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# Faces of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/faces-of-the-day-7/
- Published: 2019-08-24T18:30:58.000Z
- Updated: 2019-08-24T05:10:56.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Business, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

Some people make the world a better place and today’s faces of the day are two men who do exactly that.

> Two men are trying increase the employment rate for disabled people by baking cookies.   
>  
> [The Cookie Project](https://thecookieprojectnz.com/?ref=goodoil.news) is the only baking company that employs only people with disabilities.  
>  
> Soon their product will be available nationwide in New World supermarkets, creating dozens more jobs.  
> It’s a baking business with a difference.  
> “We are disrupting the employment sector for the disability community – we don’t ask for a resume – we don’t conduct interviews,” says co-owner Eric Chuah  
> Here at the Cookie Project, everyone gets paid at least minimum wage.  
>  
> \[…\] Co-owner Graeme has four adopted children – all of them disabled.  
> Just over a year ago he was really struggling. He was on the benefit just to survive.  
>  
> He landed a contract with New World supermarkets that has made the business not just viable, but profitable.  
> He says it’s “awesome.”   
> Each package has a personalised QR code. You can scan the back of the packet to find out which bakers made them.  
> If you like her cookies you can leave the baker a message of encouragement   
> “Sorry I get really teary about this it’s a very special place for us,” Chuah told Newshub.  
> Teary because, for the bakers and their parents, it’s more than just making cookies.  
> Baker Rainier has autism, and his mum says these cookies give him independence.  
>  
> \[…\] Rohan, who was born with Achondroplasia a form of dwarfism, says he’s lost count of how many employers have turned him down.  
> Aimee, has just been promoted to shift manager here but she’s got a big dream – she wants to change to the work force.  
> “I am now studying culinary arts because I want to open my own cafe to employ people with disabilities,” she told Newshub.  
> Because to Aimee, “Different is what makes us human”  
>  
> Jobs at the Cookie Project are now so sought after there’s a waiting list of 50 people wanting in.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-24-at-4.56.06-pm.png)

Co-owners Graeme and Eric

You can [order their cookies here.](https://thecookieprojectnz.com/product-category/cookie-online/?ref=goodoil.news)

I am very curious about their delicious looking edible cookie cups which **won the 2019 Sweet As Hutt Chocolate Challenge.** What is not to like about an edible chocolate cup?

I WANT one! ( or two or three…)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cookie-cups-v2.png)