María Ruiz I Granada, (EFE).- Impulsa 18 has opened in Maracena (Granada) to cook a job future for former unaccompanied minors, kids who in this specialized catering in day centers, nurseries or residences, learn a trade and earn a salary, experience and values.
The history of this company sheltered in Inserta Andalucía tastes like those homemade dishes, those that start with humble ingredients and become a success, stewed or fried potatoes.
Impulsa 18 is a company dedicated to cooking for others led by Yassine Nadir, an expert in the kitchen who grew up in a center for minors supervised by the Board and who, when he came of age, fell into a cold world of work in which he made his debut as an air conditioning technician.
That trade did not come to fruition and Nadir began to train in the kitchen, from below and for three years, until he made the leap to one of the establishments in La Cueva where he began as an assistant cook until he became head chef.
He was in the upper hand when the director of Inserta Andalucía, Francisco Lupiáñez, arrived and suggested that he change the recipe to offer a menu of possibilities to other kids who, like him, left the Mena label to wear an apron with which they take over the world of work
Social and labor inclusion
Inserta Andalucía is a socio-labour inclusion initiative for groups at risk that is responsible for giving them training, qualifications and work experience so that they can aspire to jobs with good conditions.
“When they go looking for work, due to lack of training or experience, they can only aspire to the last positions that are also the lowest paid. From here we offer them the option of improving that future”, explains Lupiáñez to EFE.
Inserta Andalucía offers a three-year program with which it offers paid training and which, in this case, also responds to the needs of the hospitality industry.
“It is one of the sectors with the most demand and it is also one of the sectors that allows them, in a few years, to even be promoted to bosses,” added the director of Inserta, which manages specific work contracts for insertion companies.
Self-esteem, contributions and experience
In addition to training the kids, in this case in the kitchen, they offer them skills such as customer service, teamwork or punctuality with which the groups gain self-esteem, contributions, experience and 90% success in hiring.
“The initiative seeks to break with the trend that only allowed them to access the last step so that they have more opportunities,” sums up Lupiáñez.
And after four months of cooking over low heat and a microcredit from Caixabank of 300,000 euros, Impulsa 18 was born, a catering for residences, nurseries or day centers in which, with the help of Nadir, other ex-guardians marinate their future.
“They are lucky that I have been there, that I know how they feel,” says Nadir, who teaches them how to cook and “package” them on the trays that are later distributed among the customers, but that he has also achieved from them punctuality and eagerness.
The menu teaches them to portion the fish that is baked in the oven, to peel vegetables, prepare lentils or season the meat, but it especially focuses on giving them all the ingredients so that they can cook a delicious future job. Enjoy! EFE