On the Occasion of the International Day of Persons With Disabilities: PRCS Hold an Open Day to Integrate Hearing Impaired Pupils with their Hearing Peers

 (Albireh- 7/12/2016): PRCS marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) by organizing an open day for schoolchildren with the participation of hearing-impaired pupils from the Society’s Total Communication School and their families alongside pupils from three other schools in Ramallah and Albireh Governorate.

The open day featured several artistic, recreational and educational activities including cartoon drawing, freehand drawing, recycling, story-telling, origami workshops, face painting, balloon twisting, sign-language introduction sessions and educational sessions on the rights of persons with disabilities.

50 pupils from Faysal Al Husseini Girls School, Al Fajr School and Al Magheer village school (all in Ramallah and Albireh Governorate) took part in this event aimed at integrating hearing-impaired pupils with their hearing peers and at strengthening interaction amongst them by engaging them in the same activities. The open day was held in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Ramallah Municipality, Tamer Institute, the Palestinian Environmental Authority and the British Council.

Ghada Mansour, Total Communication School Headmistress, said that pupils were divided into groups made up of one half hearing and one half hearing-impaired pupils which then took part in various activities. A wide range of fun, sports, cultural and educational activities were organized to mark this day, highlight the rights of disabled persons and underline the need to integrate them in their communities, she added.

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