{"id":2863,"date":"2026-02-28T10:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terraverde-chania.gr\/employment-and-people-with-disabilities\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:53:32","slug":"employment-and-people-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terraverde-chania.gr\/en\/employment-and-people-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment and People with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Terra Verde \u2013 Employment and People with Disabilities\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three years ago, the effort for a new Terra Verde venture began: the creation of job positions for People with Disabilities.<\/p>

What was known was that People with Disabilities face immense barriers in finding employment. We wanted to give back to the local community a portion of the support and solidarity it has offered us all these years. Thus, the idea for a Terra Verde branch where People with Disabilities would be employed began to take shape. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The branch location was found at 46 Tsouderon Street, property of the Municipal School Board, and was granted to us by way of exception.<\/p>

As the idea began to materialize, the challenges of the venture emerged and grew, even daunting us at times.<\/p>

Once again, these difficulties were met with grassroots solidarity:<\/p>

\u2013 Secondary education and special education teachers were by our side from the very beginning, guiding us and opening new horizons.<\/p>

\u2013 Local artists donated their works and organized the “Art to the Rescue” exhibition, which served as the venue’s opening event.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u2013 The beloved band “Social Waste” performed for this cause during the 2nd “Collective Paces” event, as did “Cheimerinoi Kolymvites,” “Hainides,” student music groups, and “The Halkuti Band.”<\/p>

\u2013 Craftspeople and tradespeople worked pro bono to renovate and prepare the space.<\/p>

\u2013 Dozens of people contributed their time, labor, and expertise to this effort:<\/p>

\u2013 Workers from similar ventures shared their invaluable experience.<\/p>

\u2013 Our many partners and suppliers responded to our internal lending appeal.<\/p>

\u2013 The employees with disabilities themselves participated with great enthusiasm in all the preparatory actions to establish the branch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Gradually, the world of people with disabilities began to become visible to us \u2014 a world that often remains unseen due to the lack of infrastructure and state support. <\/p>

At first, this world started revealing itself through the experience and knowledge shared by their teachers, through the anxiety and daily struggle of their parents, and through the tears of a craftsman helping with the renovations while thinking of his own disabled brother\u2026 and eventually, through our creative collaboration with the employees with disabilities themselves.<\/p>

Currently, following persistent and collective effort, the branch is operational with three employees with disabilities (via the DYPA program), a coordinator, and many supporters who contribute through solidarity work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The branch offers shelf-stable food products (Sugars | Legumes | Nuts | Wines | Spices | Olives | Flour | Dried Fruit | Rice | Coffee Beans & Cocoa, etc.) without packaging, following the principles of Zero-Waste and reuse.<\/p>

We hope for the community’s support of this venture, as we believe its sustainability will contribute to the practical recognition of the right of People with Disabilities to employment.<\/p>

The visibility and social inclusion of People with Disabilities is a long-term, multi-dimensional struggle that is not limited solely to their right to work. However, supporting them in this specific area constitutes a critical step toward the goal of true inclusion.<\/p>


It will be a significant support for us, as well as a source of encouragement and joy, to serve you.<\/p>

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