July 30, 2008: Presentation of Project Plan
Training Report - Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2008
Today six participants made a presentation of their Project Plan at JICA Tokyo. It showed what they plan to do by applying their learning from Japan after returning to their home countries. Each participant gave 40 min presentation as follows. Please click the project title to read the whole text.
Morning
- 1. Participant from Vietnam
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Project Title: ENTRANCE TO INDEPENDENT LIFE
Summary: Overall goal of this project is that students with disabilities from Ho Chi Minh Vocational College of Technology will get job and live independently. This project consists of three aspects (1) improving vocational skills and social skills of students with disabilities, (2) improving teaching skills of teachers and (3) approaching to companies to employ school graduates with disabilities. The project starts in February 2009 till December 2010 and the total budget is estimated at US$ 150,000.
- 2. Participant from Nepal
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Project Title: HAMRO HANDICRAFTS
Summary: Overall goal of this project is that persons with disabilities get employed, become confident and live independently. In order to achieve this goal, this project provides 6 months training in knitting, cross-stick and production of cookies to 13 persons with disabilities as well as women in need and people in poverty. The total budget is estimated at Rs. 354,000 (equivalent to US$ 5240.6).
- 3. Participant from Laos
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Project Title: SHINING STAR - Job creation through wheelchair development project
Summary: This project aims to provide training to 5 persons with physical disorders in wheelchair production at a wheelchair production workshop of the National Rehabilitation Center. After the training, the trainees will be employed at the workshop. Through this project, it is expected to increase the production capacity of the workshop and also to create jobs for persons with disabilities. The duration of the project is 10 month starting from August 2008 and the total budget is estimated at US$ 5,050.
Afternoon
- 4. Participant from Fiji
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Project Title: HAPPY FUTURE - Finding employment for persons with disabilities
Summary: This project aims at job placement of persons with disabilities in service industry especially in a supermarket. The beneficiaries are six students of the Fiji Vocational and Technical Training Centre for Persons with Disabilities, both male and female, of any disabilities. To achieve this aim, this plan requires to approach companies and to make a curriculum which meets companies' needs. In this project, he would like to introduce trial employment. The project is from October 2008 to December 2009 and its total budget is estimated at US$ 11,000.
- 5. Participant from China
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Project Title: WIN-WIN EMPLOYMENT - To develop cooperation with companies for opening up to PWDs and provides supporting and service for stable work
Summary: This project aims to promote employment of persons with disabilities through the following three objectives: (1) 80 persons with physical disorders will be employed at an insurance company A in two years, (2) 15 persons with physical disorders and hearing impairment will be employed at a private company P, (3) Two training courses will be provided in two years for persons with intellectual disabilities in service industry in cooperation with two companies M and N. The duration of project is from October 2008 to September 2010 and the total budget is estimated at US$ 4,049,460.
- 6. Participant from Bangladesh
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Project Title: PEACE TO LIVE - Income Generation Program for Persons with Intellectual & Physical Disabilities
Summary: This project will provide social rehabilitation training and vocational training to 20 persons with disabilities respectively, from 18 to 35 years of age, from 4 different self help groups. Social rehabilitation training aims to improve life skills and social skills of persons with disabilities. Vocational trainings are provided in three subjects: Block printing on cloths, Batic printing on cloths, and Jurdousi (embroidery) on cloths. The project period is from August 2008 to December 2009 and its total budget is estimated at US$ 43,843.
