The Asindown Foundation has opened in Valencia the Hospitality and Tourism Training Center for people with Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability La Mare, a space for opportunities for people who until now have not had the option of demonstrating that they can work successfully in any work environment.
“The barriers that prevent their access to employment or leisure have not been put by them, but society. A space like this was needed in which their work is visible to break down prejudices,” according to the manager of the Foundation, Manuel Campos.
The La Mare que Va Center, a Valencian expression that denotes amazement and surprise, located in La Marina, starts with Rubén Fenollar as a trainer chef and a student of ten people, with the intention of increasing both the number of students and the social groups to which he is addressed.
For the project coordinator, Roberta Lazzari, training is the starting point and arrival, and the center provides them with the training to acquire the necessary skills to succeed in the hotel sector.
In fact, students have offered their organization and attention services at the presentation of the project.
The center will serve a dual purpose: to serve as a restored and glazed space for companies to carry out their events and meetings, and encourage inclusion by showing companies that it is very positive to incorporate these people into their templates.
“A work environment is generated that is conducive to the closest and most human relationships, every businessman would want his work environment to be in that direction”, in the words of the director of projects of the Asindown Foundation, Samuel Romero.
Raquel Vicente Bezjak, General Director of Gourmet Catering, a company with a trajectory covering more than 2,500 events organized annually and that is committed to the MARE, which is making available to you, making available your knowledge in practical training and hiring, and a platform to incorporate them into the world of work.
The Gourmet Catering staff has received specific training from Asindown to be able to be mediators and accompany the people who will work from within the Mare that goes.
As of November 23, the space will be fully operational and has already aroused the interest of different companies to carry out their events and meetings in their facilities, according to the sources. EFE