Key Goals

• To promote self-reliance among physically challenged individuals through structured support models.
• To implement livelihood training, capacity building, and microcredit services that foster entrepreneurship.

To create a sustainable self-help model that enables annual support to new beneficiaries, reducing long-term dependency

🧑‍🦽 Self-Help Promotion for the Disabled

• Formation of disabled self-help groups (DSHGs) to provide peer support, collective bargaining, and group empowerment.
• Annual inclusion of 50 disabled families, ensuring continuous outreach and fresh integration.
• Focus on building confidence, skills, and access to financial tools to initiate micro-enterprises.

💼 Microcredit and Revolving Funds

• Introduction of microcredit facilities to fund small income-generating activities such as tailoring, petty shops, tea stalls, mobile vending, and repair services.
• Loans of approximately ₹20,000–₹50,000 are provided for a 2-year repayment term.
• Revolving funds are used to continuously support new batches of beneficiaries.

🎓 Livelihood Training and Entrepreneurship Support

• Practical and skills-based training on livelihood options suited to disability status, local market conditions, and resource availability.
• Training areas include tailoring, retail kiosks, agriculture-linked services, and mobile self-employment units.
• Handholding support is provided post-training to ensure sustainability.

👩‍🦯 Targeted Outreach and Operational Area

• • The program is operational in:
    • Jagdevpur Mandal (Siddipet District)
    • Parts of Yadadri District
    • Select regions in Medak District
  • Priority is given to disabled individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including HIV-affected, TB-cured, and other health-compromised households.

• 2,000+ disabled families have been supported since inception.
• Over 50 new disabled individuals/families are added every year.
• Beneficiaries have transitioned from dependency to self-reliant livelihoods through micro-enterprise.
• The project has enhanced community acceptance, reduced stigma, and improved social inclusion.

Why This Project Matters

Persons with disabilities in rural India often face a double disadvantage — physical limitations and systemic neglect in access to livelihood, education, and finance. The REHASWISS Project by PEACE addresses these gaps with dignified solutions, empowering the differently-abled to live independently, earn sustainably, and participate fully in community life.

By fostering entrepreneurship, strengthening support systems, and building inclusive infrastructure, the REHASWISS Project reflects PEACE’s long-standing commitment to equity, empowerment, and justice for all.