These are autoimmune diseases that affect the digestive tract and for which as yet there is no cure. While seemingly invisible to most people, they seriously hinder those who suffer from them.

In Spain, these diseases affect more than 100,000 people, of which some 30,000 are in Catalonia. 

ACCU Catalunya (CA) promotes this project with the aim of making everyone aware of an invisible disability in aspects such as the urgent need for a toilet.

ACCU Catalunya was created in 1992 to assist and inform Crohn's and ulcerative colitis patients in Catalonia and their families, and encourage mutual help among those affected. 

Date: December

This travelling exhibition can be seen at various TMB work centres and themed vinyls are located in the transfer corridors of Diagonal metro station (lines 3 and 5).

The aim of this action is to give visibility to and raise awareness of these diseases and the needs of patients as part of the extension of the "No puc esperar" (I can't wait) project agreement in the metro network for the benefit of these patients.

Date: from 17 November to 31 January

Social awareness action on metro and bus networks about patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease who may need a toilet urgently at any time.

One of the problems that most distress and worry these patients is the constant, and sometimes unpredictable, need to go to the bathroom. Some people see their quality of life diminished by this situation, as the fear of not finding a toilet in time limits their outings away from home.

Date of publication: 23 November

The testimony of Laura Marín Sánchez, a nurse in the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Unit of the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital who also suffers from one of these diseases. She will teach us more about the disease.

The work transmits concepts such as travel, the passing of time, the seasons of the year, as well as symbols that evoke nature. Simultaneously, the work of art expresses a double image. In the foreground, clear references to Barcelona, its city icons, the TMB transport network that contrast with the dreamlike images in the background. The organic and botanical shapes symbolize ecology, hope, resurgence, and pay homage to the master of the 20th century and great referent in Stanton's work, Henri Matisse, who invented these cut-outs at the end of his life, creating a new pictorial language.

You can find the final work of art on our  Facebook and Instagram  profiles. 

To make the mural even more ours, we held a comp

Maribel Sáez is the author of the chosen title and won a set of paints.

The Telefónica Foundation's Volunteer Awards aim to raise awareness and encourage volunteer action. This year, this purpose makes more sense than ever, as the Covid-19 crisis has shown how volunteering is a key lever in society.

Bus drivers who are part of the corporate volunteer programme took part in an initiative by the Barcelona Health Consortium, Emergency Services and Barcelona Fire Brigade for the transport of patients discharged from Covid-19 hospital but with a temporary isolation order to specific equipped spaces, not their place of residence.

During the months of April and May, 570 people were transferred thanks to more than 200 volunteers, who used three vehicles from the TMB fleet equipped for this purpose.

TMB's solidarity initiative in the Covid-19 crisis has competed with more than 400 volunteer projects from all over Spain.

The TMB Foundation promotes initiatives among our staff and we work together with leading bodies, institutions and entities in the field. The totally selfless and strongly committed participation of our workers helps us to develop projects to help build a better society.