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La idea nació hace bastante tiempo. El inicio podría situarse en 2006 cuando, el que escribe, tras varios años teniendo conocimiento de una enfermedad crónica que padece, decidió inscribirse en una asociación de afectados sin ánimo de lucro de afectados por una enfermedad parecida a la suya.
Se dio cuenta de que las organizaciones existentes hacían una gran (y vital) labor ofreciendo información, defendiendo y apoyando el día a día de los afectados y sus allegados, pero ¿por qué no dar un paso más?, ¿por qué no buscar la solución desde su raíz?
¿Por qué no crear una organización sin ánimo de lucro para la financiación de la investigación médica?

Además de las tareas propias del cargo de Presidente, soy quien realiza las labores de administración de la asociación. También soy «el que escribe» en el blog y redes sociales.
Además de piloto, tengo la licenciatura en Económicas, la de Administración y Dirección de Empresas y varios años de experiencia en administración (Linked in).
Si has leído el enlace de antes, seguramente ya te lo imaginas, pero esta es mi forma de pensar:
«Lucha, pelea, da el máximo. Es lo mínimo que puedes hacer»
¿De dónde viene el nombre INDACEA?
INDACEA – «Tu red para la Investigación Médica» es una organización fuerte, con afán de superación, positiva, alegre, tiene frescura y es divertida y dinámica, pero sin olvidar que trata algo muy serio.
Para la creación del nombre se tuvo en cuenta:
- Que el nombre sea pronunciado y entendido en todos los idiomas.
- Que no haya otro igual.
- Que incorpore nuestros atributos: red, invertir, investigar, cura.
- Que sea corto.
La palabra indacea es una palabra inventada, no existe. Estaría formada por:
- El prefijo indu-/ind (dentro) extraída de indagar, que proviene del latín indagare:
- indu-/ind (dentro) +
- agere (mover, llevar adelante algo);
- “seguir la pista”, “ir en busca de una pista”;
- Y del latín acea que a su vez proviene del griego akos: remedio, terapia;
INDACEA: Ir en busca del remedio.
De todo lo anterior nace nuestra identidad:
INDACEA – «Tu red para la Investigación Médica»
En cuanto al logo, los círculos de cada color representan a la población que, de una forma conjunta y organizada busca un objetivo: «La Salud».
¿Te estás preguntando quién ha hecho este trabajo? Aquí puedes acceder a ellos: ió hipermèdia y solworks.
No estamos solos... Mira quién nos apoya:
The concept of INDACEA arose quite some time ago, and can be traced back to 2006 when I decided to join a patient organization (a non-profit association of people affected by a certain illness or disease), dedicated to the chronic neuromuscular disease that I suffer from. I became more involved with the association, being responsible for the association’s accounts for several years, and eventually I became a member of its board of directors.
Thanks to this association, I made extensive contacts with doctors and researchers and I’ve been able to gather great amounts of information regarding both their work and the context of their work. In general, these patient organizations provide significant support to people affected by specific diseases or illnesses. They also do important work in informing the rest of the population about their particular disease and the difficulties encountered by those who suffer from it; but most importantly, these associations focus on improving the quality of life of the sufferers. Despite the limited resources they receive, they do a very good job.
There is no doubt they would like to do more and expand their work to reach out to all areas but that’s impossible. One of those areas would be raising funds for medical research. That idea first occurred to me and lodged itself in the back of my mind eight years ago when I joined the association.
Approximately three years ago, a member of my family (who now collaborates with this project) made significant efforts to boost a foundation (Teaming). This foundation consisted of an online platform in which individuals allocate one euro per month to finance social projects (for things such as the provision of treatment for an individual; providing food to people who have no resources; or even to open a kennel for sick or abandoned dogs).
That was when all the pieces began falling into place for me. Why not combine something as specific as belonging to a patient organization with an online platform open to anyone interested? Today, patient organizations play a very important (and vital) role by informing, defending and supporting the day-to-day lives of those affected by diseases, and the families and friends around them. Why not go one step further? Why not address the root causes? Why not invest in medical research? That was when the seed that was sown in 2006 began to germinate and grow into what INDACEA is today. Those were the origins of INDACEA.
The good work has already begun, and with your help it will continue and grow to give more help, and hope, to more and more suffers; to their families, to their carers, and to those working to alleviate their symptoms and find a cure for their illnesses.
Jerónimo Torralba
Founder and President of INDACEA
The Origin of the Name
INDACEA, “Your network for medical research”, is a strong and positive organization, eager to better itself. It’s fresh, dynamic and exciting, but it never forgets that it’s dealing with a serious subject.
When creating the name for this organization, several elements were needed:
- A name that could be pronounced and understood in as many languages as possible.
- A short name.
- A unique name.
- A name that includes our describing features: network, investment, research and cure.
The word indacea was created to capture all of these elements and is composed of:
- the Latin prefix indu-/ind (inside) from the Latin word indagare which means “to track”, “to search for a clue”;
- and the Latin acea, which in turn comes from the Greek akos, meaning “remedy”, “therapy”.
INDACEA: Search for the remedy
From all that, our identity is born:
INDACEA – “Your network for medical research”
Regarding the logo, the coloured circles represent the different groups of the population organized and working together towards a common goal: health and wellbeing.
Want to know about our logo designers? You can contact them here: ió hipermèdia and solworks.