Free cafes create new opportunities for vulnerable jobs

There is a carpenter's home cafe in Taoyuan. After a series of changes, most of the staff employed in the shop are disadvantaged groups in society, providing vulnerable and good employment opportunities. Let's take a look.

Walking into the carpenter's home cafe in Taoyuan, it doesn't look much different from the ordinary cafe, but in fact, the coffee and tea they provide are all free. When it was first founded, it was donated by the people, and the sofas, chairs, books, and so on, were all love donated by the people.

In the early days, they were old friends from several communities and teachers from Central Plains University. They wanted to provide students in the Central Plains with a free coffee shop, hoping that these children would not have to go to billiards courts and some bad places. So they began to collect materials in the community, and then build a free coffee shop.

Gradually, more and more materials were collected by the public, and the carpenter's home set up a second-hand public welfare market next to the store. as a result, he came into contact with many vulnerable groups in society, such as the physically and mentally handicapped, who had little job opportunities in the workplace. The carpenter's family began to think about how to help this group of people, and finally used the money earned from selling second-hand materials to hire these vulnerable groups to work in the carpenter's home.

Carefully grinding the board with sandpaper, he is Liu Ruilong, 28, who was impaired by a car accident. In a wheelchair, he began to work in the carpenter's home six years ago, giving new life to old materials in the workplace.

This wood of ours is all furniture! If it can't be repaired, we will recycle it and make it into this wooden box. And we do this, this is a stiffening plate, we stand here, pull down, the hamstring will feel very comfortable. This is our recycled bed board, a little bit broken, we cut it into pieces to make this stiffening plate.

Before hiring people with physical and mental disabilities, the carpenter's home will first focus on the interests of the physically and mentally handicapped, and then make adjustments on a case-by-case basis. Some people can act as counters, others can repair them behind the scenes, and people with physical and mental disabilities who come to work here can shine and shine in their own positions.

Unlike other enterprises, we provide a longer time to adapt to work. The situation of each case is different, for example, if it is physically handicapped, maybe what we need is to make aids so that he can meet his physical condition, then if he is mentally handicapped, his working hours will need to be more flexible. For example, in some cases, he can't go to work at night. Yes, because his mental state may be depressed at night, it becomes necessary to look at each barrier to see their needs. To replan their process.

I haven't had a job for nearly ten years, so I went to the employment center to register. The counseling center informed me that there was an opportunity to see if you would like to come. I haven't had a job for too long and have no money to spend, . Of course it's a pleasure to work here! Our supervisors all take good care of our employees, hey.

The carpenter's family gives back the love donated by the people to the society to help those in need. In addition to providing free coffee and second-hand bazaars, there are more people's infinite warmth and spirit of mutual help.