First excursion for XICS El Carmel

28.12.2010 13:41

First excursion for XICS El Carmel

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Twenty beneficiaries of XICS El Carmel went skating today at the FC Barcelona ice rink in the first trip organised by the centre, where classes started some weeks ago. The children were aged between 10 and 15 years.

Carolina Ruiz-Tagle, director of the XICS said that “these excursions are not just about sport, they about educating on values, learning how to behave, and creating group bonding. It was the first outing and everybody has responded well”. One of the children, 12 year old Jordi, said that at the XICS “the homework, sport and teachers all help me … coming here to skate at the Camp Nou was exciting, I had a good time”.

Integral support for El Carmel

The XICS El Carmel and Area is based at the IES Ferran Tallada in Barcelona, and will be officially inaugurated in spring 2011, after the project was formalized in April of last year, although classes have already started. The centre will gradually add new users up to a total of fifty, where they will receive school support, psychosocial aid, access to leisure though sport and family therapy in the socially underprivileged district of El Carmel in Barcelona.