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Medical Assistance: A Glimmer of Hope-Rural Banias, Tartous

Mona, a young woman with multiple sclerosis, benefited from the wheelchair that was offered to her by SSSD in Tartous. Monitored by ORVs in the village of al-‘Aleiqa, she was referred to the Medical Assistance Program.


Mona lives with her 75-year-old mother. She was in dire need of a wheelchair to relieve her from her mobility issue, especially because her large size and overweight made it impossible for her mother to help her unassisted. When she received the wheelchair, she affirmed that it was for them akin to a “caregiver,” assisting them with mobility and meeting their needs on a regular basis.


The SSSD team, who communicate regularly with the family, responded to Mona’s request to take her out in a stroll on the wheelchair, just as she used to do before her illness. So, she went out accompanied by them, enjoying the scenery and expressing, time and again, her heartfelt gratitude to the SSSD team for the better-quality life they offered her.

 

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Because they are the most marginalized groups in the society and because they are in need of support and highlight their rights and in order to integrate them with their peers and try to change some misconceptions and create a generation that advocates for the rights of people with special needs, on the occasion of World Day for People with Special Needs, the (UNHCR) in the governorate of Hama with the participation of associations and bodies working in the field of care for people with special needs, A month-long campaign was held to the people with special needs and their mothers.
The aim of the awareness sessions was to raise the level of awareness of the beneficiaries on the concept of disability, the rights of the disabled people, how to deal with them, develop their talents and abilities to become effective people within the community, and to organizing and implementing the events
The campaign concluded a number of activities that included various sections: a varied theater, choral, dances, legal presentations explaining the rights of people with special needs in Syrian law, and many paragraphs that included a large number of people with special needs, and the teenagers of the child club who had many sessions on accepting the other.

My smile is important for you - Hama

Under the title (My smile is important for you), The Syrian Society for Social Development innorth Hama,Qamhaneh center, with the participation of children and their families celebrate the occasion of the World Day for people with special needs.The children preparedsmall gifts accompanied by messages that motivate the community to accept them and pay attention to them.
After the distribution of messages within the region, the peoplestarted welcoming the children with a smile and thank them for the messages.

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.

Mentoring Programme - Fly, fly

The role of the friendship groups for people with special needs is to develop cognitive skills and to increase the children's language. Therefore, the Syrian Society for Social Development team in cooperation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees carried out a series of activities for the Al-Wafa group for children with special needs through which children were introduced to all types of transportations “land, sea, air “andthe specs of each one. We concluded the series as well as talk about how to protect ourselves from accidents while crossing the streets.

Al Salam group trip to the playing park

Because it's not a summer vacation without the joy and trips, one of the friendship groups for PWD at the Syrian Society for Social Development (Al Salam Group) took a trip to the playing park on 28 July. The trip was attended by 70 people among the beneficiaries, volunteers, families and friends. Everyone participated in the games and expressed their great happiness in this activities. One of the mothers said: "I feel that I'm living my childhood again with my family when participated in the games." another mother said : "I can leave on every thing, but I can not give up Al Salam group because they are my second family and friends."
And one of the volunteers said " the playing park is good, but it gets better with Al Salam group "

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