STAND WITHOUT LEGS A LIVELIHOOD PROJECT FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED

The main problem for employability of disabled persons is they do not get formal education. The reasons are their inherent mobility problem, social inclusion, affordability of parents in providing special transportation etc. When education itself a problem, the same is getting reflected in the employability and employment statistics.

Covid 19 has made many persons lose their jobs and suffer with no money and it is more striking with Disabled persons. Many organizations tend to relieve disabled persons first during any man power reduction. Unskilled and Semi skilled disabled persons are the worst affected due to Covid 19 lockdown. This project aims to provide small shops with Entrepreneurial skill training to such disabled persons , so that they can establish and run a small business for their livelihood support.

This project aims to provide livelihood opportunities by providing Mobile cart . Suitable training will also be imparted to equip with the skills to run the shop successfully.

•  A cart like structure Mobile cart which can be installed in a pre-approved place.   A mobile cart which can be moved will be given at a cost of  Rs. 40,000/- including GST and working capital requirement of Rs. 10,000 for procurement of products/equipments at varied costs depending
• upon the models. Total cost per mobile cart will be Rs.50,000/-  
• The skills required to run such shops (procurement, inventory, marketing skills, cash-flow management, etc.) can be imparted with a three day training program.
•  Further hand holding and counseling will improve the success rate.
• Hence, the Disabled people who are not equipped with good education or skills but have the aspiration to be self-reliant, will find this as a
• dignified way to earn sufficiently for a decent living.
•  The earning per day can vary from Rs.500 to Rs.1000 depending upon the type of merchandise/service, location and the salesmanship.
• The training will be with practical inputs on merchandising, procurement, inventory management and marketing skills.

• With focus on disabled beneficiaries who are unskilled and not very literate to take up any other type of employment or service, this project shall revitalize the lives of these Disabled people.
• The beneficiaries are expected to be transformed into self reliant individuals who are economically and financially self-sustaining. It is not the quantity matter. But the quality of transformation matters. It is not 1 cart; but 1 family.
•  The self reliance of the beneficiaries shall become a matter of pride to their families, who will be more than willing to help the beneficiaries to grow. The dependent now will become supporter of the family.