First lady calls for more jobs for disabled people

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Sun, 12/04/2011

First lady Ani Yudhoyono on Sunday urged all companies throughout the country to provide more job opportunities for disabled people, to help them realize their potential.

“I hope that companies will give work opportunities to disabled people as is regulated in the Constitution. Every company can widen their implementation so that the potential among disabled people in Indonesia is not neglected,” she said, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

She said the government had proven that they would provide support for people with disabilities and promised to continue to do so.

“This year the government has given financial aid of Rp 300,000 (US$33) to 19,025 disabled people in 33 provinces. Next year we will improve on that,” she said.

Apart from financial support, the government would also provide aid in the form of equipment, skills education and access to jobs, she said.