Thanks to an agreement signed between the Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru (CASP) and the Universidad Científica del Sur (UCSUR), two young people with different abilities work at the university as part of the administration staff.
They started working for UCSUR on Monday, October 25th, in compliance with commitments assumed by this university to contribute to the inclusion of people with different abilities into labor market. In the same way, students from the Faculty of Psychology will be able to carry out their pre-professional practices and serve as volunteers at CASP.
The Universidad Científica del Sur has become the first university in Peru to hire people with different abilities, and it is expected that other institutions of higher education follow suit. This agreement is part of a plan to promote inclusion of people with different abilities into the Peruvian labor market.
Enrique Burgos Quispe, inclusion area coordinator in CASP, said “ specialists of the supported employment program will teach tasks to these two young people until they can do them by themselves.”
This program allows our students to improve their self-esteem and relationships with other people, develop new skills, participate in community activities and improve their quality of life through a salary that provides economic independence.
Jaime Tamashiro, Director General for Administration and Finance at the UCSUR, stated, “UCSUR offers an education which aims at forming leaders who have professional skill and knowledge, and human beings who aspire to excellence.”
At present, 100 students of CASP work at 33 important companies, while other 72 students are included into 52 regular schools. In the last two years, more than 12,000 parents and professionals working with people with different abilities have been trained in 22 departments of Peru, and in 10 Latin America and European countries, through a new distance learning program using Internet.
Finally, CASP is a pioneer of Schools of Families in our country, where about 450 families are taught regularly to be the best teachers of their children.
