HPA workers make thousands of face masks for NT health and airport staff
TERRITORIAN workers living with disabilities have made thousands face masks in recent months
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TERRITORIAN workers living with disabilities have made more than 4000 face masks in recent months, supplying them to everyone from airport security to health staff.
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Helping People Achieve, a non-for-profit that offers supported employment options to people living with disabilities, recently started manufacturing a range of Aboriginal print face masks at their AusDesigns workshop in Palmerston.
“We’ve had an enormous amount of sales to people interstate and locals, walking through Darwin airport you can probably spot staff there wearing our masks,” HPA chief executive Tony Burn said.
“It’s helped provide meaningful employment to seven of our workers during this pandemic.”
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