Counselling centre opened for persons with disabilities in Tiruvallur

Objective is to provide skill training: Collector

The Tiruvallur district administration on Monday launched a counselling centre for persons with disabilities at the Collectorate that will help place them in jobs. The centre will help the disabled to create biodata, upskill them and, if need be, get small loans arranged for self-employment. Collector Alby John Varghese, who inaugurated the centre, said the district had around 27,000 persons with disabilities. “During the Collector’s grievance day meetings, we have been getting many petitions seeking some kind of employment. When we perused their requests, we found that many needed upskilling. This centre will help the disabled to create biodata if they do not have one and then try and place them,” he said. The centre, to be manned by two personnel from We Are Your Voice, would also help upskill these persons as per the requirement of private companies. The NGO would be the execution partner for this special project, he said and added that the administration wanted to ensure that employers take the mandate of providing equal opportunity for the disabled seriously.