[Explanation] On August 6, in Changchun, Jilin, a steamed dumpling shop was as busy as usual.
The waiters in this store are young mentally handicapped patients. They have integrated into normal social life through unremitting efforts.
It is reported that this steamed dumpling shop was jointly invested by caring merchants, volunteers, and families of people with mental disability. The family has increased employment opportunities.
The reporter saw that two patients with mental disabilities could wipe the floor, serve dishes, and tidy the table.
If you don't talk to them in depth, customers won't even feel their "special".
According to Xu Xu, the person in charge of the steamed dumpling shop, many children with mental disabilities need full-time care of their parents.
Therefore, employment is always a problem for these families.
[Concurrent] Xu Xu, the person in charge of the steamed dumpling shop
It is a platform for people with mental disabilities to learn, have internships, and gradually get employment, so that more children can experience it. After the experience, if feasible, he can study here.
If the mother is willing, she can also take her children out to start a business.
Those who can start a business will start a business, and those who can't start a business will bring their baby to work.
In this way, the employment problem of mentally disabled families is fundamentally solved.
[Commentary] The reporter learned that every week, seven or eight mentally handicapped youths come to this store for internships and do simple tasks.
Qualified "small employees" will perform their duties and formally take up their posts.
Xu Xu said that this store is a guarantee provided by caring merchants and volunteers for families with mental disabilities.
If it makes a profit, the family will share a proportional dividend; if it loses money, the caring businesses and volunteers will bear the loss.
[Concurrent] Xu Xu, the person in charge of the steamed dumpling shop
For this store, we are volunteers, we have the most shares, but we do not pay dividends in it, and we provide protection for parents.
If you make money, if the store is profitable, then the parents will pay dividends. If the store loses money, our money will be used as a guarantee, and the parents will go on the road with zero risk.
[Explanation] The reporter learned that many people who come here to eat steamed dumplings are repeat customers. They understand the difficulties of these families and support them to move forward with the praise after each meal.
At the lunch stall, parents and children are busy together, and the turnover rate is very high.
[Concurrent] Parent Yu Chunfang
It is more effective for a child to be self-reliant and to help the child accumulate his own skills than we can accumulate more wealth for him.
Reporter Lu Shengnan reports from Changchun
Editor in charge: [Tang Weijie]