There is a vocational aid center in the nearby town from my office. The duplicated handicapped come in that center. They make small things to earn to live on. By chance I got aquainted with one of the staff and came to order package bags to teh center. The bag shuld be made of English newspaper, just to make a stylish, image of art. I further decorate them with printed picture of my Bangladeshi village children.
Three months have passed since I placed orders and I al,ost began to give it up. Then the staff called me again that they would made them uo very soon. Some months passed and one day other staff member visited me with the work. She said she had been very busy and could not find the cance to come. She had ten newspaper bags with her, explaining, "This is the monthly maximum of our capasity."
I could not believe it first, but I understood when the trainee visited me.
The center is under staff, under paid, over work and over crowded. They earn too little omoney to get independent.
There is an artist on a wheel chair. He created his art with his paralized hands. One day I went to his work exhibition and suggested Sun flower Tee shirt with a phrase, " Look at me! I'm smiling to you..." The sun flower looked strong on the wall and I liked it. This is how the artist, Kazumi Sakata, wanted to make T shirts. I suggested that sales of the Tee shirts help Harusato Donguri no ie" if we use the newspaper bags as a Tee shirt gift bags.
I really hope to make some kind of enough money for the duplicated handicapped to make the next step. If they are given training and design, they could build up their skill gradually, though it would take longer time than the healthy.