Objectives
The general objective of the Project Aura is to improve the quality of life of the disabled by offering a service of social and labour inclusion in a normal environment.
TESTIMONIES
"For me the Project Aura is very important... I used to be very shy. Now I'm not anymore. Now I'm worried about my brother who doesn't have a job..."(User)
" My brother has defied himself, because he was able to show with perseverance and effort that he could take responsibility, which employment implies..."(Family member)
" To have a mixed staff with different characteristics in our company makes an atmosphere more human and real..."(Entrepreneur)
The specific objectives of the Foundation are:
· To provide with the necessary APRA resources so that young people with Down Syndrome or other intellectual disabilities could carry out a suitable job in an ordinary company.
· To provide with the training program designed to prepare the participants, taking into account their individual characteristics and to strengthen their possibilities as much as possible.
· To carry out a cognitive Improvement course in order to make the adaptation to the job situations easier and in general to acquire a better capacity to resolve problems and to adapt in general.
· To provide an elemental training on basic subjects in order to arouse their interest for the culture and the surrounding world.
· To help the participant's families to assist in the maturation process of their child.
Other Project Aura Foundation compromises:
· To promote the Supported Employment methology and to build a general society awareness, especially within companies in order to obtain more jobs and to make people understand the importance of an active participation in the disabled society.
· To coordinate the action line with the national and trans-national projects in order to develop a group work through periodical meetings and participation in common program.
· To foster initiatives so that the local administrative entities could coordinate their job placement activities, uniting the efforts for a common and unitary goal.
· To consolidate the obtained results in other stages of the Project Aura, helping the participants to keep the motivation for personal, laboral and social progress.
