Hundreds Rally In Torremolinos Charity Run To Prevent Suicide And Support Bereaved Families

Torremolinos, Malaga, hosted a monolithic title of societal unity connected November 2, 2025, nether nan banner “No More Suicides: Prevention Is Our Goal.” 

Organised by Asociación Alhelí, nan arena was utilized to raise costs for termination prevention and condolences support and drew thousands to item a increasing nationalist wellness situation successful Spain.

Event draws overwhelming organization response

The kindness tally ended up pinch thousands of participants flooding nan streets of Torremolinos. Yolanda Verdugo, president of Asociación Alhelí, told a gathering of property that nationalist turnout has exceeded each expectations. Founded successful January 2016 and inspired by Verdugo’s individual nonaccomplishment of her mother, nan Malaga-based kindness marks a decade of pioneering support for those grieving loved ones mislaid to suicide.

Alhelí, recognised pinch awards for illustration Malaga Voluntaria 2018 and Becas Argal 2024, operates from Malaga, though their services agelong arsenic acold arsenic Torremolinos arsenic well, and besides immoderate much provincial towns successful nan Malaga Province. They tin beryllium reached connected 645 688 890 aliases via emails psicologia@asociacionalheli.org and asociacionalhelimalaga@gmail.com. The group has expanded to see specialised thief for termination and gender unit cases.

Understanding suicide: ending suffering, not life

Verdugo stresses a captious penetration often overlooked: “The personification who commits termination doesn’t want to die; they conscionable want to extremity suffering.” This position explains perfectly Alhelí’s activity pinch “survivors”, arsenic good arsenic family and friends near behind, who struggle, naturally, pinch unsocial symptom from unanswered goodbyes and societal stigma.

March to extremity suicide.
Credit: Ayuntamiento de Torremolinos

Support for nan kindness went acold beyond anyone’s expectations connected nan greeting of Sunday, November 2. The I Carrera Soldaría No Más Suicidios was held connected nan Paseo Maritimo of Torremolinos pinch nan information of almost a 1000 people. There was a tribute march, a 10-kilometre trial and different 5-metre test, and besides 1,000- and 300-metre runs for younger categories.

Following this year’s first spell astatine raising money successful Torremolinos for this termination prevention and support charity, it already appears to beryllium a fixture connected nan Costa del Sol calendar.