Old Spanish football shirts are being given a new lease of life on hospital wards.
Rather than let the unwanted La Liga kit go to waste, one company is upcycling the shirts into hospital gowns to help younger patients recover faster.
Children at the Hospital San Rafael in Madrid have been seen wearing jerseys emblazoned with some of the nation's most famous players.
The campaign, Las Batas Mas Fuertes 'The Strongest Hospital Gowns' in English was created by Spanish football magazine Panenka.
The idea of turning La Liga jerseys into gowns is to replace the usual green hospital robes with something more cheerful.
They hope this can make child patients feel stronger, which could reducing their hospital stay.
'Illness is a scary rival. But it can be beaten.
'Because something great happens when we wear our team shirt. We become braver, stronger and more prepared to beat our opponent.'
A nurse at the hospital also explained why the project is so important for giving the children a quick recovery.
'The state of mind influences the evolution of a child, impacting how many days of hospitalisation,' she said.
'A gown gives you so much joy, can reduce stress and in turn reduces the hospital stay, because it improves your mood and defenses at the same time and helps to recover faster.'
They are now looking for other hospitals to join the campaign.
Panenka have said they firstly want to get hospitals and health centres to express interest in the campaign, and will start to collect kits in June.
Visit: www.lasbatasmasfuertes.com / www.panenka.org
Music: "Teller of the Tales" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Source: Daily Mail, Panenka, Las Batas Mas Fuertas
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