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One of the country's challenges in achieving greater
economic, social, and human development,
is to change culture, which has historically
devalued persons with disabilities.
What is most complex are the preconceptions regarding the capability
and human value of these people.
People believe they are by nature a burden to society.
As a response, USAID's Program to Improve Access to Employment
designed an initiative for the inclusion of persons with disabilities to the workforce
with the main objective of improving the access to employment
of people with some disability.
Through the development of their capabilities and skills,
in agreement with the positions needed by employers
and with the adequate systems of work competencies and certification.
FUNTER is the main ally for its wide experience and commitment
with persons with disabilities.
Its main function is to ensure the adequate selection
of candidates attending to the private sector's demands
and train them according to the requirements
of the companies for each position.
Through the alliance between USAID's Program to Improve Access to Employment,
FUNTER and Citibank, people were successfully trained
in office automation competency including courses in
typing, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet,
and to prepare for work life,
a module providing tools and knowledge
necessary for an adequate participation at the workplace.
Also within this project, the company and its employees
receive the necessary information to better use of the potential
of persons with disabilities, through informative talks.
After the training, Citibank hired full-time
the beneficiaries for the call center, telesales, and telemarketing.
Before hiring, a selection process is carried out,
similar to that of any company in the private sector.
This project's aim is to support
the right persons with disabilities have
to have access to formal employment and a competitive income
for their functions, to have work training
in agreement with the market's demands today.
As well as receiving the necessary orientation
to find employment on equal terms
as the rest of the population.
José Ricardo Peña Albarenga, Raúl Alfredo Rivera Durán, Pedro Enrique Sánchez...
are examples of the results of the strategic alliance
between USAID's Program to Improve Access to Employment, FUNTER and Citibank.
My name is José Ricardo Peña Albarenga.
I thank God for bringing me to FUNTER.
I have participated here to acquire new knowledge
and to strengthen the knowledge I already had,
through office automation, which is one of the greatest
assets we have received here.
We also had the motivation of team work.
A call, again, to private companies so they will
count with these organizations, which trained us
to obtain decent employment.
I thank FUNTER and USAID for this opportunity we have been given
and you, the business owner, we thank in advance
because we have put in all our efforts
so we can count with all of you.
My name is Raúl Alfredo Rivera Durán,
grateful for the Creator, FUNTER and USAID's Program to Improve
Access to Employment. I feel fortunate to be a part of this team.
I have benefited from the preparation I received here from FUNTER
with USAID's program. They have opened doors for me.
I am already working in the customer
service area at a financial center.
What I have learned is what benefited me, what has opened doors,
and is giving me the opportunity of having work stability today.
Greetings to everyone. My name is Pedro Enrique Sánchez Penosa.
I want to thank also USAID's Program to Improve Access
to Employment and FUNTER, which trained me in computer skills
and also in other knowledge.
I am greatly capable of performing this type of work.
I am currently working for a company
in the telemarketing area and feel very grateful for these institutions
for the support they have given me so far.
USAID's Program to Improve Access to Employment
strongly believes the inclusion of persons with disabilities to the workforce
is a responsibility of the Salvadorean society as a whole,
which must provide opportunities for their full participation
and thus respond to the equal opportunities law.
This law aims to establish equal opportunities
for persons with physical, mental, psychological,
and sensory disabilities,
be they congenital or acquired.
This year, USAID's Program to Improve Access to Employment
together with FUNTER will continue its objective
to train and include more persons with disabilities around the country,
contributing to their professional training and rehabilitation.
As well as the creation of alliances with the private sector
to obtain employment on equal terms
to the rest of the population.
Follow us in this effort as a nation.
We invite private enterprises to be a part of this vital program.
Your company can be a part of this initiative.