, the first to be held since the pandemic. “A way to make the disease visible by the hand of people, especially women who are suffering from it, who will infect us with their courage, emotion and desire to live. A great show of integrity for families and also for the public, in general , for all the people who are not going through that trance and can understand the disease,” he said.
The president highlighted the work carried out by Ámate on the island, providing support and guidance to both people with cancer and their families, and valued the time, dedication and commitment involved in organizing this charity gala, “for, altruistically, convey to Tenerife society a message full of courage and hope, that it is possible to fight the disease”.
For her part, the president of Ámate, Mari Carmen Bonfante, referred to this parade as “the catwalk of hope, since it represents a personal challenge for all the people who participate in it, since it allows them to transmit a message of hope and life, fill up with energy and leave the disease behind for a few weeks”.
This year the parade will be directed by Jonathan Amaro, specialized in the organization of events, galas and shows, who highlighted the involvement of the participating women and men, “many of the women combine their treatment in the hospital with rehearsals for the parade, which has also served them as disconnection therapy”. “It supposes a great effort for all the people who parade, since they are not professionals, but they put their soul into it, and that shows and that is how the public will feel it,” he added.
This year’s edition will feature the collaboration of well-known artists such as Marcela Kauffman, multidisciplinary artist, actress, television presenter, artistic director, make-up artist and trans activist; the singer Tere Melian; the International Dance Ballet of Tenerife; Servando and Panchita (In another key); and the Comparsa Bahía Bahitiare. The final touch will be the voices of Zayda Díaz, Tere Melián and Sonia Gil, who will sing the star theme of Ámate, the song Color Esperanza by Diego Torres.
Created in 2006, the Ámate association has a team of 24 professionals and 10 offices in the province of Tenerife to provide psychological care, physiotherapist services and material to help people cope with the disease as well as possible.
