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PORTUGAL
MANUEL ANTÓNIO DA MOTA
AWARD 2019
THE SUSTAINABLE PORTUGAL CONFERENCE
WAS ATTENDED BY THE PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER, ANTÓNIO COSTA
U nder the topic of the Sustainable Development Goals in areas such as the
environment, mobility and social inclusion, the Manuel António da Mota Award had dozens of applications in 2019, thus making it difficult to select the ten finalist applications, due to the merit and quality of the work developed by those organisations.
After the selection of the finalists, the ceremony for the Manuel António da Mota Award was held at the Alfândega do Porto. The award was given to Fundação do Gil, an institution devoted to providing home care for children with chronic illnesses, and in this edition
it received an increased amount of 75 thousand euros, taking into account the fact that it is the 10th edition of the Manuel António da Mota Award, with Associação Dignitude and ASAS – Associação de Solidariedade being
awarded second and third places, respectively.
The ceremony was honoured by the presence of the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, who presented the Award to the finalist institutions, and by the Minister for the Environment and Climate Action, José Pedro Matos Fernandes, who was a speaker at
the Conference.
After the name of the winner was known, Patrícia Boura, Chief Executive Officer
of Fundação do Gil, stated: “I thank this Award foremost on behalf of the children and families we have supported daily for 13 years in this project. I want to thank my team who every day fight silently with tremendous resilience to make it possible to support children with chronic diseases at home, and now e have extended the project to palliative care. This award goes to them, and thank you very much!”
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