The SESOBEL program in the South of Lebanon is also part of the organization’s mission. It focuses on school inclusion, professional learning and integration of the person with disability in the workplace. It also efficiently contributes to the lasting development of the region.

At the heart of the elementary school in Jezzine, two parallel classes are dedicated to 7 children with a mental and motor disability to hone their learning on the educational and social development levels. The children learn in a very favorable environment comprised of a multidisciplinary team (educators, speech therapists, physical therapists, …) and of a school program appropriate for their integration in the school life (200 students, 30 teachers).

I – The School Inclusion project:

Specific objectives:

Related to the children with disability:

• Receive daily life teachings
• Receive therapeutic assistance
• Maintain contact with society
• Develop their human and spiritual side

Actions with children 

• Partial integration in recreational school activities such as:

  • Music
  • Physical activity
  • Painting
  • Recreations

• Pre-school and school program adapted to each child with disability and which aims at:

  • The childrenThe children’s and young people’
  • The reinforcement of already acquired cognitive behavior
  • Socializing

This is achieved through an individualized and collective adapted program.

II- The vocational rehabilitation center: Production in Kfarhouna

At the Kfarhouna village, Kaza de Jezzine, at the heart of the parochial complex of the Greek Melkite Catholic community, a Vocational Rehabilitation Center was created for the purpose of making artful recipes that the Lebanese village is renowned for. Five young people with disability work at the center with a group of professionals.

Objectives :

• Let the people with handicap evolve and develop their general capacities and broaden their experiences.
• Make each of the children feel useful to themselves and to others.
• Promote socializing between young adults to encourage them to meet people and to share.

 

Beneficiaries :

• 3 young people including one with a physical handicap
• 2 young people with a mental handicap

 

Course of action :

Seasonal practical work is provided to the children as well as daily accompaniment: pots of jelly, bags of thyme, etc…see more