The Consistory ciezano signed an agreement with the Mapfre Foundation and the regional association Afemce to promote social and professional integration of people with mental illness.
The initiative is framed within the program 'Together we can' which promotes the aforementioned foundation since 2011.
Members of the Association of Families and Persons with Mental Illness of Cieza and Shire (Afemce) conduct labor training practices for a year in the City of Cieza, under which will enable them to acquire skills and experience in the work and tasks of the various departments of the Consistory.
This is stipulated in the agreement signed between the three parties under the program 'Together we can', which promotes the aforementioned insurance company.
The mayor of Cieza, Pascual Lucas;
President of Afemce, Josefina Ruiz, and the area delegate Mapfre, Jose Gonzalez, welcomed the signing of this partnership agreement will help facilitate social integration and employment and personal autonomy of this group, serving as a complement the various programs developed by this association created in 1997.
Alderman for this group "needs a quality step, in addition to the assistance provided by an association of these characteristics, ie, the social and labor integration."
He also congratulated the association and said it was "a great day for all the people who form this entity, as it has worked extensively in the field of disability and mental health".
For his part, Gonzalez said that the excellent results of that program make Mapfre Foundation in one of the main driving forces of the inserciónsocio-employment of people with intellectual disabilities and mental illness in Spain.
Its beneficiaries will have a training grant and receive the necessary support for integration by technicians Afemce.
Finally, Ruiz expressed his "satisfaction at the signing of this collaboration agreement will help facilitate social integration and employment and personal autonomy of people with mental illness."
He thanked the City Council and Mapfre the support provided to the entity and sought the assistance of the administration on outstanding needs that association.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza