Working with local partners in Malawi to provide tools and training for livelihood for adults with disabilities. Local partners KODO and MACODA provide training as tailors, carpenters and cane furniture makers.
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The Global Concerns Trust was set up by Alistair Christie in 1996.
The charity has managed and supported projects in Malawi providing tools and vocational training for adults with disabilities enabling them to set up businesses as tailors, carpenters and cane furniture makers and to make an income and help support their families.
Poverty is especially high in rural areas in Malawi, where there is minimal infrastructure or access to services.
People with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty due to multiple barriers to accessing education, health care and employment.
In addition, people with disabilities experience further challenges such as lack of disability aids and medical treatment, stigma and prejudice, higher chances of being subjected to violence, isolation and disempowerment.
People with disabilities have been widely excluded from many development processes.
Women and girls with disabilities live with double discrimination due to existing gender inequalities. For many disabled people, supporting themselves and their families is extremely hard, and many are completely dependent on their extended families or are forced to beg to survive.
Tools and sewing machines are donated in Scotland and Northern Ireland and are refurbished by volunteers. They are then shipped to our partners in Malawi to provide vocational training in tailoring, carpentry and cane furniture making.
Please visit our website www.globalconcernstrust.org.uk for more information and ways to donate and get involved or contact us at : [email protected]