Startup toolkit for graduates with disabilities

In Tanzania, there are still stigma and discrimination practices in the community regarding employing people with disabilities, and this has made it a challenge for graduates with disabilities to...

Visionary Society

Anchorage, USA

This Project created by Visionary on April 09, 2023

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Challenge

Access to decent jobs by youth with disabilities is a critical challenge in Tanzania. Most of the graduates with disabilities remain at home begging as if the skills acquired from the TVETs were useless. Most of the families of youth with disabilities are poor and have no start-up capital. Only a few are supported with start-up tools to establish their own workshops and earn their income.

Solution

The project aims at supporting 100 TVETs graduates with disabilities in Tanzania with startup tools and business management skills. The project also aims at providing mentorship support to these businesses (workshops) established.

Long-Term Impact

The long-term impact of this project is to have youth with disabilities in Tanzania empowered economically.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

http://www.yowdo.or.tz
Youth With Disabilities Organization website
Instagram page for Youth With Disabilities