This document discusses enhancing income generation for persons with disabilities (PwDs) through environmental activities in Indonesia. It notes that opportunities for PwDs to find suitable employment are low due to a lack of understanding from employers and inadequate training. The document proposes using pre-vocational activities like waste recycling and planting crops to provide job skills training and income generation for PwDs while preserving the environment. It suggests developing community-based rehabilitation programs and training local disability and environmental communities to collaborate on synergistic activities involving PwDs.

1. Enhancing Income Generating for
Persons with Disabilities through
the Environmental Activities
Judith Simbara, General Secretary
YPAC Nasional/ Indonesian Society for the Care of
Children with Disabilities

3. F A C T S
• Indonesia Laws No. 8/2016 covers the rights and needs of PwDs needs to
be further socialized.
* Quota 1 % for private sector and 2% for government institutions cannot
be fulfilled.
* Opportunities for workers with disabilities to find suitable employment is low.
• Lack of understanding from the employers towards the needs of PwDs.
• Lack of upgraded training for PwDs to reach the minimum standard.
• Potentials of PwDs have yet been regarded equally capable to non PwDs.

4.  Low interest to support social activities of PwDs
community – not potential buyers.
 Disability is a less attractive issue compared to
entertainment, sports, etc.
 Budget constraints of the government and
private sectors.
 Unreliable funding sources.
 Only a few social NGOs owns SMEs.

5. SOLUTION: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES -
DISABILITIES & ENVIRONMENT
• Pre-vocational activities through preserving the
environment: waste recycle, planting certain type
of peanut type of “Kacang Koro”, etc.
• Community Based Rehabilitation through
environment activities.
• Training for Trainers for both disability dan
environment communities.

6. • Various ways of pre-vocational activities through preserving the environment.
• Involving PwDs in future environmental programs.
• Attract other parties’ support (local government & private sector).
• FGDs for better solutions - synergy activities involving PwDs.
• Triggering local government – budget allocation - Indonesia Laws No. 8/2016
• A sustainable program - participation of PwDs in the country’s development
activities.

7. - Planting “Kacang Koro” plant – good for children with autism
- Early detection of disabilities.
- Waste recycling activities.
- Skills trainings utilizing environmental material.
- Greening the surroundings.
- Green home industries

8. “
”