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Ideas for Good
Fostering visually impaired individuals into professional coaches
ABOUT
Year Established: 2016
Beneficiaries: The visually impaired
| http://www.thecoachingdot.com | |
| Turning Disadvantages into Strengths |
SOCIAL ISSUES
- The visually impaired usually work in unskilled jobs even if they have high academic achievements
- The public has a certain degree of misunderstandings regarding working capabilities of the visually impaired
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- The first local social enterprise to make use of the outstanding auditory of the visually impaired and to train them as professional coaches
EXPECTED SOCIAL IMPACT
 | 10 visually impaired individuals to participate in a 30-hour training programme and to be trained as professional coaches |
 | Misunderstandings regarding the visually impaired to be dispelled by showcasing their talents |
 | Participants to develop new professional careers by enriching themselves with the new skills and working experience from this project |
 | Unemployment rate of the visually impaired to be reduced when mainstream companies concur with our advocacy |
BUSINESS MODEL
Ideas for Good gains revenue by providing courses and coaching
PROGRAMME CONTENT
Trainings for the visually impaired
The participants are to become professional coaches, after being trained by registered coaches and external trainers
Coaching the public and corporations
A coaching café is established as a proving ground for the graduates of our programmes to practice the newly acquired skills and knowledge by providing coaching services for the public and corporations