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Summer schools

Aqualia worked with the XVI Campus Mista de fútbol y
fútbol sala [football and futsal] in Caravaca de la Cruz,
well established in the region of Murcia due to its quality
teaching method and recreational activities program, in which
a hundred kids between the ages of 5 and 15 took part. The
activity is intended to promote grassroots sport and the values
of friendship and team spirit. The campus has an experienced
team of instructors made up of trainers, practising footballers,
physical education teachers and physiotherapists, all working
under the guidance of the trainer and local ex-footballer Miguel
Ángel Ferrer "Mista" and coordination from Pepe Tudela.
Aqualia also organised for ten children at risk of exclusion to
participate in the Summer School at the Cabezo de Torres Sports Centre, thanks to the agreement signed between Aqualia
and the Fundación Secretariado Gitano in Murcia.
In conjunction with the Fundación Caja Canarias, Aqualia took part in the campaign “Ningún niño sin saber nadar” [All
children to know how to swim], which gave children from underprivileged families the chance to learn how to swim.

This initiative once more illustrates Aqualia's engagement with society and its responsibility when it comes to
addressing social needs, especially those of the most underprivileged, far beyond the simple management of water
infrastructures.

Education

More than 100 open-door workshops were organised in Aqualia's facilities in 2015 with different collectives (housewives,
retirees, journalists, etc.) as well as 50 visits from 15,000 school children. Attendees were given information on how a company
like Aqualia carries out its end-to-end water management and were trained on the correct use of the resource: responsible
consumption, proper toilet use, oil management, etc. The aim of these workshops was to encourage participants to nurture
their surroundings and to make a clear commitment to the environment.

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Furthermore, with the intention of raising awareness among little kids and thus their parents, a new communication tool was
designed in 2015: Aqualia Educational Handbook. In a simple and fun manner, the booklet describes the water process
from its collection to the moment it is returned to the natural environment. This tool, which came about as a result of an
initiative by Caltaqua, a subsidiary of Aqualia on the island of Sicily, has been adopted in other countries, Spain included, as
an ideal means to interact with young kids.

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