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Last Friday, July 8, our Radio Terrícola studio in Colmenar Viejo welcomed some very special guests. In front of the microphones of our super reporters sat the vice president of Aviación Sin Fronteras, Borja Iglesias, its general director, Ana Ferrer, and a group of magnificent volunteers who collaborate with the NGO.

Students with intellectual disabilities in the Gradúate en Secundaria Program that Envera offers in Madrid have achieved a 100% pass rate in the final exams of the course that has just ended. In addition, four of them have achieved the official title of graduate in Secondary Education that gives them the possibility of access to higher education and improves their chances of finding their first job. The registration period for the 2022-2023 academic year is now open for the Secondary Education, Crece Formándote and Destination Employment programs.

The president of the Commission for Comprehensive Disability Policies of the Assembly of Madrid has visited the headquarters of Envera in the Madrid district of Barajas along with other representatives of the Popular Parliamentary Group to see firsthand the support and care services and job placement in which Envera tends each year to 4,800 people with intellectual disabilities and their families and provides stable employment to more than 800.

Iberia commemorates its 95 years of history and Envera its 45th anniversary, and both organizations share history and aeronautical DNA. To commemorate this anniversary, the airline has auctioned replicas of the uniforms worn by its staff throughout its history in a charity auction, the proceeds of which have gone to the social work of Envera, an NGO created by the company's employees and parents of people with intellectual disabilities.

Six students with intellectual disabilities from Envera's Secondary Education and Destination Employment programs shared a day of inclusion with Auren's managers thanks to the 'Supercapacitados' program developed by the consulting firm in collaboration with Envera. Executives of the company mentored the students for a day. Envera helps companies to contribute to the SDGs and develop their CSR plans.

We received in our Radio Terrícola studios in Gran Canaria Jazael Quevedo, creator of the Facebook account Hoy por ti Gran Canaria, aimed at helping people without resources.

The Madrid Foro Empresarial CSR Board, coordinated by Envera, brings together the heads of sustainability of Iberia, Ferrovial and Ibercaja, in a conference on the return on investment in social responsibility, which was closed by the Minister of Transport of the Community of Madrid.

Thanks to this initiative, FP students of EFA Valdemilanos have joined the activities that beneficiaries and professionals Envera developed in its Comprehensive Disability Center. Meanwhile, people with intellectual disabilities and those responsible for the various support services and care Envera have visited Valdemilanos to talk to their students of the challenges they face every day to move towards equal opportunities and social and labor inclusion, with the firm conviction that "people with intellectual disabilities occupy their place in the world with dignity".

Envera premieres a musical adaptation of the classic 'The Bremen Musicians' starring people with intellectual disabilities and high support needs of its Support and Care Services to promote the social participation of people with a high degree of dependence in the cultural scene and raise awareness in society against animal abandonment.