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The Islazul Shopping Center, in its dedication to collaborate in actions that promote the inclusion of people with disabilities, today hosted the II Inclusive Fashion Day, organized by Envera, a non-profit organization whose mission is the social and labor integration of people with disabilities and which this year celebrates its 40th anniversary under the honorary presidency of Her Majesty Queen Letizia.

There are people who are born with a special power. Influential people who, without being known in the media spheres or having thousands of followers on social networks, are able to influence the lives of others. In the lives of their families, their friends, their colleagues...

This is María José López who, at the age of 59 and with a physical disability, has a great capacity to coordinate work teams like the one she now leads at the Envera Special Employment Center. With her, there are eight people in charge of managing the incidents that occur in airline tickets using a complex system based on codes that are indecipherable except for María José and her team.

Francisco José got a job thanks to the support of Envera and the Incorpora Program of the Obra Social "la Caixa" Foundation, which is now in its 10th year. Francisco José Pacheco is one of those people who has carved out his own present and, possibly, his future. Perhaps his greatest achievement has been to do so by breaking down the barriers and prejudices that often accompany people with intellectual disabilities. Since his arrival at Envera in 2005, his main aspiration has been to train to get a job, demonstrating that with the necessary support we can all become the best at something.

Juan Manuel Gómez, Director of Radio Sol, has presented Envera's President, José Antonio Quintero, with a check for 13,000 euros representing the solidarity box office of the XVII Gran Gala de Zarzuela de Año Nuevo, organized by the Madrid radio station and the Fundación Sinfolírica, which managed to fill the Auditorio Nacional last January, in favor of Envera.

The Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, visited this Wednesday the Comprehensive Center for Disability Care that Envera has in the town of Colmenar Viejo, Madrid. Upon her arrival, the Ombudsman was received by José Antonio Quintero, President of Envera, and Marta Muñoz, head of the Tutelar Foundation.

Soledad Becerril has been very interested in the work done by employees with intellectual disabilities Special Employment Center, who explained the tasks they perform in document management, laundry and handling.

Envera, an Association that was born 40 years ago with the mission of accompanying people with disabilities throughout their life cycle, celebrates the anniversary of its founding by recognizing the most influential people and entities for their commitment to inclusion and improving the quality of life of people with functional diversity.

With these awards, grouped into ten categories, Envera has sought to highlight the personal, professional or corporate work of the winners in favor of social and labor integration, equal opportunities and contributing to building a society of which we can all feel proud.

The Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid hosted, with a full house, the XVII Gran Gala de Zarzuela de Año Nuevo, an important event that unites music and solidarity, organized every year by Radio Sol XXI and the Fundación Sinfolírica and that in this edition was held for the benefit of Envera and its projects aimed at improving the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities, assisting and accompanying them throughout their lives.

This Wednesday Carlos Lesmes, President of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and the Supreme Court, visited the Comprehensive Center for Disability Care of Envera - Association of Employees of Iberia Parents of People with Disabilities in the Madrid town of Colmenar Viejo.

Upon his arrival, Lesmes was welcomed by José Antonio Quintero, president of Envera, and by its general director, Pedro Sobrino, who accompanied him during his visit together with the head of the Tutelar Foundation, Marta Muñoz.

Today, Madrid Foro Empresarial has signed agreements with FAMMA - Cocemfe Madrid (Federation of Associations of People with Physical and Organic Disabilities of the Community of Madrid) and Envera (Association of Iberia Employees Parents of People with Disabilities) to regulate their collaboration in the social and labor inclusion of people with intellectual and physical disabilities through actions aimed at facilitating accessibility to care, functions and services provided by the member companies of Madrid Foro Empresarial, as well as to advance in terms of awareness, for the promotion and social normalization as well as the labor integration of people with intellectual and physical disabilities.