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JEDDAH, 10 March 2006 — Adnan Abdullah sent a silent message through a sign-language interpreter to the business community.
“Most businessmen do not like us, though we have proven our efficiency in the work field,” he communicated in sign language.
Abdullah is a member of the Deaf Club of Jeddah, which participated in a press conference at the InterContinental Hotel on Wednesday that addressed the issue of hiring the deaf.
Through his hands, Abdullah praised the efforts of Bayan Naseer, 18, who, for her graduation project, developed a program to convince businesses to hire physically-challenged people.
“They are totally misunderstood in our society,” she said, while explaining the motivation for her project that involved bringing together deaf job seekers with an employer.
Bayan approached the House of Donuts chain and proposed to them that deaf people could do some of the jobs they were seeking to fill. She studied the work environment and created a system that was comfortable for both applicants and the company.
“When we show companies how easy and profitable it is to hire people with special needs it becomes easy for them to get accepted,” she said, adding that such people need to be more connected to society so that they could be understood.
The problem, she said, was that many employers think hiring the physically challenged involves a great deal of adjustments and adaptations. Instead, Bayan pointed out that in the case of House of Donuts, it was simply a matter of reserving certain types of jobs for the deaf.
Samier Naseer, general manager of House of Donuts, said that they were happy to adopt the young girl’s project and they wanted to set an example for other companies to participate more in community services.
He noted that they have hired the five youths who were under Bayan’s project, and they are currently under training.
“As further support, we gave them 50 percent extra pay compared to other employees,” he said.
Bayan’s passion for help came after she taught voluntarily as a teacher at a center for children with special needs three years ago.
Mohammed Al-Gahtani, general manager of the Deaf Club of Jeddah said that there are around 100,000 deaf people in the Kingdom, 3,000 in the Western region.
He noted that they encounter great difficulty finding employees. A charitable program that was sponsored by Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed last year managed to create jobs for 68 youths with special needs, he added.
JEDDAH, 10 March 2006 — Adnan Abdullah sent a silent message through a sign-language interpreter to the business community.
“Most businessmen do not like us, though we have proven our efficiency in the work field,” he communicated in sign language.
Abdullah is a member of the Deaf Club of Jeddah, which participated in a press conference at the InterContinental Hotel on Wednesday that addressed the issue of hiring the deaf.
Through his hands, Abdullah praised the efforts of Bayan Naseer, 18, who, for her graduation project, developed a program to convince businesses to hire physically-challenged people.
“They are totally misunderstood in our society,” she said, while explaining the motivation for her project that involved bringing together deaf job seekers with an employer.
Bayan approached the House of Donuts chain and proposed to them that deaf people could do some of the jobs they were seeking to fill. She studied the work environment and created a system that was comfortable for both applicants and the company.
“When we show companies how easy and profitable it is to hire people with special needs it becomes easy for them to get accepted,” she said, adding that such people need to be more connected to society so that they could be understood.
The problem, she said, was that many employers think hiring the physically challenged involves a great deal of adjustments and adaptations. Instead, Bayan pointed out that in the case of House of Donuts, it was simply a matter of reserving certain types of jobs for the deaf.
Samier Naseer, general manager of House of Donuts, said that they were happy to adopt the young girl’s project and they wanted to set an example for other companies to participate more in community services.
He noted that they have hired the five youths who were under Bayan’s project, and they are currently under training.
“As further support, we gave them 50 percent extra pay compared to other employees,” he said.
Bayan’s passion for help came after she taught voluntarily as a teacher at a center for children with special needs three years ago.
Mohammed Al-Gahtani, general manager of the Deaf Club of Jeddah said that there are around 100,000 deaf people in the Kingdom, 3,000 in the Western region.
He noted that they encounter great difficulty finding employees. A charitable program that was sponsored by Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed last year managed to create jobs for 68 youths with special needs, he added.