Our Students started working at the Ministry of Health (MINSA)

Silvia Ochante, Martín Pérez, Roberto Salas and Gustavo Quispe, student workers of the Supported Employment Program at the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú, started working at the Ministry of Health on February 1st. Tasks such as putting codes on documents, filing them and other ones have been assigned to them. In this way they become the first young people with different abiilities who work for public institutions.

An agreement reached between CASP and MINSA in October 2010 made possible this important hiring. It is part of a plan for promoting inclusion for people with different abilities into the Ministry of Health, a policy the present administration strongly supports.

Dance contest winners to the beat of marinera

On Sunday, 30th of January, our student Pamela Sotomayor successfully participated in the 51º National Marinera Contest organized by the Club Libertad in Trujillo.

This traditional event took place in the bullring of this city. Children, adolescents, young people, adults, and old people, including those with different abilities participated in it. Participants holding handkerchiefs above their heads showed creativity and elegance in this beautiful national dance, receiving prolonged applauses from audience who brimmed over with enthusiasm.

Jose Mendoza and Pamela Sotomayor (CASP student), the couple numbered 243, won in the “De la Unidad” category of the national contest. They were the great winners among the eight couples that reached the final, out of a total of 23 dancers.

Congratulations guys!