SHELTERED WORKSHOP FOR PERSON WITH DISASILITIES AND OLDER PERSONS (SWPDOP)

The Sheltered Workshop is a community-based facility designed to provide training and productive employment for persons with disability (PWD) and older persons (OP) by producing and selling goods or services for additional income.

OBJECTIVES

  • To provide capability building activities for PWDs and OPs.
  • To provide employment for PWDs and OPs who can function under controlled environment.
  • To advocate for community support for PWDs and OPs, especially persons with developmental disability.
  • To provide opportunities to parents, siblings, and community members to actively participate in the rehabilitation of person with disability and older persons, whichever is applicable.
  • To strengthen the expertise of staff/ workers in operationalizing sheltered workshop, specifically designed to meet the needs of person with disability and older persons.
  • To provide Older persons the opportunity to continue working and contributing to society while enjoying a reasonable quality of life.
  • To increase community awareness on issues that affects both the PWDs and OPs
  • To lessen if not to curb the prevalence of mendicancy

COMPONENTS

  • Capability Building
    Strengthening/ harnessing knowledge, attitudes and skills of the community leaders and the project staff involved to enable them to understand how to care and how to handle persons with disabilities
  • Vocational Training
    This involves training of project workers by MDO or MDA or equivalent staff in a particular trade, arts a nd crafts. This also enable them to acquire skills, enhance self- esteem and chance of employment and ultimately become productive
  • Social Skills Training
    Training of PWDs and OPs along social skills to prepare them for integration in the community. These includes personal hygiene, self-care, health and security, communications, travels and working with others, understanding of work preparations and management of savings
  • Education of parents, siblings and interested community members
    Provision of opportunities to parents, siblings and community leaders to be oriented/ trained on the subject of PWDs and OPs and their care and management, especially of person with developmental disability

PILOT AREAS

  • Region I: Asingan, Pangasinan

COVERAGE

  • Persons with Disability
  • Older Persons
  • Parents, siblings, guardians and carers of PWDs
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