Social and Economic Empowerment of the Disadvantaged Trust (SEED Trust) envision is to identify and assist the underprivileged members of the society, namely the people with disabilities, orphans, widows, children and elderly and undertake development programs.

SEED Trust is aware that PWDs are socially and culturally ostracised in terms of obtaining an appropriate education, entering the workforce, and being accepted in the society. They are also denied their rights including equal access and control of productive resources and democratic and civic engagement and they experience gender based violence.

SEED Trust believes that disability is not inability. Therefore if there is supportive conducive environment by community structures and favorable legal frameworks, People with Disabilities can be able to support themselves. Since disability is not inability, they should be empowered and given an opportunity to social –economic development for themselves as well as national development

Youth with disabilities face many barriers regarding to equal accessing to productive resources and financial inclusion and employment. The only employment option is through self-employment. However, majority lack vocational and business skills, access to capital and are in unsupportive structures for engaging in entrepreneurial activities.

Legal frameworks that encourage inclusive employment for them have not been implemented effectively. The Persons with Disabilities Act Number 9 of 2010, Section 31 requires that employers with more than 20 workers to have at least 3% of their employees be persons with disabilities are not implemented.

The proposed intervention, intends to build youth with disabilities’ capacity on vocational and business skills in achieving equal rights and employment opportunities. Moreover, it will promote engagement of stakeholders in offering employment opportunities. It will also promote creation of enabling environment for them to access funding opportunities from local government.

The proposed project’s main objective is to enhance 60 youth with disabilities between 18-30 years old in Morogoro Municipality council access to equal rights and employment opportunities by February 2024.