BACKGROUND
The PKIIM (Joy Workshop Melaka) founded in 1999 for PWDs (Persons with Disabilities) to improve their quality of life via integration in society through employment opportunities and enhanced community living skill.
This is a stepping stone for them who otherwise would be confined to their homes as there are limited opportunities for them in Melaka. Over the past ten years, more focus has been given to the physically disabled. Special schools can only enroll those with learning disabilities until the age of 20 years. After that, it is up to the individual’s families to fend for themselves or get into vocational training centres under the Government if they meet the criteria.
Without this service, the people we represent would face a life of seclusion and social isolation. Since the service commenced, we have trained more than 100 students with our intake coming from homes, schools, welfare centres and other NGO’s.
Joy Workshop is registered with the Registrar of Societies, Inland Revenue Board and the Welfare Department.