Plaitsは、英語で「三つ編み」のことです


Plaitsの工芸品は、視覚障がい者自らが三つ編みしたものから製作されます。三つ編み工房「Plaits」の売り上げのすべてが、彼らの自立支援金となります。

“三つ編み（Mitsuami）” means plaits in English.
Handicrafts at “Plaits” are produced from plaited clothes in three strands which visually impaired people make clothes with their considerable efforts. All the profits at “Plaits” are donated to them to support their independent.





地域社会に根づいた就労支援を目指して


BAVI地区はハノイ郊外の山間僻地で、500人余の視覚障がい者が家族の介助の元暮らしています。
彼らの健常者である子弟は、貧困のため、就学の期を逸しています。成人しても親の介助をしながらの生活、家庭内でできる仕事で生計をたてることは大変困難です。
そこで、ＢＡＶＩ盲人協会と協力し、彼らの就労を支援する取り組みがはじまりました。
現在、Plaitsの三つ編みスタッフの多くがこの地区に住み、在宅で仕事をしています。

About five hundred visually impaired people living in Bavi district, which is a secluded mountainous area in the suburb of Hanoi, are getting alone everyday with their families’ support. Non-handicapped children of the visually impaired people are missing their opportunity to study at schools due to their poverty. It might be very difficult for them to make their living by working inside their home as well as supporting their handicapped parents. Accordingly the support activities for their sustainable works have been started. Many visually impaired people and non-handicapped people in Bavi district are plaiting long narrow clothes in three strands at their home.