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40 years Aprosdeco celebrates a week of open doors

22 September 2014 - 16: 35

The Association for the Mentally Handicapped of the Marina Alta (Aprosdeco), celebrates its 40th anniversary these days and does so with an intense week of open doors that began on Monday with a reception for guests and that will continue until Friday, receiving family and friends so that they can visit the facilities and see from first hand the way of working of the self-managers of the center.

In the first open day, the president of the Association, Ana Mª Vadillo, welcomed the guests and explained that the aim of this week is to be released to a society that often we still an invisible group, while also he explained what has been achieved in these 40 years of partnership.

The users of Aprosdeco in one of their workshops

A projected video showing different aspects of the association. On the one hand, the Occupational Center of La Xara, a center serving 56 people from different municipalities of Marina Alta and in which, throughout the day, activities, crafts and throughout the year are performed celebrate different holidays like failures or Easter.

On the other hand Aprosdeco operates a Special Employment Center, an industrial laundry that was launched in 1990 and helps the integration of people with intellectual disabilities in the workplace.

There is also a sheltered housing for women since 2003 which has become a resource for their users acquire independent living and living habits with the support of educators.

And these important resources is necessary to add the Leisure Club, which thanks to the support of volunteers carry out activities, outings, workshops and even user conferences and family.

Aprosdeco survives thanks to government subsidies, aid arriving in cuantagotas and evening. It is a non profit organization that has the support of several local and regional entities puntalemente collaborate in some way the Foundation 100%, the Rotary Club Dénia and associations FEAPS Valencia, thanks to which users participate in the holiday program Feaps-Imserso.

Aprosdeco facilities can be visited until Friday morning 10 17 of hours.

Other projects

Aprosdeco is waiting for the Ministry to approve two new sheltered housing, one for boys and one second of respite, with up to three people and allow the families leave there users at peak times.

Both houses are waiting to be furnished, and once approved by the Ministry and the necessary money is received, would be launched. According to the president of the Association, the sheltered housing respite could move forward without the aid, but the boys would be much more complicated. Still, from Aprosdeco they expect both houses to become operational next year.

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