Ebook A handbook for training of disabled on rural enterprise development
Although many programmes are available for the rural poor, more needs to be done to help the poorest of the poor – rural people with physical or/and mental disabilities. Many rural persons with disabilities are forced to go to the city for rehabilitation or livelihood training. More rehabilitation programmes for the disabled are needed in the rural areas. Poor farmers with disabilities, with or without land, need to generate income or supplementary income to become active participants in their family and community, thus reducing the burden of their disability on both family and society. More opportunities must be provided to enable disabled persons in rural areas to generate income and become self-reliant.
This guide is designed for government and non-governmental organizations working for the social integration, rehabilitation, training and empowerment of persons with disabilities in rural areas. Its main objective is to give direction on how to prepare persons with disabilities to become active members of society and generate income through micro-enterprise development.
Jobs are not readily available for persons with disabilities. Even with special government incentives, many employers refuse to hire persons with disabilities because they think that the disabled person cannot do as good a job as a worker without disabilities. However, it is also not easy for a disabled person to be self-employed. Not all people, disabled or otherwise, are born entrepreneurs. While some can set up a successful micro-enterprise on their own, many, if not the majority of people, need basic training on starting a new enterprise and some advice on its overall management. Moreover, careful consideration is needed before choosing the type of micro-enterprise and its eventual expansion.
The aim of this guide is to reduce the risks involved in setting up a new project through careful preparation. People in the field should be able to use this guide as a tool to establish a micro-enterprise for supplementary or main income generation. The guide takes the user through every step to be considered when a disabled person decides to start a small-scale enterprise. Although many of the items may appear logical and simple, the guide should serve as a checklist and be adapted to the trainer’s entrepreneurial skills and those of the potential rural micro-entrepreneur with a disability. It reviews how a small-scale enterprise can and should be started with minimum capital investment, where this investment can be found and how to use and manage readily available resources.
It further reviews the success case replication methodology and how it can be used with disabled persons. This methodology has proven effective for non-disabled persons and offers the same advantages for persons with disabilities.
The final part illustrates how disabled farmers overcome their disabilities, become successful micro-entrepreneurs and active members within their families and communities.
contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abstract
PART I. INTRODUCTION
Self-reliance through micro-enterprise development
PART II. TRAINING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Considerations for training of rural disabled persons
Selecting trainees
PART III. SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
A. Before setting up a small-scale enterprise
B. Preparing to start the business
C. Managing the business
PART IV. SUCCESS CASE REPLICATION
Introduction
A traditional learning method
Strengths of the methodology
Limitations of the methodology
The nine steps of the Success Case Replication methodology
Summary of lessons learned
ANNEX
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