A helping hand to the disabled
18/5/2004 16:25
A disabled-assistance program launched by the Shanghai government has
received a double benefit as it also contributes to the city's employment,
Shanghai Vice Mayor Zhou Taitong said while investigating the program in a
residential community in Huangpu District yesterday.
To improve the
living condition of handicapped people, the Shanghai government hires social
workers in communities to help the disabled with their daily chores and to give
them mental care.
The social assistants are hired from laid-off workers
or from poor families as part of the city's re-employment program started
earlier this year. In the program, the city government vowed to create 10,000
jobs, including traffic administrators, sanitary workers and domestic helpers.
"Judging from the current situation, the program has reached its
purposes both in terms of aiding the disabled and creating new jobs," Shanghai
Vice Mayor Zhou Taitong said.
After examining the program, Zhou urged
improvements to the management of the program, including better training and job
assessment for the social workers.
Michelle Lu/Shanghai Daily news
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