Unicomer Jamaica enhances employability skills for persons with disabilities

With the disabled community accounting for approximately 10 per cent of Jamaica's population, employment remains a significant challenge. Unicomer Jamaica Limited, through its Courts brand, in partnership with the Portmore Self-Help Disability Organisation (PSDO), handed over two domestic sewing machines to increase the earning capacity of persons living with disabilities (PWDs), recently.

The domestic sewing machines will further the skills-based training for 25 persons under the 'Sewing To Improve Technical Capabilities Holistically' (STITCH) project. The training programme will teach participants basic skills of making pillows, cushions, and reusable grocery bags.

Katasha Thompson, senior brand manager, said: "Courts strongly believes that equipping persons living with disabilities with the necessary skills to be self-sufficient is crucial. Our communities are stronger when there is equal opportunity for soci-economic development. Through our contribution to the Portmore Self-Help Disability Organisation, we hope to foster a spirit of independence and self-confidence among persons living with disabilities."

Inclusive growth and social fairness are at the core of Courts' commitment to bringing value home to every Jamaican.

"The two sewing machines donated by Courts form a critical part of the equipment required for the STITCH project. These machines will enable the participating PWDs to be effectively trained with the necessary practical exercises, demonstrations, and thereafter, contribute the skills gained towards sewing the items proposed by the project. This involvement with the project will vastly improve their earning capacity" said founder and president of PSDO, Bridgette Johnson Beckett.