Amritmahal A, Mehta J M
Common Vocational Training Project for the Handicapped, Poona, India.
Int J Rehabil Res. 1987;10(3):285-92. doi: 10.1097/00004356-198709000-00004.
CVTPH is a special project imparting vocational training to leprosy patients as well as other categories of the handicapped under the same roof, in order to combat the leprosy stigma which is the major obstacle in all leprosy work and to aid rehabilitation by making the trainees economically self-sufficient. The project, which offers training in the industrial sector to leprosy patients, orthopaedically handicapped individuals and able-bodied but socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, began in a small way in 1977, but has grown considerably since then, thus demonstrating the effectiveness of the concept. There have been several problems--chief among which are the leprosy stigma and the reluctance of the trainees themselves to move out from a sheltered environment into the world outside--but these are slowly being overcome by the formation of co-operative societies controlled by the handicapped. This project is hoped to serve as a model for similar vocational training programs.
“麻风病患者职业培训综合项目”（CVTPH）是一个特殊项目，在同一屋檐下为麻风病患者以及其他各类残疾人提供职业培训，以消除麻风病污名（这是所有麻风病防治工作中的主要障碍），并通过让学员在经济上实现自给自足来协助康复。该项目为麻风病患者、肢体残疾人士以及身体健全但社会经济地位不利的人士提供工业领域的培训，于1977年小规模启动，但此后有了显著发展，从而证明了这一理念的有效性。该项目存在一些问题，其中最主要的是麻风病污名以及学员自身不愿从受庇护的环境走向外面的世界，但由残疾人控制的合作社的组建正在慢慢克服这些问题。希望该项目能成为类似职业培训项目的典范。
