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Jewellery production – creating jobs for persons with intellectual disabilities
Jhankar is an NGO that runs a costume jewellery business where the products are designed and produced by people with intellectual disabilities. Jhankar provides skills development opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities and transforms them into entrepreneurs who become socially and economically integrated in their communities.
Jhankar, India -
Providing summer internships for young people with disabilities
Community Living Sarnia-Lambton operates a variety of programmes supporting employment for people with disabilities. One such programme is Summer Employment Transitions, whereby young people (aged 16 to 29) are placed in summer internships supported by job coaches and paid by their employers.
Community Living Sarnia-Lambton, Summer Employment Transitions, Canada -
An internship programme preparing young people with disabilities to become entrepreneurs
SAMEE in Bournemouth offers self-employment internships for young people with disabilities. In 2023, 12 participants completed training, with 9 starting businesses and 3 securing part-time jobs.
SAMEE, Supported Self-Employment Internship Programme, United Kingdom -
A comprehensive training and transition model involving hundreds of partnerships
The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD), a non-profit organization in Bangladesh supported by CBM Australia, is helping a large number of people with disabilities to get employment, work, and vocational training. CDD works in partnership with a network of over 350 organizations both nationally and internationally.
CDD - Centre for Disability and Development, Bangladesh -
Empowering young people affected by armed conflict with training and job opportunities
SOPRODE in Congo trains conflict-affected youth in vocational skills. Between 2020-2024, 485 trained (186 with disabilities), 24 found jobs, and 76 started businesses in agriculture, tailoring, and more.
Solidarity for the Protection of the Rights of the Child, SOPRODE ASBL, Empowering vulnerable young people through vocational training and employment opportunities, Congo -
Smart Inclusion Centres in universities that connect students with employers
The Youth4Jobs Foundation has established Smart Inclusion Centres through its College Connect programme in 21 colleges and universities in India. The centres provide assistance with training and job placement. By 2020, 900 candidates have been trained by the centres, 550 of whom have jobs.
Youth4Jobs Foundation, College Connect , India -
A DPO in a war-torn country running a vocational training and job support centre for young people with disabilities
QADER’s Q-Hub in Palestine empowers youth with disabilities with jobs and business training. From 2020-2024, it trained 568 people, leading to 24 jobs and 42 self-employment opportunities.
QADER For Community Development, QADER For Community Development, Palestine -
Assigning job coaches for young jobseekers with intellectual disabilities
Job coaches assist young people with an intellectual disability or autism to find paid employment. Job seekers contribute to the planning and delivery of the programme. Between 2018 and 2020, 69 people were registered and 37 people have been placed in supported employment jobs.
COPE Foundation, Ability@Work, Ireland -
A certification scheme creates jobs for people with intellectual disabilities
Descúbreme Foundation developed a pilot project to certify the education of students with intellectual disabilities with the appropriate authority. Ten students were selected, eight of them passed the exam and found a regular job. Project staff provided support during the first six months of to ensure a smooth transition.
Fundación Descúbreme, Providing certification for secondary education and vocational training, Chile -
Jobs for the most marginalised people with disabilities
The project focuses on three main areas: Targeted skills development, interventions and responds to the specific needs and interests of the participants and home-based enterprises for those with severe mobility challenges. From 324 participants in 2014 to 2016, 254 have found employment, 49% were female.
Sightsavers, Project “Connecting the Dots”, United Kingdom