EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT
To the world without a beggar
More than a half of the people who live in Hansen disease colony earn a living by begging.
Wappiness conducts various employment training for people who live in colonies. We aim to stabilize their income.
In addition to conducting vocational training such as accessory production and mushroom cultivation, we will promote their economic independence by securing sales channels both inside and outside of India.
As one of the sales channels, we also operate Indian accessory shop oaks which sells their products.
Mushroom cultivation training
We are training mushroom cultivation to women of Bishnupur Hansen disease colony. Demand for mushroom is increasing in India, and the unit price is high. High profitability is expected.
Cultivation training is done in cooperation with NGO “FPSA” of the local counter partner, and FPSA purchases and sells it to the neighborhood. It is a new project started in December 2016, but it is a big project of a village in which all households (in total, 42 households) are engaged.
Previous income such as earned by begging and daily work was unstable, but it is possible to obtain stable income by doing cultivation systematically.
Lease TOTO Project
TOTOと呼ばれる電動3輪自動車をレンタルし、ドライバーとして働いてもらう機会を提供しています。現在2つのコロニーで13台のTOTOをレンタルしています。
TOTOドライバーになる前と比べ、最大で5倍以上の収入を得ることが出来ている人もいます。
TOTOは有償でレンタルをしており、回収したレンタル料はTOTOのメンテナンス費用や新たな就労支援に使用しています。
MicroLoan Project
事業を立ち上げたくても初期費用がなく、安い日雇いの仕事しかできない人がハンセン病コロニーにはたくさんいます。
そういった方々に対して、事業資金の小口融資を行っています。融資を使って、養鶏小屋の建設費用や運送用のトラックの購入費用など様々な事業が開始しています。
返済されたお金を新たな就労支援事業のために使用します。本事業はピアルドバコロニーでのみ実施しているトライアル事業ですが、仕組みづくりが出来たら他のコロニーに広げていく予定です。