What is the e-Store project for Persons of Determination?
This is an inclusive and self-advocacy project for persons with special needs to help them gain income security and increase social inclusion.
What are the barriers and challenges experienced by Persons with special needs?
- Lack of social skills
- Unemployment
- Income insecurity
- Social exclusion
- Stigmatization
What are the core concepts of the eStore Project?
- A paid-job experience gained by persons with special needs
- A collaboration with business owners who support an inclusive culture
- Community participation to accept and help people from a neurodiversity population
What are the project objectives?
- Build an inclusive environment where persons with special needs feel welcome
- Provide opportunities to utilize their skills and knowledge
- Remove barriers to economic participation
- Alleviate social exclusion experienced by persons with special needs
- Help develop a greater sense of self-efficacy
- Provide on-the-job training
What are the roles of business owners ?
- Share similar values with OneHub Growth to generate hope for persons with special needs
- Support and value persons with special needs
- Acknowledge the concept of eStore Project for People of Self-determination
- Make a commitment to donate and consign their products to the eStore Project
What are the roles of persons with special needs?
- Operate the eStore Project with the assistance of OneHub Growth staff and volunteers
- Receive on-the-job training
- Communicate with business owners
- Provide customer service
What are the project activities?
- Learn corporate training
- Attend skills development training
- Receive on-the-job training
- Attend meetings with business owners
- Provide customer services to clients
- Maintain daily operations of the eStore project
What are the project outcomes?
Persons with special needs can:
- Participate in economic activities effectively
- Achieve labour market integration
- Improve job opportunities
- Receive honorarium-based placement
- Improve social skills and communication.
- Increase social inclusion