Agricultural Employment Assistance Project

Training is conducted with the instructor through agricultural work. Through outdoor training such as farming, we will nurture the basic physical strength necessary for employment and acquire life training (greeting, grooming, etc.).

Training will be conducted at each stage.

• Basic training: Agricultural work training and living training are conducted at the training farm.
• Applied training: Practical farming is performed at farmers in the city.

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We develop workplaces suitable for trainees to work, and bridge job seekers and farmers. There are not only farmers but also those who work for companies. In addition, we provide after-sales follow-up (support for establishment in the workplace, various consultations, etc.) for persons with disabilities after employment.

※For more information, please visit the Yokohama City Intellectual Disability Training Association website.

(Public Goods) Yokohama-shi intellectually disabled person upbringing society homepage
http://yokohama-ikuseikai.jp/ (outside site)

[Farm in Yokohama City]

Here, hydroponic cultivation is carried out, and leaves such as ruccola and mizuna are grown. Two people who have completed the training in the agricultural employment support project are currently working (August 2005) and are engaged in work such as removing lower leaves of crops.

The story of the farm

"I was worried at first about the employment of people with disabilities, but since I actually accepted it, I have been doing well. Their work attitude is serious, they are not absent or late, and they are working properly. In addition to the work I am currently in charge of, I would like you to do various things in the future. In the future, I would like to continue to accept the employment of people with disabilities."

※In addition to the above, many people are working in various fields such as horticulture, cleaning, landscaping, and pig farming.