With the help of Japanese Embassy and under the assistance of Grassroots Projects, the project for expansion of vocational training Centre for persons with intellectual disabilities in Delhi was inaugurated at Vasant Vihar on Monday.
Under this, two vocational training classrooms and one bakery unit will be constructed for the expansion of vocational training opportunities for children and youth with intellectual disabilities.
Mukesh Jain, Joint Secretary of Union Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shayama Chona, president of Tamana, an NGO for mentally challenged and disabled children, and Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India attended the event.
Taking about the project, the Japanese Ambassador said, “The new project signed in March 2015 with the grant amount of around Rs51 lakh, is for setting up 2 prefab structures and a bakery unit in this center. These new facilities will not only add to the number of beneficiaries but will also be used to train the students in new skills like textile work, pottery and baking,”
Through this project, funding assistance of which amounts to $81,005, two vocational training classrooms and a bakery unit have been constructed for children and youth with intellectual disabilities with the aim to enhance their skills and increase the prospects of employability.
The Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) was started in 1989 to address a wide range of development needs of developing countries. In India GGP has been extended to projects as health centres, primary schools, old age homes, etc.