1. Vocational Training & Employment & What is MAINSTREAMING?
A STAR Project

2. Sab se Pehle… “What is your job?”
Tailor
with disabilities
Network
Assessment & Survey for
Physically Challenged
2008

3. Disabled Persons (Vocational & Employment) Ordinance (1981)
Japan
Support
Good company
Quota
Bank
Mobile
Company
School
Private
Rs.1,000/PWD 1%
Pakistan
Vocational
Training
Vocational Training Centre
??? 2% 5%
GPO
Ministry Of
School
Govt

4. VREDP Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment of Disabled People
- Identification of Approach and platform channels
- Contact with key persons and involvement
- Formation of groups (students, parents of PWDs, teachers, traders)
- Exploration of community resource
- Identification and registration of PWDs in the community
- Evaluation of PWDs for vocational rehabilitation
- Provision of counseling and guidance for clients and their families
- Preparation of an individual training and employment for registered PWDs
- Provision of loans to self-employed PWDs

5. VREDP Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment of Disabled People
Micro
Finance
VREDP field worker
Rehabilitation worker (Volunteer)
Appointment
Rs. 400/month
Training
Counseling
Info. Collecting
Group Making

6. Traditional training does work well?
Vocational Training
Vocational Training Centre for Disabled People, Fed. Govt.
- Place: Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta
- Course: Computer, Woodwork, Home Arts, Knitting, …
Institute for the Blind, Provincial & District Govt.
- Place: Many districts
- Course: Basket/Chair/Charpai making, …
Traditional training does work well?

7. “What is it?” -What is disability? -What is special ?
-What is normal ?
-What is Social Participation ?
-What is Inclusive Education ?
-What is Empowerment?
-What is Mainstreaming?
Medical Model
Social Model

8. Empowerment + Mainstreaming -> Social Participation
What is Mainstreaming?
Empowerment
Environment
Mainstreaming
System
Law
Empowerment + Mainstreaming -> Social Participation

9. What is Main- streaming?

10. What is Mainstreaming?
Support for participation of disabled persons in JICA project
- Participation of disabled persons as implementater and beneficiary
Creation of conditions and environment to promote mainstreaming
- Training of officials
- Diversification of training materials
- Making work environment barriers free
- Employment of officials and support for them at work
- Overhaul of the specialist and volunteer dispatching system, etc
Possibilities in future
- Universal design for all project related to infrastructures
(Hospital, School, Bridge, Tunnel, Railway, Road, etc)

11. I love workshop! :STEP’s visit, Special Education Centre, ABT
Thank you!
I love workshop! :STEP’s visit, Special Education Centre, ABT

12. Grouping Star Group January, February, March, April Moon Group
May, June, July, August
Sun Group
September, October, November, December