The Government has extended the agreement, totaling €897,299 from 2024 to 2027

Today is the International Day of Persons with Deafblindness

Fundación ONCE is providing accompaniment services to 21 people with severe sensory disabilities (deafblindness)—52% of whom are men and 48% women—thanks to an agreement with the Ministry of Families and Social Affairs. The agreement, renewed at the end of 2023 by the Consell de Govern and extended in 2024, amounts to €897,299 covering the period from 2024 to 2027. Today, June 27, marks the International Day of Persons with Deafblindness.

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The Agreement Between the Ministry of Families and Social Affairs and Fundación ONCE Provides Support to 21 People with Deafblindness

The professional team delivering the service consists of 14 mediators holding higher vocational qualifications in sign language interpretation and communicative mediation. This team ensures consistent, appropriate, and continuous care tailored to the needs of the service users. The original agreement included a total of 10,800 activities, which was expanded last year to 14,800 (3,700 annually). The hourly rate is €29.57 for 2023 and €30.33 for 2024 and subsequent years.

Social and Labour Integration and Quality of Life Improvement

The accompaniment program for people with severe sensory disabilities focuses on the specific needs of individuals with deafblindness, placing special emphasis on education and employment. It aims to promote the greatest possible social and labour integration and to improve the quality of life for these individuals by fostering their autonomy.

The agreement’s objectives include facilitating the interaction between the person with deafblindness and their environment so they can understand and engage with it; developing communication and language; introducing and training the individual in the alternative systems they may require and/or adapting the tools they regularly use to their condition; and promoting the social, cognitive, and communicative development of people with deafblindness through the most suitable activities.