BEIRUT: Blind students from all across Lebanon attended a camp at the Orthodox School in Tripoli over the weekend titled “Empowerment through integration: Together we build a society.” The workshop was organized by two students from the Wellesley College in Boston, who had won the Clinton Foundation Award for creating a program to integrate visually disabled persons in the academic and social fields.
The program also trains the visually disabled to become independent, to strengthen their self-confidence, and help raise social awareness.
Blind people in Lebanon are less likely to attend schools and universities than their counterparts. – The Daily Star
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