Solidarity Youth in Sevilla, Spain.

The project “Otro punto de vista [Another point of view],” developed at the Julio César kindergarten (Pino Montano, Seville, Spain), shows how inclusion, solidarity and community action can help change an environment. Children from the integration support classroom —with educational profiles related to the autistic spectrum, motor disabilities, Down syndrome or language disorders—, together with their kindergarten classmates, improved the visual health of the school community, promoting a more accessible and respectful environment for all.

After analizing their school and the Pino Montano neighbourhood from an inclusive perspective, the students promoted concrete changes. The changes include eye-health campaigns, a collection of used glasses and the adaptation of three classic stories in multi-format, ink, Braille and raised line drawings, to make them more accessible to children with visual impairment.

Their engagement and work achieved notable advances, such as the installation of two new adapted bus shelters, an action that had the support of the Seville City Council and the constant collaboration of the ONCE Territorial Delegation (the Spanish National Organization of the Blind), which played a key role in the whole process.

This project has not only favoured the development of personal and social skills of the participants but has also been a true example of how inclusive education and citizen participation can change life in the community.