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The Cheerful Smile of Mr. Saip, A Person with Visual Disability Who Receives Empowerment Assistance
BANTEN (June 13th,
2024) – Saip smiled happily when he received empowerment assistance from
Ministry of Social Affairs for 40 laying hens. The man often called Mang
Saip is very optimistic about running his business successfully. “I’m so glad, happy,
I have mixed feelings when receiving the assistance,” he said.
The man who suffers from visual disability started chicken selling and buying business in 2000. He said that there were many ups and downs in running his business, “I used to have regular customers. I uses a regular motorbike taxi. But I often get cheated by people so I can't get my business back on track,” Saip said.
He said that the biggest motivation to keep on struggling and earn a living is his wife so that they could meet their needs. Saip lives with his wife. They were married in 2004 and haven’t had children. He hoped that after receiving the empowerment assistance, he could successfully run the business that he had started for a long and he could also improve his self-confidence. He also wanted to prove that having a physical disability was not an obstacle to being the breadwinner of the family.