Original title: Handicapped public welfare shoe washing shop put into operation

Nanjing Daily (Reporter Ma Daojun) On the morning of May 15, the first "hosiery and blue shoes" shoe washing shop in Nanjing, which covers an area of more than 200 square meters and specializes in recruiting disabled people, was officially put into operation at No. 20, Zhougang Changgan Street, Hushu Street, Jiangning District. The trained 8 disabled persons with different degrees of mental disorder and physical disorder can obtain employment opportunities here.

Clean and lined shoes are placed on shelves. Each shoe has a label, which smells delicious, and the packaging is exquisite... When the reporter walks into the shoe washing workshop of the shoe washing shop of "Cloth Hosiery and Green Shoes", it is like entering a famous shoe store.

"These are all washed shoes. Before that, we need several processes before the shoes can be sent back to the customers." Zhang Yi, the head of the shoe washing shop of "Cloth Hosiery and Green Shoes", said that after the shoes are collected, the stores first need to sort, mark the special dirt, sort the aged and cracked shoes, and then transport them to the shoe washing shop for cleaning.

Feifei, 33, wears blue overalls and works hard. She is very familiar with every step and detail of shoe washing. Occasionally, there are small stones on the soles of shoes and she will use tools to pick them out slowly.

"I can wash more than 60 pairs of shoes a day, and I'm not tired at all. I'm very happy," Feifei told reporters.

Feifei suffers from mental disability and is dependent on her father since childhood. Father usually does odd jobs to support his family and lives in poverty. With the help of the Hushu Street Disabled Persons' Federation, Feifei came to the local disability organization and mastered shoe washing skills through training.

Feifei's father said that, compared with the past, Feifei was very happy in the shoe washing shop of "Clothes and Green Shoes" because there was communication here, and she was able to work. "The child got up at 6:30 in the morning, and arrived less than 8:00."

In addition to Feifei, there are 7 disabled people who are employees of this shoe washing shop. The youngest is 19 years old, and the oldest is 67 years old. Most of them come from poor families.

It is understood that the shoe washing shop of "cloth socks and blue shoes" is a re employment project for the disabled jointly founded by the Junzi Home for the Disabled in Hushu Street, Jiangning District and the Nanjing Green Ribbon Community. Nanjing Green Ribbon Public Welfare Society is responsible for the operation and daily management, and the Scholar Home for the Disabled in Hushu Street, Jiangning District is responsible for the recruitment and training of the disabled.

Why choose shoe washing as a public welfare program to help the disabled? Xiong Fu, a staff member of Scholar's Home for the Disabled in Hushu Street, Jiangning District, said that his inspiration mainly came from Shenzhen "Xihaner" car washing shop, "Many of our volunteers checked many projects, and were surprised to find that the disabled can be fully qualified for the shoe washing project: low risk coefficient, low work pressure, relatively free time, relatively low technical requirements, and only need patience, care, and attention. In these aspects, the disabled may complete better than normal people because they cherish the hard won opportunities more."

The relevant person in charge of Nanjing Green Ribbon Public Welfare Society said that, like other shoe washing shops in the society, the shoe washing shop of "hosiery and green shoes" has participated in the competition, and has obtained the professional technology and service capability support of Jingxiaofu Technology Service Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jingdong Group, in the operation and management of the project.