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The president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, and the mayoress of the Villa de Ingenio, Ana Hernández, have visited the delegation of Envera in Gran Canaria to inaugurate the new Occupational Center that this non-profit organization has launched with thirty places for people with intellectual disabilities.

The visit and inauguration was also attended by the Councilor for Employment and Local Development, Juan Díaz; the Councilor for Social Services, Equality and Presidency of the Ingenio City Council, Elena Suárez; the Councilor for Accessibility, Education and Solidarity, Lorena Quintana; the President of Envera, José Antonio Quintero; and the Director of Envera's headquarters in Gran Canaria, Marta Cacho.

Envera - Asociación de Empleados de Iberia Padres de Personas con Discapacidad, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Asociación Pequeño Valiente to favor the attention and social inclusion of children affected by childhood cancer and who have some kind of disability. The presidents of Envera, José Antonio Quintero, and Pequeño Valiente, José Juan Jerez, have signed this Tuesday in the Envera delegation in Gran Canaria an agreement to join efforts and work together so that no child is left without the assistance they need and to speed up the procedures so that the youngest can receive the disability certificate.

The spokesperson of the Madrid City Council and delegate of the Security and Emergencies Area, Inmaculada Sanz, attended this morning the presentation of Envera's solidarity calendar, with which this year pays tribute to the municipal emergency service SAMUR-Protección Civil.

The event, which took place at the Palacio de Cibeles, was attended by the general director of emergencies, Enrique López; the deputy director of SAMUR-Protección Civil, Carmen Camacho; and the president of Envera, José Antonio Quintero, as well as students and beneficiaries of this social entity who, after the event, paid a visit to the Plenary Hall.

Envera - Asociación de Empleados de Iberia Padres de Personas con Discapacidad, has launched the Envera Clean Room in its Special Employment Center, integrated in the Integral Disability Center that this social entity has in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid).

With this innovative project, which has the support of the ONCE Foundation and AEDIS, Envera continues the social mission it has been developing for more than 42 years: the creation of stable and supported employment for people with intellectual disabilities, thus promoting their social and labor inclusion.

On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Envera organized a cineforum on the documentary short film El vuelo de Michael that tells the story of the world's only terrevuelo commander, Antonio Martín "Michael", an Envera beneficiary and multifaceted artist whose enthusiasm for audiovisual creations has led him to become in 2018 the first photographer with intellectual disabilities to be part of the prestigious PHotoEspaña festival with his exhibition Al borde del aeropuerto (On the edge of the airport).

The cineforum was held at the Casa de Vacas cultural center in El Retiro (Madrid), and was attended by the delegate of the Area of Families, Equality and Social Welfare of the Madrid City Council, Pepe Aniorte; the filmmaker Fernando Colomo; the head of corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Iberia, Alba Barrantes; the protagonist of the short film, Antonio Martín "Michael"; and its director, Jesús de Frutos.

Sapos y Princesas, a media specialized in helping people committed to education through the dissemination of educational, cultural, leisure and universal values, and Envera, a non-profit organization that works for the social and labor integration of people with intellectual disabilities, have signed an agreement to promote the integration of children with intellectual disabilities through the regular publication of articles on disability and childhood as well as the dissemination of activities that promote inclusion and equal opportunities.

The Canarian Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (ACRP) and Fundación MAPFRE Guanarteme have given recognition to Envera for the work it carries out in Gran Canaria for the training, employment and labor insertion of people with mental illness. 21 people with mental illness have obtained a job in 2019 thanks to the collaboration between Envera and ACRP in Gran Canaria.

"Access to housing for the thousands of people with some kind of disability living in the region will be a priority for the regional government". This was stated this Friday by the Minister of Housing and Local Administration of the Community of Madrid, David Perez, in Colmenar Viejo, where he visited the Comprehensive Disability Center Envera, a non-profit organization that works for the social and labor integration of people with intellectual disabilities.

This Wednesday the Secretary of State for Equality, Soledad Murillo, has visited the Comprehensive Disability Center Envera in Colmenar Viejo to learn how this social entity, which has been working for more than 40 years for the integration of people with intellectual disabilities, commitment to equal opportunities for all people, regardless of gender and abilities.

The president of Envera, José Antonio Quintero, and its general manager, Pedro Sobrino, accompanied the Secretary of State on her tour of the Special Employment Center and the Occupational Center. In this way, Murillo has been able to see first hand the daily life of Envera's workers with disabilities as well as the workshops that are carried out in the Support and Care Services to comprehensively cover the needs of all people throughout their lives.