Disability Workshop Development Enterprise

Description

The aim of DWDE is to contribute towards poverty alleviation amongst the most vulnerable sectors of people with disabilities including the youth, women, the unskilled and semi-skilled, the aged and those with severe physical and mental disabilities. The mission of DWDE is to facilitate strategic and economic transformation within work schemes in the Western Cape. The organisation is committed to providing a service that is innovative as well as responsive to the issue of disability equity, maintaining world class standards of excellence. We firmly believe that our programmes must be dynamic and we strive to continue to find ways to improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable sector of South Africans with disabilities.

Mission

“To facilitate and promote the economic empowerment of persons with disabilities
through the transformation of collective work schemes and the development of innovative employment support services.”

"Our focus is to help our disabled clients overcome these employment odds and obtain jobs that allow them to be independent and interest them.We provide job placement, extensive on-the-job training, and ongoing support services to disabled individuals who have difficulty finding and keeping jobs on their own.What sets us apart from other supported work programs is our attention to the multiple facets of our clients’ lives."

"Our focus is to help our disabled clients overcome these employment odds and obtain jobs that allow them to be independent and interest them.We provide job placement, extensive on-the-job training, and ongoing support services to disabled individuals who have difficulty finding and keeping jobs on their own.What sets us apart from other supported work programs is our attention to the multiple facets of our clients’ lives."