Papid’s House helps kids with intellectual disabilities realize their dreams

“Brother and sisters, hand-made charity cookies only NT$50 a pack – please give us your help!” Every morning, children with intellectual disabilities from Papid’s House (熊米屋愛心烘焙坊) sell charity cookies and cakes in the streets and alleys of Taipei. The loud and resonant voices of the kids ooze gusto and have been making a deep impression on passersby.

Papid’s House, which is located in an alley off Xiaosan Road in Keelung City, was established by parents in the hope of providing better planning and care for the kids. The project trains the kids to make and sell snacks so that they can find their place in society just like everyone else. Each morning at 8:30 am, the kids begin baking the delicious cookies and cakes, which are then sold at the roadside in the afternoon with their teacher, providing them with essential practice in interacting with people.
 
What may seem like a simple thing for the average person is a huge challenge for children with intellectual disabilities. Before going to sell their produce on the streets, the kids require training in how to receive money, give change and communicate, etc., which on average takes around six months. What's more, if for any reason there is a break between training and selling on the streets then the kids must start their training again from scratch because they will forget the content of the training. The reason for setting the price at NT$50 for one pack, NT$100 for two packs and NT$150 for three packs is because orderly incremental rises are easier for the kids to learn and not so easily forgotten. 

Papid’s House helps kids with intellectual disabilities realize their dreams

URL：https://www.peopo.org/news/341905

(以下是中文對照)

給小愉兒一對隱形的翅膀 熊米屋烘焙坊

「大哥哥、大姊姊，愛心手工餅乾，每包五十元，請大家幫幫忙！」每天下午小愉兒們會到台北各大鬧區販賣手工餅乾和蛋糕，宏亮又有精神的聲音讓人印象深刻，他們來自於熊米屋愛心烘焙坊。
 
熊米屋愛心烘焙坊位於基隆市孝三路巷子內，由一群熊爸爸、熊媽媽成立，希望小愉兒的未來能得到更完善的規劃和照顧，藉由作點心與賣點心訓練他們的一技之長，像一般人一樣在社會上生活。因此小愉兒們每天早上八點開始工作在，烘焙出好吃的餅乾與蛋糕，下午再跟著老師到路邊販售，練習和別人互動。
 
這看似對一般人簡單的事情，對小愉兒們來說卻是很大的挑戰，到街上販賣前需要經過訓練，收錢、找錢、溝通等等，平均而言大概要花上半年才足夠。若訓練完後有一段時間沒有到街上販售，還必須從頭來過，因為他們會忘記訓練的內容。這也是訂價五十元的由來，一包五十、兩包一百、三包一百五，比較有順序的排列，對小愉兒們來說較好學習也不容易忘記。