Tenerife | February 23, 2024
The Councilor for Tourism and Employment of the Canary Islands Government, Jessica de León Verdugo, visited this Friday the headquarters of Envera in Tenerife and closed the Training Project in Alternation with Employment (PFAE) Agrojardín Envera with which 15 people with disabilities have obtained two certificates of professionalism that will help them to get a job.
Thanks to the support of the Canary Islands Employment Service, over the last year people with disabilities have been trained with Envera in one of the most demanded sectors, such as agriculture and gardening, and at the same time they have been given an employment contract.
This was verified by De León during the visit, accompanied by Envera's general manager, Enrique Grande, during which she also visited the Special Employment Center where Envera provides stable and supported work to people with disabilities who perform handling services for companies such as Binter or the IASS (Insular Institute of Social and Socio-sanitary Care) of the Cabildo of Tenerife.
Tanto los trabajadores del CEE como los profesionales con discapacidad del Servicio de Limpieza de Parques Infantiles que Envera presta para el Ayuntamiento tinerfeño de Arona han contado a la consejera cómo trabajar supone una independencia y una oportunidad para desarrollar una vida digna. "Somos contribuyentes como cualquier persona pero necesitamos que la administración también nos ayude para tener las mistas oportunidades", ha explicado David, operario de manipulados.
La consejera ha mostrado interés por la carrera profesional que desarrollan las personas con discapacidad, especialmente intelectual, gracias al trabajo sostenible en Envera como el caso de Julián: "Llevo más de 35 años trabajando en Envera y me quedan dos para jubilarme", ha explicado a la representante del Gobierno de Canarias.
Afterwards, the Minister, who was accompanied by the Director of the Canary Islands Employment Service, María Teresa Ortega, toured the Envera farm where the training projects are carried out as a preliminary step before accessing employment.
Tras conocer las actividades que se realizan, De León ha dirigido unas palabras a los alumnos - trabajadores de Envera para darles la enhorabuena por superar con éxito el PFAE y ha reconocido "la labor tan importante que realiza Envera en sus delegaciones de Tenerife y Gran Canaria, con quienes vamos a seguir trabajando no solo para dar formación a las personas con discapacidad, también para hacer partícipe a la Consejería de Turismo y Empleo de programas de inclusión".
Por su parte, Grande ha querido "agradecer a la Consejería y al Gobierno de Canarias en su conjunto el apoyo que siempre nos presta para alcanzar nuestro objetivo para que las personas con discapacidad ocupen con dignidad su lugar en el mundo". Y ha asegurado que "vamos a seguir trabajando juntos en la inclusión social y laboral y en hacer del tejido turístico empresarial de Canarias un sector dis-friendly".
Envera has been developing its social work in the Canary Islands since the early 80's and currently serves 35 people with disabilities in its Occupational Center in Gran Canaria and provides stable employment to almost a hundred people in the Canary Islands, 80% of them with disabilities.
Thanks to the training programs subsidized by the Canary Islands Employment Service, Envera has trained more than 500 people with disabilities in recent years who have obtained an official certificate of professionalism and has assisted more than 400 people through its Job Placement Service and Placement Agency.
In addition, Envera maintains alliances with companies such as Salvesen to promote the employment of people with disabilities and with other NGOs such as Red Cross and Food Bank to which it donates the organic products generated in the agricultural certificates, which makes possible the impact on 11 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030.
