Acehnese disabled to receive training

Acehnese disabled to receive training

JAKARTA: The Association of Indonesian Disabled People (PPCI)
in cooperation with Handicap International will be giving
training to disabled people in tsunami-ravaged Aceh to help them
become financially independent citizens.

Handicap International, a world organization dealing with
handicapped people, was ready to contribute 175,000 Euro (some Rp
2 billion) in grants to carry out the training program.

"The grant will not be disbursed in cash but will be in the
form of activities designed by PPCI and Handicap International,"
PPCI chairman Siswadi told a ceremony at which the two
organizations signed an agreement on Friday.

He said the training program was aimed at providing the
disabled with various skills in such fields as trading,
handicrafts, massage, sawing and others.

PPCI would be discussing details of the program with its
foreign partner, he added.

Siswadi said the Dec. 26 tsunami may double the number of the
disabled people in Aceh from the original 25,000. --JP