Museum Cafe – Vocational Unit
This film introduces the Museum Cafe, a vocational training center and livelihood initiative by Vidya Sagar. The cafe empowers PwDs through hands-on training in both food preparation and customer service, as informed chef and trainer Mr. Mahendran. Watch the film to witness how this initiative fosters skill development, independence, and a sense of community! Visit them when next in Chennai.
Two years before, we are starting this one.
Here, everybody’s coming from MOP, Museum of Possibilities which is a Vidya Sagar School
Poonam Natarajan mam instituted this one, including Mr Parth and Mr Mahadevan, Hot Breads Founder, He is also doing, helping.
So, they are coming to Hot Breads, they are getting trained, to these girls and boys
How many trainees do you have at the center?
Now we have got 9 people.
1st batch, there’s 3 people. Completed. One year is completed. Now he is staff here.
Again, second batch has started with 5 people. So now he is getting a 6 month training
What kind of training do you provide?
We are making pizzas, sandwiches, burgers, cold drinks, coffee, so many items.
Whats he’s doing, we are doing that kind of help
First training, we are starting cleaning, everything, cleaning, production and customer inviting, say A to Z.
So, when he’s coming here, and he is going any places, he has to do all the duties outside.
One boy Afran, he’s also 1st batch student, now he is going to work in Reddy’s Café. So, he knows everything.
We are teaching them so that when they are going outside, they are able to work.
Currently we have 7 people. 2 persons are doing service, 5 people do kitchen work, making food and everything.
Subhasri
Gayathri
Devi
Tamilselvi
Sowmiya
Arun Kumar
M.Siva
N.Sriram
culinary skills, customer service, disability employment, disability inclusion, disability integration, employment opportunities, food preparation, food service training, hospitality training, Hot Breads, inclusive hiring, inclusive workplace, independent living, job readiness, Museum of Possibilities, skill development, special needs education, Vidya Sagar School, vocational training, workplace skills
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