An initiative aimed at improving the quality of life "of children without resources, affected by economic underdevelopment and/or at status risk of social exclusion": this point was part of the instructions of the call for financial aid of the Fundació Ordesa, in which the project Tantaka Basketball Team has result won 5,000 euros.

That sport leads to social integration is more than a phrase, as Teresa Gutiérrez Alemán, manager of the initiative explains: "The integration of these children is real. It is achieved with good planning, with the effort of the volunteers and with the work of the participants themselves. Integration is our goal and the result of many supporting hands". In this sense, Teresa highlights the importance of the "network that we establish with Tantaka", since the basketball activity has given rise to groups of school support for some of the children, search for job opportunities for the mothers... "It is an integration that covers different areas, that reaches the families of these children and that, of course, also consists of the relationship that we volunteers have with the members of the team", explains the promoter of project.

The Tantaka basketball team was born in 2013 with five children. Currently there are more than 60 children of immigrants who attend the training sessions organized by Teresa Gutiérrez Alemán and her team of volunteers on Saturdays. But this solidarity activity not only increases in issue of participants but its horizons are also expanding.

Among Teresa's goals for the new course is to expand the Tantaka basketball team to the mothers of the participants. Precisely, in the instructions of the call it was detailed that could be included in the project presented "to mothers and / or pregnant women" who were in status at risk of social exclusion. Part of the 5,000 euros from award will be used for this purpose. The nursing graduate also has in mind the organization of a summer camp that includes sports and culture, without forgetting to continue reinforcing the actions that have been carried out since the beginning of the activity (excursions, matches outside Pamplona, cultural outings...).

"For Tantaka this award is an important recognition to Teresa, a volunteer who is able to carry out such a necessary project with enthusiasm, patience, intelligence, joy and commitment," says Sofía Collantes, coordinator of the University's Solidarity Time Bank.

Teresa adds that in addition to the recognition it implies, it is "a reinforcement to the work that we have been doing from Tantaka, the NursingSchool and the entire team of volunteers, and also a motivation to continue working and thinking about what we can do to improve our contribution to these families".