Under the collaboration agreement signed with the Fundació per a Persones amb Discapacitat Illa de Menorca (Foundation for People with Disabilities of Menorca), the Fundación José María de Olives y de Ponsich, Conde de Torre-saura has awarded grants of €1.000 each to two minors with functional disabilities so that they can continue to progress towards achieving a full and inclusive life.
According to the agreement, the Fundació per a Persones amb Discapacitat Illa de Menorca is responsible for announcing the scholarships and deciding who will be the beneficiaries. They must be minors between the ages of 3 and 18 and be registered in the municipalities of Ciutadella or Es Mercadal. Of the two scholarships awarded annually, one is for a boy or girl who can prove a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%. The second is for a boy or girl who does not have a recognized degree of disability but who has a medically diagnosed functional diversity, such as ADHD or ASD.
Award ceremony
This year two scholarships were awarded to the recipients at a simple ceremony held in one of the rooms at Cas Comte, headquarters of the Torre-saura Foundation, represented by the secretary, Blanca de Olivar. Representing the Fundació per a Persones amb Discapacitat Illa de Menorca were its Vice President, Carmen Reynés, Minister of Social Welfare of the Consell Insular de Menorca, the island director of Gent Gran, Dependència i Diversitat Funcional, Melissa Manota, and the technical director of the Foundation, Cristina Fernández.
