A total of 52 persons with disabilities (PWDs) from 23 districts were provided with 19 sewing machines, 19 zigzag machines and 14 domestic appliance repairing tool kits on their successful completion of a residential skill development training held at Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped (VRCH) here.
The tool kits were sponsored by the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Nalco under their CSR initiatives.
The 52 PWDs, including 23 female, completed the training in the first batch of the programme. Notably, the VRCH of the Ministry of labour and Employment and Directorate for Welfare of PWDs (DWPD) have jointly taken the task to impart skill development training to 280 adult unemployed disabled to enhance their employability. DPWD Director Bibhuti Bhusan Patnaik and Deputy Director Ashok Kumar Behera advised them to utilise the opportunities for their economic empowerment.
Besides, VRCH Assistant Director Ram Kishor Sharma said the trainees were provided training on different trades like computer, tailoring, domestic appliance repairing and soft skill having duration from two to five months.