SALLY'S PROTECTIVE WORKSHOP
San Salvador through all its programmes and services are committed to the development of adults with intellectual disabilities towards self-actualization and to provide them with an opportunity to live a meaningful life, with support and guidance.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
The introduction of a protected workshop environment in 1991 created an employment and skills training center called “Sally’s Workshop”.
At Sally’s Workshop our residents and dayworkers are given a meaningful work opportunity, either in our Protective Workshop or our income generating projects (Garden of Growth and Weaving Workshop).
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We follow a people centered developmental approach and provide capacity building programmes, work skills training and appropriate support services.​
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Residents and day-workers work within their own capabilities and speed. Nobody is pressurized above their level of competency and the day workers are remunerated monthly.
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The Workshop has been in operation for 25 years and has become a leading community development programme and a significant contributor to the beneficiaries, their families as well as community members from disadvantaged communities, through assistance and support provided by the outreach component of Sally’s Workshop.
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​Being gainfully employed in a safe and emotionally conducive environment, contributes to individual and skills development, which in turn results in an increased feeling of self –worth, self-esteem, a sense of accomplishment and pride in what they are doing.
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Our residents and day workers are making a meaningful contribution to society and the economy and are given the respect they deserve from the broader community.
Services provided to corporate clients and businesses at Sally’s Workshop include:
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Assembling of products
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Counting and packaging of items (e.g. screws, parts, plastic cutlery, papers, etc.)
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Covering books and other items
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Sorting
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Labelling
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Bulk serviette folding
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Counting and packaging plastic items
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Packaging items in boxes, plastic bags and envelopes
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Folding and insertion of letter, pamphlets/flyers and newsletters into envelopes
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Skin packing (wrapping in bubble wrap or plastic)
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Cleaning and washing of parts
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Constant supervision of workers and quality control and stock control service provided
