A “Silent Coffee Shop” Is Especially Fragrant

Brief (coffeeyo.com): A “Silent Coffee Shop” on the first floor of the Huaian Human Resources Building is staffed mainly by hearing-impaired employees, turning a quiet corner into a fragrant, welcoming space that also creates real jobs for people with disabilities.

The first floor of the Huaian Human Resources Building is home to a special café. The store manager, Ren Ruiyu, lost her hearing at the age of four due to a drug injection and now uses a cochlear implant, yet she moves about the shop with practiced ease. Staff member Liang Huandi is on hand to help out.

After graduating in 2014 from a Beijing special-education college, Ren struggled through a long, difficult job search. This past April, the Huaian Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the Huaian Disabled Persons’ Federation, Huaian Guolian Group, and Cotti Coffee joined forces to open this shop specifically to employ people with disabilities. With more than 800 people working in the building and the site also serving as an exam venue, coffee has become a “rigid demand” here. The property owner waived the shop’s water, electricity, and other fees.

Ren now handles purchasing, stocking, and inventory entirely on her own. The shop sells more than 100 cups a day, and her base salary tops 3,000 yuan a month plus commission and dividends. On the walls hang handicrafts — hair ties, clips, paper-cuts, and sachets — all made by disabled artisans at Huaian’s “Beautiful Workshop.”

Today Huaian counts three such “Silent Coffee Shops,” together employing five people with disabilities.

Source: Xinhua Daily (reporter Huang Xingyue).

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