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Hebron University Establishes a Tent for Supporting Handicapped Students
Hebron University in partnership with Qader Institution For Societal development established a tent for supporting handicapped students in the University campus. The tent aimed at supporting the issues of handicapped students at Palestinian universities.
The tent was opened with welcoming remarks by Prof. Dr. Ahmad Atawneh who valued the role of the students participating in the project to support the issues of their colleagues the handicapped students. He clarified the role of Hebron University in supporting the issues of handicap and standing by their side in order to support them in achieving their dreams in studying at the university in an equivalent way with the rest of their colleagues.
Mrs. Lana Bandak director general of Qader institution praised the efforts of the University in dealing with the activities of the project. She emphasized that the most important outputs of the project are changing the stereotype about handicapped persons, their role in the society, their ability to enroll in higher education and the necessity of suiting the universities to the needs of these students including study materials and supporting equipment.
Mr. Hakam Al-Ja’abari director of Students’ Affairs at Hebron University thanked the representatives of Qader Institution for their role in raising the awareness of the society for important issues such as the issue of handicapped students. He added that Hebron University will always stand by the students to upgrade their situation.
It is worth mentioning that the project is implemented in both Hebron University and Al-Quds University for one year with the support of the Catholic Relief Services and financed by the American Agency for Development. The activities of this Tent continue till Thursday 9/5/2013 . The opening of this Tent was accompanied by several activities such as showing films related to issues of handicap and discussing them in the presence of students from different courses with Mr. ‘Umar Ziyad coordinator of the Higher Council for the handicapped in the Ministry of Social Affairs. He dealt with the issues related to the role of the civil society institutions in supporting the issues of handicap and the necessity of institutionalizing work inside the universities so that the students are able to study in an equivalent way with the rest of the students.