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On the occasion of the International Workers' Day, Envera and ENAIRE take stock of the job placements of people with disabilities achieved thanks to the collaboration between both entities. Since the beginning of the ENAIRE Project in 2020, which is being continued with a second edition, more than 275 people with disabilities have got a job, 90 of them in companies of the aeronautical sector, such as Iberia, Iberia Express, Airbus, Vueling, Farsound, AENA or Envera itself.

The close collaboration between the NGOs Envera and Volunteers for Africa has made possible a new shipment of humanitarian aid to the Ethiopian villages of Chitu and Awaro, located in the town of Ambo. This initiative, with the collaboration of Envera's Solidarity Recycling Center, joins other shipments made jointly in recent years.

Envera participates in the I Insular Day of Social and Labor Insertion of People with Disabilities in Gran Canaria, which will take place on April 27 and is organized by the Cabildo and the City Council of Arucas. The general manager of Envera states that "the hiring of people with disabilities, besides being an obligation included in the General Law on Disability, has become a strategic opportunity for many companies that have found in professionals with disabilities not only the best candidates, but also a way to develop their CSR plans, improve their reputation and the experience of their customers, increase the feeling of belonging among their employees and reduce absenteeism, among other aspects that make them more competitive".

Two Envera athletes will participate, along with other runners with intellectual disabilities, in a relay test that will allow them to complete the 42 kilometers of the Popular Marathon of Madrid, for the first time in its history, will feature this test 'DisFriendly' in one of the most important sporting events in the capital. This was announced at the official presentation of the Zurich RNR Running Series Madrid at the headquarters of the Madrid City Council with Mayor Martínez-Almeida, Deputy Mayor Villacís, the Deputy Minister of Sports of the Community of Madrid, MAPOMA, Zurich, Coca-Cola and Envera, among other entities.

Envera cooperates with the leading Ukrainian intellectual disability NGO. Marina Grigorieva, coordinator of Vinnitsya Down Syndrome, tells Envera about the desperate situation that many families with people with intellectual disabilities have been enduring since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began more than a month ago.

Envera has made available to the Community of Madrid several places for the care of Ukrainian refugees with disabilities in its Early Care and Neurodevelopmental Center for Children and Adolescents as well as in its Occupational Center where it regularly serves more than 200 children and 50 adults with intellectual disabilities.

Envera's Labor Insertion Service has managed to employ 63 people with disabilities thanks to the support of ENAIRE, which finances, through its Call 2021 of subsidies for social entities, one of the most important employment projects carried out by Envera. Besides, 23 of these insertions have been carried out in companies of the aeronautical sector.

The president of Envera, José Antonio Quintero, attended yesterday the celebration of the tenth anniversary of Iberia Express and congratulated the company's president, Carlos Gómez, "for these ten years of history as part of the great aeronautical family of which we share DNA". Quintero assured that the event "has been as exciting as this decade of stories together, also marked by the commitment and social responsibility of which Iberia Express is an example for all".

Envera has trained 90 people with disabilities, 12 of whom have found employment thanks to the training and job placement projects that the social entity provides free of charge in Gran Canaria in collaboration with the Canary Islands Employment Service. Moreover, the students have rated these courses very positively with an average score of 4.3 out of 5 in the questionnaires carried out at the end of their training.

The Spanish Society of Pediatric Palliative Care is organizing this week its V Congress PEDPAL Madrid 2022 and Envera is participating in the pre-congress with the contributions of the professionals of its Early Intervention and Neurodevelopment Service, a reference center in the Community of Madrid.