- Press Release – 3rd December 2022
Announcing The Say Foundation-Yunikee partnership
The Say Foundation Partners with Yunikee to enable job opportunities for PwDs
Today, The Say foundation announced its partnership with Yunikee to enable jobs with PwDs in India. The Say Foundation will collaborate with Yunikee to identify jobs, source talent & opportunities for PwDs, especially the deaf.
The Say Foundation has initiated a registration drive for the deaf on their website, so that they can be intimated about the job opportunities available in different organisations across sectors. The registration drive is for Sign Medium participants - (define what is sign medium participants)
"This collaboration with Yunikee is very exciting and provides us the right foot hold to create an inclusive eco-system for the PwDs. We will be working closely with the Yunikee team to empower the deaf and make them self-reliant, financially independent and productive contributors of the society." - said Swati Yadav, CEO of The Say Foundation
The aim of Say Foundation is to provide PwDs with the right jobs, collaborate with NGOs by providing them a platform to share the skills of their associates and promote their organisation.
In additon, Say Foundation works closely with the Government by accurately informing them about the happenings in the world of PwDs, recommending/influencing policies that will create a positive impact on the lives of the PwDs.
Chaithanya of Yunikee said "We are the preferred partners for the Deaf community. We have trained over 5,500+ deaf candidates in over 30+ skills in India. Our focus is on digital and in-demand skills that help the deaf community secure a high quality of life.
The fundamental objective of our collaboration with Say Foundation is to provide employment for these skilled deaf associates and promote our programs to more PwDs through the network of Say Foundation.
The Say Foundation and Yunikee have entered into a partnership to enable job opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). This is exciting for both the organizations as we both have the common goal – of empowering PwDs and making them financially independent.
Say Foundation – contactus@thesayfoundation.com Yunikee/ Sign Medium – contact@Yunikee.com
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The story of our 1st Hire via The Say Foundation’s partnership and Yunikee
The story of our 1st Hire via The Say Foundation’s partnership and Yunikee
Puneeth Kumar – deaf by birth - had tried everything to get a job. While he was not brilliant in the 10th grade, he slowly understood the value of education. This increased focus on studies translated into good grades – 12th, then graduation in Commerce along with Computer Science from Hyderabad.
But still no Job.
Via his own network, he did apprenticeship training at Electronic Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad. Unfortunately, he still did not get a full-time job.
Puneeth was definitely at his wit’s end.
Someone suggested that he invest in a certification course by Yunikee’s Sign Medium*. This is a specialized course for Deaf students/candidates across India. 99% of the 25-member Yunikee team is deaf (including 2 founders) and hence have designed the course to get the deaf job ready.
Yunikee-Say Foundation Partnership
The Say Foundation & Yunikee came together for partnership** . Yunikee will certify the deaf students after the course and The Say Foundation will have its job portal accessible for free to Employers and all PwDs across the country.
VisionTek (Linkwell Telesystems) – The Say Foundation Partnership
Swati Yadav, the founder of The Say Foundation, and Ramesh, CEO of Visiontek connected and had discussions. Ramesh ji was more than willing to explore hiring of PwDs for his organization. This would be their 1st PwD hire.
2 weeks after the Yunikee course, and 1 week after The Say Foundation shared the portal/ CV with Visiontek’s HR, Geetha, Puneeth was immediately contacted.
Excited at the opportunity, he went to the corporate office the next day, was interviewed by Geetha and a couple of others and gave Puneeth the job offer.
Since this was the 1st job offer to a PwD, reasonable accommodation was provided to him to be able to perform his job effectively.
Puneeth accepted the offer gleefully and joined the office the next day after celebrating the news with his parents and wife.
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