DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) organised lectures and distributed gifts to children as part of celebrations to mark International Day of People with Disability.
The day is celebrated by national societies on December 3 under the umbrella of the United Nations.
QRC hosted lectures for social advisers and administrative staff of schools and distributed gifts to 90 children with disabilities, in cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation under the theme ‘We Are with You’.
On the first day of celebrations, QRC’s headquarters hosted academic and informative lectures attended by representatives of about 80 schools.
The lectures were delivered by disability experts, including Adla Sabri, Manager, Al Tamakon for Comprehensive Education, Dr Maryam Mostafa Al Hawli, Paediatric Specialist, Child Development and Rehabilitation Section, Rumailah Hospital, and Adel Al Awni and Al Arabi Al Arfawi, speech therapy specialists from the hospital.
The event concluded with a lecture by Dr Ayesh Ahmed Al Qahtani, Islamic preacher and family/educational consultant, who spoke on how to utilise a handicap for the best interest of the disabled.
On the second day, a delegation of QRC’s Social Development Department, led by Rashid bin Saad Al Mohannadi, visited Rumailah Hospital and distributed gifts to children to help them accept their congenital problems.
In another event, Hanadi Al Moallem and Latifa Al Merekhi visited Al Tamakon for Comprehensive Education, and attended a presentation on the centre’s activities and services for children with disabilities.
They also distributed gifts to children.
Al Tamakon officials will cooperate with QRC on the supply of equipment for the phonetics laboratory and first aid courses for staff.
“QRC has done a lot in addressing the problem of disabilities as part of Qatar’s approach towards such special segments of society, putting in place a system of rights and responsibilities for them,” said Al Mohannadi.
He said the day was an opportunity to mobilise support for the disabled.
QRC’s participation in the celebrations was an attempt to raise awareness about how to minimise disabilities and enhance potential and morale of the disabled, he added.
The Peninsula
