About Us
INTRODUCTION
Antorcha is a non-profit organization, which aims to contribute to the personal development of young adults with disabilities. Antorcha provides its students with opportunities for diverse occupational training in its various workshops, allowing them to discover and develop their individual abilities and eventually work towards finding employment. Antorcha was founded on the 14th of May 1998 in Jinotepe, Nicaragua, by a group of volunteers who wanted to fight back against the lack of opportunities that young adults in Nicaragua face once they graduate from schools for children with special needs.
MISSION
Antorcha´s mission is to accompany young adults with disabilities through their technical and vocational training, so that they may experience a sense of achievement and self-actualization. Together with their families, Antorcha is working towards the social inclusion of these young adults, as well as their inclusion into the labor market.
VISION
To be the best regional center for vocational training, improving the quality of life of young people with disability by helping them towards finding an employment.
LABOR MARKET ENTRY
Article 1 – Aim and purpose
To establish a legal framework to guarantee the promotion, protection, and insurance of the human rights of people with disabilities.
Article 36 – Of labor contracts
The Ministry of Labor will keep vigil overall national institutions and companies, state-owned or private, employing fifty or more workers, so that they will include at least two percent of people with disability in their respective staff body. In the case of companies with over 10 and less than 50 employees, at least one person with a disability must be employed.
In order to commit and fulfill the requirements of the above law, Anotcha trains and teaches young adults with disabilities in different trades for their self-actualization and social inclusion.