Last Update10 November 2012

Open Day II events Coincided with the International Women's Day

EL-Amal Rehbiltation Society accomplish in resort Alhabiy City in Khan Younis Open Day II events within the project "Strengthening the self-reliance of the deaf in defending their rights in Rafah" grant from the program to strengthen civil society participation CPP funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID and implementing relief services International Catholic CRS and Hope Association for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled - Rafah.

The idea of ​​this activity to coincide with the commemoration of appropriate International Women's Day and the promotion of the role of women in society, whether a university, with various disabilities, or a housewife was organized activity in collaboration with Club hope for the Deaf and the Arab College of Applied Sciences, and limited open day on post number 104 of women (of deaf adults and students and graduates from various universities and volunteers) have been implementing many of the extracurricular activities and intramural sports and cultural competitions and the distribution of incentive awards, and increased knowledge of class participation to CEDAW and the terms of this agreement and its usefulness for women and open discussion to attend and permeation Open Day a set of interesting national anthems.

For its part, indicated Nermin Saidam project manager that the main objective of the implementation of the Open Day, which "coincided with the revival of events anniversary International Women's Day" is to integrate and empower deaf deaf adults with the rest of society in general and university students in particular through the implementation of such open days and activate sign language for the Palestinian and use among the participants, who were distributed participants to groups and implementation of many of the group games and discussions varied and then use wooden toys, and confirmed Saidam the importance of implementing such activities for young people and deaf particularly in increasing the interaction in the community and get their rights.

She, Saidam that the implementation of the Open Day is an update of a series of open days and days volunteering that are implemented during the project over 10 months which expires at the end of August of this year, 2013, and the port in the club hope for the deaf adults in order to strengthen the capacity of deaf adults and increase and participation in activities that promote their role in civil society.