Chennai Salon Employs Staff With Disabilities, Gets Thumbs Up From Customers

Till a few months ago, 30-year-old Shaheera Begum who is orthopedically challenged used to pack chicken at her father’s shop in Andhra Pradesh. However, a three-month training by Naturals, a popular salon group, turned her life around. Ms Begum is now a reflexologist who offers massage therapy at one of their salons in Chennai. For her work, she makes around Rs 10,000 a month. She said, “I plan to keep learning, save and start my own centre.”