Disability Workshop Development Enterprise (DWDE)
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Partner(s):Disability Workshop Development Enterprise (DWDE) is all about developing People with Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Enterprises, and Products made by People with Disabilities. They do this in a number of ways through capacity building and skills development programmes. DWDE will gladly assist by facilitating the interaction with any company or corporate who is interested in working with any of the workshops. DWDE consists of 42 Member/Beneficiary organizations across the Western Cape. The Workshops do a large variety of tasks from Art’s and Craft’s to wooden furniture and frames. Both locally and internationally, the association between lack of education, unemployment, poverty and disability is well-recognised. In South Africa it is estimated that as many as 97% of people with disabilities are not meaningfully employed. The design and Implementation of Socio-economic development programmes including:
Skills development for the unemployed;
ABET programme support;
Development capital for beneficiary communities;
Training/ mentoring of communities to assist them to increase their financial capacity
The design and Implementation of Enterprise Development Programs; DWDE is active in the urban, peri-urban and rural parts of the Western Cape. The Mandate of DWDE is: Facilitate, support and promote the transformation, where possible, of protective workshops and self-help groups of people with disabilities into viable business enterprises. The Vision of DWDE is: Protective workshops and self-help groups of people with disabilities are integrated into the mainstream economy, where possible. The Mission of DWDE is: To facilitate strategic partnerships and increased access to opportunities towards the economic development and sustainability of protective workshops and self-help groups of people with disabilities. For more information, please visit http://www.dwde.co.za Our Involvement:Beyond the regular, formalized long term programs like BEST Game and BusinessVENTURES, SAIE business development expertise is also leveraged through independent agents as “special projects”. Because of the irregular character of the special projects, they do not have an established, ongoing program implementation mechanism, thus “special projects.” In most cases, independent agents conduct the training after receiving master trainer training from SAIE. In other cases, SAIE service providers and staff may conduct the training on behalf of the firm. The training is usually customized to meet the unique characteristics of the recipient groups. Project Progress:Requirement DWDE requires SAIE to ptovide training in BOTTOM LINE BASICS to persons designated by the organisation. Purpose The purpose of the training is to equip the designated persons with a basic understanding of managing a business. Methodology The programme is highly interactive with emphasis on group discussion and real life simulation. Focus is on the allocation of resources and the understanding and management of financial matters. Participants DWDE requires the training of 25 persons, including 3 DWDE facilitators who will be equipped to conduct subsequent training on their own. DWDE also requires a BLB kit and 25 participant workbooks. Duration Training will be scheduled to start as early as possible in February 2010. Training will last for a period of 15 days, with each 5-day period interspersed with two to three weeks back at the workshop for consolidation of the learning. |
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Funder:Self-funded Project |
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Location:Western Cape Project Completion: |
