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During 2012,
Aura
Foundation
became a part
of
i4c
to double the size of
the foundation over the next
five years. The project aims
to significantly increase the
number of differently-abled
people who are able to
enter work in the coming
years.
Invest for Children
is committed to financially
supporting the foundation
and to offering managerial
and strategic consulting skills
to allow the foundation to
achieve its mission. Leading
companies have already
joined the Project Aura
initiatives to facilitate the
integration of differently
abled people in a working
enviroment. The
Project
Aura
(
was established in Barcelona
in October 1989, by an
initiative of professionals
from the area of integration
education. Project Aura is the
first program of Supported
Employment in Spain, a
pioneer in the implementation
and development of this
methodology. The aim of this
program is to integrate people
with special needs, mostly
with Down’s Syndrome, to the
ordinary labour market via
the Supported Employment
methodology.
Since 1989 more than 100
young people have joined
the ordinary working world.
More than 80% of the
workers have maintained
their positions and have
indefinite term contracts.
Project Aura is a founding
member of
AESE
(Spanish
Association of Employment),
ACTAS
(Catalan Association
for Supported Employment),
a member of
FEISD
(Spanish
of Down’s Syndrome) and
APPS
(Catalan Federation
for protection of people
with mental retardation).
Invest for Children’s
Aura foundation
marked a milestone for the foundation
Maria Vicente and Urbano Gropello (Invest for Children)
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