The Palestine Red Crescent Society reaches out to persons with disabilities in the Jericho and NW/E Jerusalem districts thanks to two new mobile teams

Date:03/05/09

Building on an experience in outreach projects of more than six years in different areas of Palestine, PRCS will launch two mobile teams in North/West and East Jerusalem as well as the Jordan Valley and the Jericho district.
The project aims at developing the abilities of the children and youth with developmental problems, persons with disabilities, elders, patients and their families towards a better integration in their local communities and in the civil society in general.
The target areas were chosen for the impact the separation barrier has in the Jerusalem districts as well as the settlements constructions in the Jordan valley. Faced with discrimination and fewer opportunities, people with disabilities in those areas are paying a high price not only from movement restrictions but also from general economical decline.
The project will provide rehabilitation services such as physiotherapy, speech therapy… as well as special education and assistive devices such as hearing aids and wheel chairs. Specific attention will be paid to awareness through the work with the families of the beneficiaries and activities in the schools.
The two teams will start operating at the beginning of the month of May in Aqbat Jaber and Ein Al Sultan camps as well as Abu Dis/Al Eizarya and Beit Hanan.
The expected number of direct beneficiaries of the project is 13.500 in the 25 towns and villages targeted by the project.
Supported by the Spanish Red Cross, the two-year project (2009-2010) is being funded by the European Union’s Non-State actors budget line, which aims at poverty reduction through the strengthening of the capacity of civil society organizations. The EU contribution to this project is 400.000 Euros equivalent to 75% of the total cost of the action.
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For more information, please contact:
Rabah Geber – Project Manager – Mobile No: 0599 672607.
Email: rabah@palestinercs.org

Suhair Al Badarneh – Project Coordinator – Mobile No : 0599 778173
Email: Tcc_admin@palestinercs.org