Madrid | January 20, 2022
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greeted the people with disabilities from Envera during the official opening of Fitur and congratulated the non-profit organization for the social work it has been carrying out since its birth in 1977, within the Iberia company, with the aim of helping people with intellectual disabilities to take their place in the world with dignity.
Envera's residents and students were able to share with the monarchs their enthusiasm for bringing intellectual disabilities to the heart of the International Tourism Fair through the program Tour Disfriendly on Radio Viajera, with which Envera claims the importance of a friendly tourism with all travelers, especially with those who have a disability, and points out the competitive relevance of serving these tourists who "always travel accompanied" and "usually do so throughout the year," as noted from the program.
The people of Envera were moved by the greeting of the Head of State and the Queen, who was also the Honorary President of Envera's 40th Anniversary.
Along with the King and Queen, the President of the Dominican Republic, guest country at this 42nd edition of Fitur; the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto; the President of the Congress of Deputies, Meritxel Batet; the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso; and the Mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, also showed interest in Envera's "Disfriendly" project.
Envera has participated in Fitur making its Disfriendly Tour live from IFEMA in which they have interviewed Hilario Alfaro, president of Madrid Foro Empresarial; Jael Feito, manager of Usability, Design and Content of Iberia; and Sara Navarrete, CEO of Link4Tour and Esencial Tours, the first tour operator to incorporate into its offer trips aimed at tourists with disabilities. Here you can listen to the complete program:
In addition, during their stay at Fitur, people with intellectual disabilities from Envera have been welcomed with open arms at the stands of companies such as Iberia and Iberia Express, ENAIRE and Vueling, which are firmly committed to supporting Envera's social work for the creation and maintenance of employment for people with intellectual disabilities, improving their quality of life and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
About Envera
Grupo Envera is a non-profit organization founded 45 years ago by Iberia employees, parents of people with intellectual disabilities, which has been accredited by the Lealtad Foundation, and serves about 5.5,000 people with disabilities and their families in its early care services, neurodevelopment for children and adolescents, training, job placement, occupational and day centers, residences and guardianship; it employs more than 800 people in its special employment centers and trains more than 300 athletes (it belongs to Special Olympics); it has the support of 250 volunteers and has a hundred collaborating entities. The following are patrons of its Tutelar Foundation: Iberia, Airbus, Unisys and Hilario Alfaro (president of Madrid Foro Empresarial). It has centers in Madrid, Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), Barcelona, Malaga, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and Inclusion Points in Madrid, Pozuelo and El Prat.
Among its recognitions, it has the Gold Medal of the City Council of Colmenar, the Justice and Disability Award granted by the General Council of the Judiciary; the recognition of the international conference Zero Project on behalf of the Government of Spain for best practice in sustainability and inclusion; Award of the 13th Global CSR/Sustainability Week 2021; the 2019 National Award for Excellence in Labor Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disabilities, and Sustainable Business 2018 in the Influentials Awards of El Confidencial.
Envera leads the CSR table of Madrid Foro Empresarial and works on Corporate Social Responsibility as a strategic element of competitiveness and differential value in the customer experience, impacting 11 of the 17 SDGs of the UN's 2030 agenda.
