We are delighted to announce the inaugural public meeting for Project MADRUGADA to be held at the Fortaleza Da Luz Wednesday 25^th February at 11:30 and to be followed by a charity luncheon at 13:00 hrs in aid of the project.

 It has been recognised for some time that there is a desperate shortfall in the care and information available for those living in the Algarve and suffering from Cancer and other serious illness.  Whilst local hospitals facilities adequately cover the essential treatment of patients whilst in hospital, there remains little or no care and support available for those affected once they return to their home and family.  The lack of organised specialist care in the community, including hospice care, Macmillan nursing, centralised information & resources and complementary therapies to support the recovery of affected residents continues to cause great distress and concern.  All the skills are available if you know where and how to find them. 

 The charity ‘Madrugada’, meaning ‘Dawn’ has been established to support a new initiative which will, in the first instance, create a resource centre in Luz offering free advice on how to best support the treatment of serious illness, ensuring that those affected have the very best chance of achieving recovery whilst reducing the side effects caused by many allopathic protocols.  There is so much you can do for yourself and so much more we can help you with. 

Our eventual aim is to build a support centre which offers residential and day care, training, complementary therapies and care in the community.  Our approach will be totally holistic and all services will be delivered under the guidance of a highly qualified team.

Many of you may be labouring under the false impression that your medical insurance will cover all your needs, may we respectfully suggest that you check your policy now; the additional care costs incurred during serious and terminal illness can be immense.

This is an ambitious project, others have tried before and faltered but we intend to make this a huge success, however we do need your help.  Obviously we will need medical advice and support from Practitioners, Specialists, Consultants and nursing staff. Right now we need volunteers with good organisational skills; we need people skilled in accountancy, legal procedures, planning applications, IT & Web Site design, administration and fund raising; we need committee members; we need people with influential contacts; we need people with drive, determination, compassion & spare time and of course we need donations of equipment and funds.

More than anything, we need you because maybe, one day, you’ll need us!