El Mostrador || Natural area inaugurated to support the rehabilitation of children with cancer

With the goal of improving quality of life, emotional well-being, and supporting rehabilitation, the Cocoon Space opened this week, an area designed to provide calm, reflection, and meeting place for patients, their families, and the shelter’s staff.

Inspired by the transformation of a butterfly within its cocoon, the initiative of the Nuestros Hijos Foundation, in collaboration with the Cosmos Foundation, seeks to celebrate patients who have successfully completed their treatment, as well as to honor the children and adolescents who have died from this disease.

“We constantly work to improve the quality of life of children and adolescents facing cancer. The Espacio Capullo is a symbol of hope and transformation, designed to provide moments of calm and connection with nature, which are essential to the physical and emotional healing process,” explained Josefina Berliner, Commercial Manager of Fundación Nuestros Hijos.

“Our goal is for these spaces to be a haven for healing and encounter, where nature helps reconnect with what is essential, enhancing the healing process as a complement to therapies for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual recovery,” said Diego Urrejola, executive director of the Cosmos Foundation, an organization that has worked on the design of more than 20 Healing and Therapeutic Gardens in hospitals and nursing homes.

The project was funded by contributions from private organizations and foundations and developed based on a physical, social, and clinical assessment, as well as through participatory design activities with the nursing home community.
Thus, Espacio Cocoullo is the first of six themed areas within the Shelter, inspired by animal shelters, such as the Hive, the Penguin Colony, the Burrow, the Spiderweb, and the Nest. These areas have been specially designed for recreational activities and rest, as well as meeting and memorial spaces for patients, caregivers, and staff. All of this, with nature as a common element.