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«The world is full of books, I know, but without the intention of being pedantic, I want this to be a special book, a book that helps me, that helps the people around me to see things differently, to help you understand things that you surely don’t understand. Thus begins one of the books of the editorial Kurere, an editorial of many, but special as few. Because among his works there are voices full of feelings, doubts, tears, joys, pain, laughter and a lot of vital learning for those who want to immerse themselves in his catalog.
To begin with, Kurere’s books are born out of adversity, but this turns into optimism and, above all, knowledge, for the authors themselves and those readers who peek into its pages. They are works written from the hearts of their protagonists, voices in the first person that tell stories so real that they hurt, so painful that they make you suffer, so long that they help to heal, so healthy that they end up healing. At least that’s the intent.
The protagonist of the paragraph with which this article begins is Iñaki, who works in a bank, an amateur futsal player, and who found in the sporting challenges of popular races that extra motivation that he needed when he met and started living with a partner unpleasant floor: Mr. Parkinson.
But no one better than Iñaki to explain it: «This running adventure began in September 2016 as a way to combat Parkinson’s disease and try to be better, it gradually became a hobby, something that entertained me as well as helped me improve physically and mitigate in a way the symptoms that Parkinson’s generates in my body.
Because in addition to the life story, deep, almost cathartic, sometimes painful and always optimistic, there is a lot of information in the Kurere books. Very important for readers who are going through something similar. Essential to awaken the empathy of any reader. “Many of those who share their testimonies agree that the emotional component is very important to face these adverse situations. It can help people who are going through this same affectation to see themselves reflected and find an optimistic message or at least a message of not being alone. If you see that someone can better overcome or bear the disease, it gives you encouragement so that you also think about it. It can be an inspiration “, he explains to ABC Juan Osoro, founder and promoter of the Kurere publishing house and promoter of this initiative that is part of the Association «Kurere Words that heal».
«We look for these testimonies and many times it is not easy for the protagonist. But once the author is released from the initial embarrassment of telling that he is going through this situation, the fact that his words can be useful to others helps them to move on with their life stories. And in the end it is easy for them to talk about it because everything comes from within, from the personal, the subjective of the disease and what they have done to overcome or face it. Many of the authors find it as a moment of liberation, to take off a backpack of something that you find difficult to talk about, but that it is difficult for you to find the right interlocutor. And to write, because some patients cannot or find it difficult, we offer them tools and audiovisual transcription support so that they can put it on paper, ”he continues.
Another point of interest in these books is that they provide a lot of information about diseases that are not usually discussed. «Many are stigmatized. AND people have demands that society does not meet or not quite: in situations such as addictions, rare diseases for which there is always little research, or patients with diabetes or reduced mobility and all physical barriers and misunderstanding found. For the reader it is a way of understanding people. They help to understand the sick and illnesses. Knowledge is essential, because it is a barrier that makes us fall into stereotypes. And that they tell you from so deep inside helps it go much deeper too ».
And the emotional effect is multiplied: «You read to people who tell you what happens to them without filters, from the inside. And it makes you think that your life, in the end, isn’t that bad either. They help you to relativize and value what is essential. It is a way, I don’t know if to grow, but to look at reality from a different point of view ».
Both words and sport are, says Osoro, a lifeline for many people who have suffered an accident or suffer from a disease. As Daniel Tree, which has reflected in “A diabetic in the Dakar” how is the day to day, both in normal life and in elite competition, of a person who has certain needs and that often go unnoticed. Albero wanted to expose it as a sample of what can be achieved, despite a disease that more than 420 million people suffer, and almost two only in Spain.
Hence, the pilot underlines the importance of knowing diabetes and everything that surrounds it: «On the third day another obstacle appeared in full swing: the glucose meter decided not to work and I had to drink water from the concoction and, depending on the sensations of my body, make decisions. Knowing yourself and self-control is necessary if you are a person with diabetes; therefore, the more information you have about it, the easier it will be for you to face these situations that can even appear on a day-to-day basis “, he writes in his book, his life testimony.
There are many more testimonies, of different affectations, and, in many of them, with sport as the involuntary protagonist. “For many people who have suffered an accident, it serves as rehabilitation and reintegration into society, because it makes them a world out of the hospital bubble and face a life that does not have them full of barriers and misunderstanding”, admits Osoro , which ends: «Words have a therapeutic value, it is a means to help and to seek help. And books were the means for people to share their experiences and allow generating economic resources to support solidarity initiatives.
Because the profits from Kurere’s books go to patient associations, non-governmental organizations or research support.
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