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Special needs ppl-countryside lifestyle

“Even though I felt scared before the activity, once the activity began, I enjoyed playing with my new friends and I like them,” according to a special needs kid who participated in an activity aiming to introduce special needs kids to countryside lifestyle.
Al-Salam group, one of the friendship groups for people with special needs, mentoring program, SSSD, organized a visit to Al-Hader Community Space in Rural Aleppo. The visit was preceded by introductory sessions to the kids in Al-Hader area. The participants were around 80: 35 special needs kids and their parents from Al-Salam group and 40 kids from the Space. The participants from Al-Salam group were transported by a bus to a nearby land to the Space, where they enjoyed breakfast in the midst of nature. Later, they were introduced to olives and helped in olive picking, and were able to appreciate the sight of cattle from very close distances. Toward the end, the special needs kids and the kids at the space were introduced to each other and enjoyed playing together.  “I want to tell my friends about the activity and the new friendships I made.”
The kids at the Space proposed calling the activity “the Get together of Friends” and they offered basil as symbolic gifts. The participants from Al-Salam group appreciated the experience and asked to repeat such visits.