the right to employment, work and income
People with disabilities have the same right to employment and income as everyone else. However, due to limited access to education, training and work, people with disabilities in Cambodia face impoverishment in every sense of the word. As work is a way out of poverty, encouraging and facilitating income generation for adults with disabilities plays an important role in CDMD’s work.
In consultation with CDMD’s fieldworkers, clients seek employment as soon as they are functionally independent. CDMD coordinates the provision of vocational training in areas of each client’s interest, such as mechanic, agriculture techniques and professional skills, including management of a grocery shop.
Low-interest loans
When clients gain experience they are encouraged to start generating income through low-interest loans from the CDMD. On case-to-case basis, either a full or partial loan will be given.
All clients are visited regularly—at least once a month—by CDMD field staff until the loan is repaid or the client is independent. During the visits field staff check the farming, animal husbandry or other business and help them as necessary.
