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With this type of initiatives, and despite being a finalist NGO, Envera has become a rara avis that, thanks to networking and its Solidarity Recycling Center managed by professionals with disabilities, has managed to help thousands of vulnerable people both inside and outside Spain. This allows Envera and the companies that support its social work to contribute directly to the achievement of eleven SDGs of the UN's 2030 Agenda.

Envera's on-line radio station covers the first sports day from the Vallehermoso Stadium with interviews to the Sports Delegate of the Madrid City Council, athletes and clubs on the occasion of the Spanish Adapted Athletics Championship organized by FEDDI and FEMADDI, in which more than 250 athletes are participating.

Thanks to the work of our great reporters and the professionalism of Pablo, we have achieved a fantastic interview that brings us closer to the daily life of Envera's workers and professionals at the Special Employment Center in Gran Canaria.

On April 27th was held the I Insular Day of Social and Labor Insertion of People with Disabilities promoted by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria. A meeting point for companies, public administrations, entities specialized in disability and for the general population with the aim of "sharing experiences and promoting efforts to develop a space for reflection and analysis on the reality that people with disabilities face in the labor field."

Sonsoles and Juan Felipe have become the first people with intellectual disabilities to do an internship in the Madrid underground. The Regional Minister of Transport of the Community of Madrid, the Chief Executive of Metro de Madrid and the General Manager of Envera today presented their diplomas to two students with intellectual disabilities from Envera after completing their internships in Metro de Madrid's Logistics and Occupational Health Services from last February to date.

On the occasion of the International Workers' Day, Envera and ENAIRE take stock of the job placements of people with disabilities achieved thanks to the collaboration between both entities. Since the beginning of the ENAIRE Project in 2020, which is being continued with a second edition, more than 275 people with disabilities have got a job, 90 of them in companies of the aeronautical sector, such as Iberia, Iberia Express, Airbus, Vueling, Farsound, AENA or Envera itself.

The close collaboration between the NGOs Envera and Volunteers for Africa has made possible a new shipment of humanitarian aid to the Ethiopian villages of Chitu and Awaro, located in the town of Ambo. This initiative, with the collaboration of Envera's Solidarity Recycling Center, joins other shipments made jointly in recent years.

Envera participates in the I Insular Day of Social and Labor Insertion of People with Disabilities in Gran Canaria, which will take place on April 27 and is organized by the Cabildo and the City Council of Arucas. The general manager of Envera states that "the hiring of people with disabilities, besides being an obligation included in the General Law on Disability, has become a strategic opportunity for many companies that have found in professionals with disabilities not only the best candidates, but also a way to develop their CSR plans, improve their reputation and the experience of their customers, increase the feeling of belonging among their employees and reduce absenteeism, among other aspects that make them more competitive".

Two Envera athletes will participate, along with other runners with intellectual disabilities, in a relay test that will allow them to complete the 42 kilometers of the Popular Marathon of Madrid, for the first time in its history, will feature this test 'DisFriendly' in one of the most important sporting events in the capital. This was announced at the official presentation of the Zurich RNR Running Series Madrid at the headquarters of the Madrid City Council with Mayor Martínez-Almeida, Deputy Mayor Villacís, the Deputy Minister of Sports of the Community of Madrid, MAPOMA, Zurich, Coca-Cola and Envera, among other entities.