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[[File:Kike 9.jpg|thumb|Monsignor Figaredo and Buddhist monk in [[Phnom Penh]], Cambondia ]] |
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“Cambodia Within Reach” was the slogan adopted for the 2008 dance tour, in which “Tahen’s Dance Group” travelled throughout Spain for 6 weeks in September and October 2008. Tahen’s Dance Group is made up of 65 members and divides in 4 smaller groups. One group is made up of 14 dancers between 14 and 17 years old, another with 18 dancers between 18 and 20. A third group has 15 dancers from the Arrupe Centre for people with disabilities (maimed by [[landmines]] and [[cluster bombs]] or who suffer from [[poliomyelitis]]). The last group is that made up of 10 musicians and 3 people for management and assistance. |
“Cambodia Within Reach” was the slogan adopted for the 2008 dance tour, in which “Tahen’s Dance Group” travelled throughout Spain for 6 weeks in September and October 2008. Tahen’s Dance Group is made up of 65 members and divides in 4 smaller groups. One group is made up of 14 dancers between 14 and 17 years old, another with 18 dancers between 18 and 20. A third group has 15 dancers from the Arrupe Centre for people with disabilities (maimed by [[landmines]] and [[cluster bombs]] or who suffer from [[poliomyelitis]]). The last group is that made up of 10 musicians and 3 people for management and assistance. |
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Enrique Figaredo, Kike Figaredo, F. Figaredo, J.S., or Monsignor Figaredo is Jesuit priest and Apostolic Prefect of Battambang, known as the Bishop of the Wheelchairs for his humanitarian assistance in Cambodia[1].
Family
Born to Alberto Figaredo –member of an important industrialist family in the north of Spain, Asturias- and Ana María Alvargonzález –descendant of a traditional family of Gijon, Asturias Enrique was the seventh of eight children: Alberto, Javier, Ignacio, Nicanor, Víctor, Carlos, Enrique and Ana. He is also cousin of the Spanish politician Rodrigo Rato Figaredo.
Education
Enrique attended the Jesuit’s School in Gijon and graduated in 1976. On 15 October 1979, he joined the Jesuit Novitiate. He has a degree in Economics, Theology and Philosophy.
On 1985, during his university studies, he volunteered for the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) and was sent to a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand.[2] He returned to Spain to finish his studies and to be ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1992, but then immediately went back to Cambodia,
Humanitarian Assistance
First in Thailand and later in Cambodia, Kike has dedicated his life to help people with disabilities, initially those maimed by landmines.[3] He also cooperates with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which was awarded the Peace Nobel Prize. Kike Figaredo has launched many initiatives to raise funds and help these victims.
In 1991, in Phnom Penh, he founded Banteay Prieb (“The Dove House”) where children maimed by landmines receive education and people with disabilities can make wheelchairs following the Mekong model (a wooden wheelchair with three wheels).[4]
In Battambang he founded the “Arrupe Center” and promoted development all over the diocese with projects in education, vocational training for adults, infrastructure and relief aid.[5]
Kike still takes part in Cambodia’s development by means of different NGOs and at present takes part in the Ban Cluster Bomb Campaign.
Dance Tours
Dance tours have been an initiative fostered by Kike in order to promote Cambodia, its culture and its reality[6]. It is also a means of raising funds for the aid and development projects in Cambodia. Up to date there have been three dance tours in the years 2000, 2005 and 2008.
2008: Cambodia Within Reach
“Cambodia Within Reach” was the slogan adopted for the 2008 dance tour, in which “Tahen’s Dance Group” travelled throughout Spain for 6 weeks in September and October 2008. Tahen’s Dance Group is made up of 65 members and divides in 4 smaller groups. One group is made up of 14 dancers between 14 and 17 years old, another with 18 dancers between 18 and 20. A third group has 15 dancers from the Arrupe Centre for people with disabilities (maimed by landmines and cluster bombs or who suffer from poliomyelitis). The last group is that made up of 10 musicians and 3 people for management and assistance.
Each performance included 6 or 7 traditional dances. In “The Blessing Dance” 7 dancers dressed up as apsaras (celestial nymphs) bless and thank the audience with delicate movements and flowers. The walls of the Angkor Watt hold evidence of the origins of this traditional dance in its reliefs. “The Coconut Dance”, “The Fish Dance” and “The Harvest Dance” reflect Cambodia’s traditions and everyday life. These are some of the dances of the 20 piece repertory of Tahen’s Dance Group.
The group held 17 performances in 12 different Spanish cities: Madrid, Valladolid, Gijon, Oviedo, Alicante, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Córdoba, Seville and Badajoz.
Prizes and Awards
- In September 1998 he is named Asturiano of the month by the local newspaper La Nueva España.
- In December 1998 he is named Old Pupil of Honour of 1998 by the Colegio de la Inmaculada (the Jesuit School in Gijon)
- In 2002 the Spanish Council for Aid to Refugees (CEAR) and CEAR Foundation grant Kike Figaredo the Juan María Bandrés Award for his humanitarian assistance with Cambodian refugees.[3]
- The Spanish Government, by Royal Decree 247/2004, at the proposal of the Labour and Social Affaires Office and after previous deliberation of the Council of Ministers in their meeting on 6 February 2004 grant the Grand Cross of Civil Order of Social Solidarity for his extraordinary humanitarian assistance in favour of people with disabilities and the underprivileged people in Cambodia.
- In October 2005 he receives the Humanitarian Cooperation Award Conde de Toreno granted by the Nobility of the Principality of Asturias.
- On 14 June 2007 he receives the Emilio Barbón Foundation Award for being an example of searching ways to overcome the lack of solidarity and commitment with the underprivileged people of society.[7]
- 17 July 2007 he receives the Casa Asia Award for his performance with landmine victims and for his great humanitarian assistance in Cambodia.
- In 2007 he receives the Vocento Award to Human Values, granted by the Vocento Foundation and which recognises the effort of those people or institutions which have been an example of doing right to others with their life or performance.
- 21 February 2008 the Queen of Spain visits Kike during her official trip of Cooperation with Cambodia.[1]
- 24 April 2008 his candidacy to the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord is formalized[8]. Finally the award is granted to Íngrid Betancourt on 10 September in Oviedo.
- On 6 May 2008 he receives the Madrid’s Favourite Asturiano Award at the Asturias Centre in Madrid. The Spanish politician Rodrigo Rato is the person to hand in the award.
- On 7 August 2008 he receives the 29th Golden Amuravela, a prestigious prize granted every year by the Friends of Cudillero Association. Francisco Javier Fernández Casielles and the University of Oviedo were also prized.
- On 2 October 2008 he receives the title of Brand Honorary Ambassador, Social Action Category by the Leading Brands of Spain Forum and with the approval of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- On 29 October 2008 he receives the Barrio a Barrio a la Acción Social Award, granted by TV Channel 10
- On 30 October 2008 he is awarded the Mining Lamp Award from the Pensioner and Retired People “El Costeru” de la Camocha (Gijon) Association. This award he receives on 5 December 2008 and is collected by his mother.
References
- ^ a b "El jesuita Figaredo crea un oasis en medio de la más absoluta pobreza" (in Spanish). Terra- EFE. 21-02-2008. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "El primo pobre del vicepresidente rico" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 4/2007. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "CEAR premia a monseñor Figaredo por su trabajo con víctimas de minas" (in Spanish). El Mundo (Spain). 13 de septiembre de 2002. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Monseñor Kike Figaredo" (in Spanish). Europa Press. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "El 'fin' de las bombas de racimo" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 04/12/2007. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ [http://www.elcomerciodigital.com/gijon/20081004/oviedo/grupo-camboyano-tahen-actua-20081004.html El grupo camboyano Tahen actúa el lunes en el Centro Asturiano. El Comercio Digital. 04.10.2008
- ^ "nrique Figaredo, prefecto apostólico de Battambang y premio «Barbón»" (in Spanish). Editorial Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ El jesuita Enrique Figaredo, candidato al Premio Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia. Terra