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Divyang Swavlambi Udyog: a self-reliance initiative
Real work, real wages, and a real route to self-reliance for people with disabilities.
The gap between ability and opportunity is one of the hardest things disabled people face. Divyang Swavlambi Udyog, our self employment initiative, exists to close it.
In the workshop, disabled women learn and practise real trades: incense making, newspaper and craft envelopes, bamboo craft and sewing. These are saleable products, made to a standard, that earn a genuine wage. Every purchase from the workshop is a wage paid to the person who made the item.
It is work with dignity attached, and a route to standing on your own that lasts well beyond any single donation.