We The People: Creating A Job Market For The Intellectually Disabled (Communities - Services Offered)
Hot-Web-Ads > Communities > Services Offered
Item ID 15556102 in Category: Communities - Services Offered
We The People: Creating A Job Market For The Intellectually Disabled | |
A year into its inception in 2011, the founders of the Mann, a Mumbai-based NGO that offers training in making art and crafts products to people with intellectual disability—IQ below 70—were in for a surprise. Four of their beneficiaries had started imitating the trainers, using the commands, action cues like flash cards, etc., to direct fellow students. In encouragement, the foundation hired them as assistant trainers on a monthly stipend. The remuneration brought a sea change. The students, who mostly belonged to lower income groups living in chawls, slums or single-parent households, felt a sense of purpose while their families no longer saw them as a burden. It prompted the founders to design a curriculum that identified mainly housekeeping/laundry roles in industries such as F&B, corporate, retail, hospitality and art, suitable for people with intellectual disability, based on which training programmes were created. But the plan hit a roadblock when companies refused to employ the students. “For almost two years, we were shunned. Most companies didn’t even hear us out, saying these people don’t belong in an office. Finally, Café Zoe in Mumbai (now defunct) hired one beneficiary. Their instant feedback was that habits like punctuality were achieved among other staff after the new member joined,” recalls co-founder Beverly Louis. Word spread and other restaurateurs approached Café Zoe, who put them in touch with the NGO. Now, 60+ companies are employment partners, including Microsoft and KPMG. In the pandemic, the curriculum was digitised. “We shared it with NGOs across India that are experiencing a shortage of funds, staff and resources. NGOs are already struggling to sustain, so why add competitiveness to it?” Louis reasons. To know more: https://mann.org.in/  | |
| Related Link: Click here to visit item owner's website (0 hit) | |
| Target State: All States Target City : Mumbai, Maharashtra India Last Update : Feb 27, 2024 12:49 PM Number of Views: 73 | Item Owner : Mann Contact Email: Contact Phone: (None) |
| Friendly reminder: Click here to read some tips. | |
Hot-Web-Ads > Communities > Services Offered
© 2025 Hot-Web-Ads.com
USNetAds.com | GetJob.us | CANetAds.com | UKAdsList.com | AUNetAds.com | INNetAds.com | CNNetAds.com | USAOnlineClassifieds.com
2025-02-26 (0.224 sec)