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For the second consecutive year, students from Envera's Professional Programs and Secondary Education attended the award ceremony of the Justice and Disability Forum Awards, organized by the General Council of the Judiciary. Upon their arrival at the headquarters of the CGPJ, the students were received in the plenary hall by the President of the Supreme Court, Carlos Lesmes, who explained the functions of the Council and the work performed by the judges of the High Court.

Envera Inclusion Point in the Islazul Shopping Center and in the Carrefour Ciudad de la Imagen Shopping Center, a Social Responsibility project pioneer in Europe, will become next Saturday, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a factory of good wishes and illusions. All those who decide to join this celebration for the rights of people with functional diversity will have the opportunity to write their dream on a circle of colored paper, which will later be displayed together as a flag for equal opportunities on the snowman that will be built for this occasion, with recycled plastic materials, by the boys and girls of the Envera Occupational Center.

A delegation of Envera, formed by 20 athletes and 6 coaches participate from today in the Special Olympics Reus 2016 National Games, which will be held until November 27, and will feature 800 athletes from Spain and 10 European countries, supported by 200 coaches and 400 volunteers. For Envera it is also the finishing touch to the celebration of its XXV Anniversary of work in favor of inclusive sport.

Envera and the Madrid Spina Bifida Association (AMEB) joined forces this Monday on the occasion of National Spina Bifida Day to bring society closer to the reality that people with disabilities live daily through an event that took place at Envera Inclusion Point, a pioneering project in Europe thanks to the Islazul Shopping Center.

This Wednesday the Government Delegate in Madrid, Concepción Dancausa, was received by the President of Envera, José Antonio Quintero, and its General Director, Pedro Sobrino, at the Comprehensive Center for Disability Care that Envera has in the Madrid town of Colmenar Viejo.

A group of students with disabilities, all belonging to the Envera Association, visited the City Hall of San Sebastian de los Reyes. During the morning of this Thursday they have been able to know the facilities and operation of the town hall and the building of El Caserón, which houses the ethnographic museum and whose objects are part of the history of the municipality and its surroundings.

Envera's General Manager, Pedro Sobrino, together with Ambilamp's Operations Manager, Alberto Rodríguez, and the Customer Service Manager, Ana Carrión, inaugurated the mirror room, which is now part of the Early Attention Service in which Envera serves 140 children from zero to six years of age with developmental disorders, or who are at risk of suffering from them, with the aim of detecting and responding to their needs as early as possible.

In December 2015, a new edition of the Seed Project was launched, a training activity for employment promoted by Envera in Tenerife. Today, and after acquiring the Certificate of Professionalism in Auxiliary Agricultural Activities, four students have managed to access a stable job. And this is not the end. The training will continue until the end of the year, when the students will obtain a second Certificate of Professionalism in Auxiliary Activities in Nurseries, Gardens and Garden Centers.

Iberia and Envera receive in Colmenar Viejo the Spanish Paralympic team and committee upon their arrival from the Rio de Janeiro Games. They are already at home. The delegation of athletes who have represented Spain at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games landed this Wednesday at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid - Barajas airport and they did so with 31 medals under their arms. Upon arrival, 60 athletes, coaches and representatives of the Spanish Paralympic Team were welcomed by Envera - Iberia Employees Association Parents of People with Disabilities at its headquarters in Colmenar Viejo.