Who We Are

Get to know our mission in Juan Ciudad and the team of professionals that makes it possible

Meet Juan Ciudad NGO

Juan Ciudad NGO (JCONGD) is a Non-Governmental Development Organization (NGDO) created by the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God (OHSJD) in Spain in 1991, which works in the social and health field from International Cooperation, for Sustainable Human Development and the defense of human rights, with special attention to the right to health, promoting access for all people to social and health care services, its area of action being the most disadvantaged regions on the planet.

JCONGD's counterparts are the Hospitals and social health centres of the OHSJD in impoverished countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Our Team

Gonzalo Sales Genoves

Director
Graduate in Law, CSVP from Harvard Business School and IMDP from IE Business School. Previously, he was Director of CSR Programs at FERROVIAL for 8 years, a position he accessed from the SERES Foundation where he was Director of Social Innovation. At the Business and Society Foundation he was Director of the Social Partnerships, Innovation and Knowledge Area after several years in the Third Sector as Director of Marketing and Sales at Unicef Spain and Director of Business Development of the Fair Trade Department at Oxfam Intermón for 6 years.

Iratxe Diaz Villamor

Operations Coordinator
She studied International Management Secretariat. After expanding her knowledge in private companies linked to import/export, she joined the NGO team in 1996. She coordinates contact with donors, manages customs documentation and everything related to our Humanitarian Logistics, and is a facilitator for other departments, such as managing visas, organizing trips or campaign logistics, among others.

Ana Meyer Garcia-Sipido

Project Coordinator
Graduate in Audiovisual Communication and with postgraduate studies in NGO management and evaluation of development cooperation interventions, she has coordinated the International Cooperation projects department at Juan Ciudad ONGD since 2016. She has work experience in approximately 20 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia, specializing in projects related to the field of health and capacity building.

Maria de los Angeles Wolf Quintero

International Volunteer Coordinator
Graduated in political science and economics, with a master's degree in Public Policy Management and Development Projects. After a period as a university researcher, she joined Juan Ciudad's team as a project technician. Currently, she coordinates the International Volunteering Department of the NGO. She manages the volunteering activity promoted by Juan Ciudad. She is responsible for training volunteers, preparations and guidance, monitoring and evaluation of voluntary participation, and support in education and awareness-raising activities for development.

Maria Esteve Canton

Senior Project Technician
Architect, with a postgraduate degree in International Cooperation and Basic Habitability, Master in Business Administration. Since 2019, she has been working at Juan Ciudad ONGD in the development and transversal management of projects, from the identification of needs, formulation and search for financing, to monitoring, justification and impact measurement. In addition, she provides technical advice on bidding processes, design and execution of infrastructure construction and rehabilitation projects.

Manuel Munoz Munoz

Humanitarian Logistics Officer
He has been working at JUAN CIUDAD ONGD since November 2012, managing donations in kind, loading/unloading trucks (with daily handling of van, forklift, pallet truck), preparing and loading containers. Stock control, delivery notes, lists and reports. Responsible for purchasing and warehouse needs, as well as basic maintenance of the facilities, he is in charge of collecting donations in almost the entire national territory.

Laëtitia Machado

Project Technique
A graduate in Applied Foreign Languages and with a Master's degree in Public Law, specializing in humanitarian and international law, she is a French national with field experience working for various international cooperation NGOs in Tunisia and Albania. She joined the Juan Ciudad NGO project team in December 2025, where she works on the formulation, monitoring, and technical and financial reporting of projects funded by public and private sources.

Join our cause

Your support is crucial to continue our mission. With your donation, we can continue to provide essential services and improve the lives of thousands of people.

Mission, Vision and Values

Mission

To achieve its objectives, JCONGD works for health care and promotion with emergency, rehabilitation, promotion and development projects, channeling human, technical and economic resources and products in kind, obtained through subsidies from public organizations and private entities.

Vision

JCONGD is an organization that advocates for the defense of the rights of the sick and marginalized, and joins and participates with other organizations or platforms in their defense.
The work of the Foundation is based on collective strategies that prioritize the common over the individual, and defends responsibility, commitment and generosity.

Values

The OHSJD culture promoted by JCONGD has a series of values that are: Hospitality, Quality, Respect, Responsibility and Spirituality. For this reason, we work from openness, caring for the welcome, providing comprehensive care to the person, disseminating and promoting the rights of the patient, prioritizing the humanization of care, favoring personal relationships, as well as technical-professional preparation according to each era and possibilities.

Humanitarian Logistics

At Juan Ciudad ONGD we carry out humanitarian projects that transform lives through access to essential services and the training of health professionals, working side by side with vulnerable communities to build a more hopeful and equitable future. We firmly believe that we sow seeds of change that blossom into well-being and dignity for all people.

Sending Hospital Supplies

Gauze, bandages, gloves, needles, sheets, towels, uniforms for healthcare personnel…

Shipping of Hygiene Products

Personal hygiene products (gel, shampoo, hand soap, sponges) and cleaning products (powdered laundry soap, floor disinfectants, etc.)

Food Shipping

Rice, powdered milk, oil, canned vegetables (fried and crushed tomatoes, vegetable stew), canned products (tuna)…

Shipping Equipment

Stretchers, wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, delivery tables, incubators, ultrasound machines, IV poles, respirators, X-ray machines, etc.

Autonomous delegations Juan Ciudad NGO

Juan Ciudad NGO has 14 delegations distributed throughout Spain in the Autonomous Communities where there is a Center of the Hospital Order.

He directly responsible of each Delegation is the person proposed by the Provincial Definitory and appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Juan Ciudad Foundation. It has powers that give it sufficient authority to carry out its mission.

The primary function of the delegated person is to represent Juan Ciudad as an NGO before the Public Bodies, Private Entities and Individuals of the Autonomous Community for which it has been appointed. It also participates in coordination and awareness-raising activities for the development of its field.

In the Headquarters promotes coordination of Autonomous Delegations, demands are addressed and questions regarding the work of each Delegation will be addressed.

Andalusia

Responsible: Federico Gil Alvarez
Entity: SJD City
Address: Seville-Malaga Highway, Km 14, 5
City: 41500 Alcala de Guadaira (Seville)
Phone: 955-687400

Aragon

Responsible: María Clusa Oliete
Entity: SJD Hospital
Address: Paseo Colon, 14
City: 50006 Zaragoza
Phone: 976-2271660

Asturias

Responsible: Judith Diaz Fernandez
Entity: Maritime Sanatorium
Address: Avda.
City: 33203 Gijón
Phone: 985-362311

Balearics
Responsible: Inmaculada Iglesias Barcelo
Entity: San Juan de Dios Foundation (Palma Mallorca)
Address: Camí Vell de Bunyola, 9
City: 07009 Palma de Mallorca
Phone: 971-763536
Canary Islands

Responsible: Brother Jose Cardenas Zafra
Entity: SJD City
Address: Ctra. San Juan de Dios 1 (El Lasso)
City: 35008 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Phone: 928-339080

Cantabria

Responsible: Silvia Prellezo de la Riva
Entity: Sta.Clotilde Hospital
Address: General Dávila 35 / PO Box 37
City: 39006 Santander
Phone: 942–217711

Castile and Leon

Responsible: Ana Vanesa Salas Mate
Entity: SJD Center
Address: Father Faustino Calvo 46
City: 34005 Palencia
Phone: 979-742300

Catalonia

Responsible: Mª José Tojo Grandio
Entity: SJD Hospital
Address: Pss. Sant Joan de Déu, 2
City: 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona)
Phone: 932 532 100

Valencian Community

Responsible: Brother Benjamin Pamplona Calahorra
Entity: Sant Joan de Déu Serv.Socials
Address: Luz Casanova, 8
City: 46009 Valencia
Phone: 96-3665070

Galicia

Responsible: Raúl Torres Insua
Entity: San Rafael Home and Clinic
Address: San Juan de Dios, 1
City: 36208 Vigo (Pontevedra)
Phone: 986-232740

Madrid
Responsible: VACANT
Entity: San José Institute Foundation
Address: Av. De la Hospitalidad, s/n
City: 28054 Madrid
Phone: 91-5080140
Murcia

Responsible: Brother Francisco José Ruiz Millo
Entity: Abandoned Jesus Foundation
Address: Ctra. Santa Catalina, 55
City: 30012 Murcia
Phone: 968-345001

Navarre

Responsible: Marisa Pardo Gaston
Entity: San Juan de Dios Hospital
Address: C/ Beloso Alto, 3
City: 31006 Pamplona
Phone: 948-231800

the Basque Country

Responsible: Begoña Arretxea Merino
Entity: San Juan de Dios Hospital
Address: C/ Gesalibar Auzoa, 14
City: 20509 Arrasate (Gipuzkoa)
Phone: 943-793900

Autonomous delegations Juan Ciudad NGO

Juan Ciudad NGO has 14 delegations distributed throughout Spain in the Autonomous Communities where there is a Center of the Hospital Order.

He directly responsible of each Delegation is the person proposed by the Provincial Definitory and appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Juan Ciudad Foundation. It has powers that give it sufficient authority to carry out its mission.

The primary function of the delegated person is to represent Juan Ciudad as an NGO before the Public Bodies, Private Entities and Individuals of the Autonomous Community for which it has been appointed. It also participates in coordination and awareness-raising activities for the development of its field.

In the Headquarters promotes coordination of Autonomous Delegations, demands are addressed and questions regarding the work of each Delegation will be addressed.

Andalusia

Responsible: Federico Gil Alvarez
Entity: SJD City
Address: Seville-Malaga Highway, Km 14, 5
City: 41500 Alcala de Guadaira (Seville)
Phone: 955-687400

Aragon

Responsible: Manolo Vela Romero
Entity: SJD Hospital
Address: Paseo Colon, 14
City: 50006 Zaragoza
Phone: 976-2271660

Asturias

Responsible: Judith Diaz Fernandez
Entity: Maritime Sanatorium
Address: Avda.
City: 33203 Gijón
Phone: 985-362311

Balearics
Responsible: Inmaculada Iglesias Barcelo
Entity: San Juan de Dios Foundation (Palma Mallorca)
Address: Camí Vell de Bunyola, 9
City: 07009 Palma de Mallorca
Phone: 971-763536
Canary Islands

Responsible: Brother Jose Cardenas Zafra
Entity: SJD City
Address: Ctra.
City: 35008 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Phone: 928-339080

Cantabria
Responsible: Silvia Prellezo de la Riva
Entity: Hospital Sta.Clotilde (Santander)
Address: Gral. Davila 35 / P.O. Box 37
City: 39006 Santander
Phone: 942–217711
Castile and Leon

Responsible: Rachel Juanes Llorente
Entity: SJD Center
Address: Avda. Madrid nº68
City: 47008 Valladolid
Phone: 983-222875

Catalonia

Responsible: VACANT
Entity: Germans St. Joan de Déu
Address: C/ Dr. Antoni Pujadas nº40
City: 08830 Sant Boi de Llobregat (Barcelona)
Phone: 93-6303090

Valencian Community

Responsible: Brother Benjamin Pamplona Calahorra
Entity: Sant Joan de Déu Serv.Socials
Address: Luz Casanova, 8
City: 46009 Valencia
Phone: 96-3665070

Galicia
Responsible: Diego Vines
Entity: San Rafael Home and Clinic
Address: San Juan de Dios, 1
City: 36208 Vigo (Pontevedra)
Phone: 986-232740
Madrid
Responsible: VACANT
Entity: San José Institute Foundation
Address: Av. De la Hospitalidad, s/n
City: 28054 Madrid
Phone: 91-5080140
Murcia

Responsible: VACANT
Entity: Abandoned Jesus Foundation
Address: Ctra. Santa Catalina, 55
City: 30012 Murcia
Phone: 968-345001

Navarre

Responsible: Marisa Pardo Gaston
Entity: San Juan de Dios Hospital
Address: C/ Beloso Alto, 3
City: 31006 Pamplona
Phone: 948-231800

the Basque Country
Responsible: VACANT
Entity: San Juan de Dios Hospital
Address: C/ Gesalibar Auzoa, 14
City: 20509 Arrasate (Gipuzkoa)
Phone: 943-793900
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