FEAFES ZAFRA organizes a gastronomic event to raise awareness about the abilities of people with mental health problems
The Extremaduran association prepared several cooking workshops within the Gastronomic Spring Fair that was held in Zafra on March 24, 25 and 26.
FEAFES Mental Health ZAFRA organized a gastronomic day on March 24 with several cooking workshops that took place within the framework of the ‘Gastronomic Spring’ meeting, which was held at the Zafra Fairgrounds between March 24 and 26. The entity is also in full commemoration of its 25th anniversary.
The objective of these gastronomic activities was sensitize the business world and the population in general about the capabilities of people with a mental health problem. As he explains Alicia Naharrointegration technician and head of the FEAFES Salud Mental ZAFRA Labor Program, this type of conference “has the objective of raising awareness among the population, since people with mental health problems have some difficulties, but they have many capacities to be able to make a task as we do other people who do not have any kind of disability”.
The day started with he “Ali-mente Chef Cooking Contest”in which they accompanied the FEAFES ZAFRA members, such as kitchen assistants, people belonging to the Zafra City Council, the Women’s Institute (IMEX), the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), the Zafra Business Association, the Assembly of Extremadura and FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE . The jury was made up of members of FEAFES ZAFRA, ACYREX, SEPAD and the Parador de Zafra. In addition, there was the presence of a jury and six people with mental health problems who presented the dishes to the jury.
Next, a workshop was held-masterclass of Thermomix in which, by the hand of two people from the brand who detailed various recipes, the partners, family members and professionals of FEAFES ZAFRA prepared a series of dishes. To end the day, two experts instructed the attendees to make this traditional caldillo, which later all the people from the entity present at the event distributed as a tasting. The musical touch of this playful day was provided, with its performance, by the Illusion Dance Association.
During the last years, FEAFES Mental Health ZAFRAwhose mission is to defend the quality of life of people with a mental health problem, is working, in collaboration with the MAPFRE Foundationat the start-up of the ‘Together we are capable’ program One of its objectives is to promote the labor integration of people with mental disorders, promoting relations between companies and social entities from an innovative approach that allows the labor incorporation of this group. FEAFES ZAFRA takes the opportunity to launch the message that “among all of us, we will be able toWork without masks, employ without barriers’alluding to the awareness program developed by SALUD MENTAL ESPAÑA.
