Made from plastic fibers, multiple assortments from this Non-Agricultural Cooperative find use in the Tourism, Gastronomy and Services sector in the country.
In the CNA workshops the quality of the productions is ensured. (Photos: Xiomara Alsina)
The assortments manufactured in the workshops of the Non-Agricultural Cooperative (CNA) La Esperanza, located in the municipality of Fomento, have a secure market in different parts of the island. Its products, intended for the Tourism sector, the Accommodation System, Gastronomy and other entities, are gaining increasing acceptance in several Cuban provinces.
Uberlín Zayas Alemán, president of the CNA, said that the utilitarian and domestic use of the productions, together with their quality and durability, makes the demand increasingly greater. Likewise, he clarified that other social projects are currently being undertaken, with which working and hygienic conditions in Health care centers can be improved.
“This is a program started some time ago,” explains Zayas, “which consists of repairing stretchers and wheelchairs for hospital use that show marked deterioration, an idea suggested by an orthopedist from Sancti Spiritus and by the Governor of the province himself, thanks to which some of this furniture belonging to the Frank País Hospital in the Cuban capital and later from other centers in the Sancti Spiritus territory were assumed.”
Due to this initiative, the CNA is approaching 200 wheelchairs recovered from almost all healthcare centers in the province. Meanwhile, in the case of the stretchers, they wait for the arrival of the first ones, from the Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial General Hospital to restore their usefulness, after replacing the deteriorated canvases with woven plastic fibers that have greater durability and ease when it comes to sterilizing them. .
According to Zayas Alemán, the group assumes a diversity of preparations, since it has the necessary raw materials, some coming from imports and the other from collection and recycling in many areas of the country, which allows it to supply all the furniture for Tourism. in various centers such as Holguín, Cayo Santa María, Cayo Coco, Varadero, Ciénaga de Zapata, Havana and other destinations.
Likewise, they are working on an order that includes furniture for the Commerce and Gastronomy units of the province of Villa Clara, as well as beds and bunk beds intended for centers of the Accommodation System, which come with their respective mattresses, an assortment that is also manufactured for Inder facilities in the territories of Ciego de Ávila, Havana and Pinar del Río.
Living room and dining room sets, living room and office furniture, as well as household items for the exterior and interior of hotels, including various types of baskets, are also made in said center, although among the most striking items are the cages. -traps for capturing lobster, with which imports are replaced by not having to use traditional steel, in addition to being more durable and resistant to saltpeter.
Among the novelties of this own CNA is also the productive chain with entities such as the Various Productions Company of Sancti Spíritus, to which they provide the thread so that workers with disabilities can make their artisanal products and maintain a stable source of income each time. month, among other various strategies.
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