Concepción, Chile, May 28, 2017 / 15:09 pm
Three years ago the Church in Chile launched "Lavandería 21," a new work inclusion project for people with Downs syndrome, whose results today far exceed what was hoped.
It all began in 2012 when the Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib of Concepción learned of this successful initiative in Europe and the United States, and so he decided to organize one in his archdiocese.
Thus was opened in 2014 "Lavandería 21" – which takes its name from the third copy of chromosome 21 which causes Down syndrome.
"It is a unique project in Latin America," Paula Abarzua, a special ed teacher and part of the team in charge of the laundry, told CNA.