- Vesta Envera' promotes the environmental restoration of land affected by the fire that devastated Tenerife last summer.
- Some twenty people benefit from this social and labor inclusion project.
Tenerife - June 21, 2024
Fundación Cepsa has started its program of visits to the five entities recognized by the Social Value Awards 2023, first approaching the project 'Vesta Envera: the resurgence after the flames', led by Envera - Association of Iberia Employees Parents of People with Disabilities. This initiative combines the recovery of burned agricultural land with the training of people with disabilities.
The project is benefiting about twenty people with disabilities from Envera who are being trained in soil and crop recovery techniques, which allows them to improve their skills and employment opportunities.
During the visit, Belén Machado, head of Fundación Cepsa in the Canary Islands, emphasized that "the learning promoted by this project not only has a positive impact on the training of the participants and their future employment possibilities, but also contributes to the environmental regeneration of Tenerife. In this case, we are dealing with burned land affected by the devastating fire that ravaged the island last summer. We want to generate a positive impact on the community, and allowing projects like this to see the light of day thanks to the Social Value Awards is the best way to do so," he said.
Envera's mission is to accompany people with intellectual disabilities throughout their life cycle, working for their social and labor inclusion. For Ana Serafín, responsible for training and this project in Tenerife, present at the meeting, "having an award from the Cepsa Foundation is a great support for us and has allowed us to launch an essential project for the recovery of our environment and the improvement of the employability of our users".
"The collaboration of the Cepsa Foundation, with the support of the project's solidarity sponsor, Carlos Belenguer, allows us to publicize what we do and amplify our impact," said Serafín.
The project, which lasts five months, began in mid-April and includes both theoretical training on soil and crops, and practical work on a ten thousand square meter agricultural plot, of which four thousand square meters are destined for reclamation.
In the first two months, participants have acquired essential theoretical knowledge about soil and crops in the Canary Islands, related to their composition, analysis and management, as well as about the recovery of agricultural crops. They have also begun practical work in the field, clearing and cleaning 1,500 square meters to date, and have prepared 1,000 square meters for sowing cereals. In addition, they will soon begin training and trials to make natural soaps with ashes from the fire, which will be donated to organizations that support the homeless.
