Canary Islands | March 19, 2025
After eleven months of intense work, the students - workers of the Draco Envera Training Project in Alternation with Employment (PFAE) that we develop in Tenerife have completed their training and have obtained two certificates of professionalism in Auxiliary Activities in Agriculture and Auxiliary Activities in nurseries, gardens and garden centers, which increases their chances of insertion in the labor market.
Thanks to the support of the Canary Islands Employment Service and the State Public Employment Service, 15 people with disabilities have benefited from this initiative, which alternates education and employment, and have also received training in occupational risk prevention, food handler, environmental awareness, equal opportunities, as well as support in individualized job orientation for insertion, enhancing their social and digital skills for employment adapted to people with disabilities and job search activities.
There have also been workshops on gardening with Canary Island species and the use and handling of chainsaws and brush cutters, as well as training to pass Level 2 of the key skills tests (mathematics and language).
of key competencies tests (mathematics and language).
However, Envera has gone a step further in its social commitment and has donated more than a ton of organic food to the Red Cross thanks to the production made by the students during their training and has made possible the delivery of 1,131 kilograms of vegetables for the food bag of the Acentejo region.
Likewise, the students-workers have participated in the recovery of 7,300 square meters of agricultural land affected by the 2023 fire, cleaned and conditioned a water tank for the use of 640,000 liters and generated 3,700 kilos of compost, favoring the reuse of waste.
On the other hand, within the Certificate of Professionalism in Gardening, work has been done in a total of eight parks and gardens in the municipality of Tacoronte and the students - workers have participated in numerous visits and activities such as Gastrocanarias, Tenerife Environmental Complex, Botanical Garden and Biosphere Conservation Center, Palmetum, Jocama Nurseries, Botany Island Garden and El Montillo Park, among others, with which they have known the reality of a sector that is in permanent growth in the Canary Islands.
Many activities have been marked by the "enthusiasm and dedication" of each and every one of the participants, as pointed out by Envera, Iberia's social work, which promotes this type of action every day to improve opportunities for people with disabilities and to occupy their place in the world with dignity.
