SKILLING AND LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS
People with disabilities and the Elderly, require skills to engage in livelihood activities. But they start with a number of disadvantages, many under minding them. Their access to available opportunities is narrowed down by their restricted basic education, physical strength and poor mindset developed due to life experience as they grow. Many end up, unqualified to join skills training courses, leading to lack of skills, low confidence, expectations and achievement. Amidst the diverse skills available for these communities, for successful work, a lot is required to set them to realize that they can, leading to acceptance and owning the intervention.
The available skilling include those provided at the household level, we refer to as ‘foundation skills’ acquired through education and family life, technical and professional skills which enable a person to undertake a particular activity or task. However, over 60% of these groups have dropped this skill due to lack of support by the community, fierce competition from the able persons and inadequate support from the available community policies. It there turn out that the skills which was intended to succeed in self-employment and core life skills, including attitudes, knowledge and personal attributes, have done little.
The role of Equality Approach Uganda is to enable people with disabilities and elderly to come out of long developed emotions that affects them embrace opportunities, access work, by actively promoting and facilitating the acquisition of relevant environment, knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Our Skilling has enabled;
- Youth and adults with disabilities have access to knowledge by acquiring marketable skills, for a decent work (waged employment or self-employment) and income.
- The girls and women with disabilities to have equal opportunities for skills development with boys and men.
- Increased household economic capacity for better services and wellness of the entire household.
- People with disabilities have access to advanced skills development opportunities required to progress in their work.
Key Achievements
- Equality Approach Uganda trained, 40 beneficiaries in entrepreneurship
- 4 beneficiaries trained in shoe making
- 8 provided skill in tailoring and design.
- 45 beneficiaries given business capital to enable expansion of through Joined in tree planting in Lamwo district where to date 300 trees have been planted
- Through formation of saving groups, PWDs and Elderly were able to access capital and actively engage in farming.