Aceh — Thanks to AMANAH’s training, now disabled groups can get equal and wider access to wide open employment opportunities.
This was realized through Waiter Training for Deaf Friends, allowing the 5 best participants to immediately get the opportunity to work in Aceh cafes and restaurants.
One of AMANAH’s waiter training instructors, Normansyah, said that there was extraordinary enthusiasm from deaf friends to continue to hone themselves.
Even though they have limitations, in fact this disability group shows maximum progress.
“The progress is extraordinary, even though these deaf friends need time to study or practice in a non-deaf workplace because there are limitations,” said Normansyah.
Including, during the training from Aneuk Muda Aceh Unggul and Great, namely from 29 July to 1 August 2024 at Ivory Coffee, Banda Aceh, all participants showed their enthusiasm and seriousness.
“We think they are very serious. “So far, there is no world of work that accommodates them, but once given the opportunity, they don’t waste the opportunity and work hard,” said Normansyah.
“God willing, there will be five best people. “Then, later they will be placed (to work),” he concluded.
In this training activity, the Aceh Youth Creative Hub (AYCH) or the Aneuk Muda Aceh Superior and Great Center Building (AMANAH) facilitated everything so that groups with disabilities could master the techniques of local specialty coffee processing products.
A coffee expert and training instructor at Ivory Coffee, Ken Munthe, explained that the empowerment activity introduced coffee, especially gayo, as a typical regional product.
“Our activity is to introduce coffee, especially Gayo coffee,” he said.
Furthermore, Ken admitted that he really supports all AMANAH activities because it gives disabled groups the same opportunity to get better jobs.
“I feel happy because this is extraordinary. And, our deaf friends can get good jobs,” he pointed out.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Banda Aceh Vocational Productivity Training Center (BPVP), Rahmad Faisal, assessed that AMANAH’s training activities were extraordinary because they treated and positioned all participants as equals.
“This activity is extraordinary, we make no difference when training deaf friends,” he said.
