#Disability

“Without this centre Ahmad would definitely not be in school”

The Community Based Rehabilitation Association, a new local partner for MAP, is one of the very few organisations in north Lebanon providing multi-disciplinary specialised services for children with disabilities and developmental delays.

Ahmad’s story: “We helped him believe in his abilities”

Read how MAP's partner in Lebanon is supporting Palestinian refugee children with learning difficulties to succeed at school.

“I didn’t imagine I’d walk again”

Ahlam is a 70-year-old Palestinian refugee who lives in Al-Buss refugee camp in Tyre, South Lebanon. A few months ago, she fell down the stairs and broke her hip. The doctor told her that she needed a hip replacement.

Learning with lightbulbs: Adapting education for refugee children with autism

Wafa Dakwar, MAP’s Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, discusses how the MAP-supported Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation’s Habilitation preschool, in Mar Elias camp, Beirut, helped seven-year-old Hasan and his family.

A helping hand to children with disabilities in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps

Wafa Dakwar, MAP's Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, met with Rana, a Palestinian refugee and mother of three, to hear about the difference MAP's disability programme has made to the lives of her and her children.

Collapse of healthcare for Palestinians in Lebanon inevitable without urgent action

Today Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) released a new report, warning that the health “system” for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is scarcely fit for purpose.

Displacement and disability

Seventy years have now passed since the Nakba, or ‘Catastrophe’, when over 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their homes due to the actions of armed groups during the creation of the State of Israel. Around 100,000 of them found shelter in Lebanon.

From Gaza to Geneva: leaving Palestine for the first time to speak at the UN

In December, Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, joined MAP colleagues in Geneva. Haitham describes his journey to from Gaza to the UN.

Israel undergoes Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record

This week Israel underwent the third UPR of its human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. During the interactive dialogue, states had the opportunity to raise issues of concern and make recommendations for action to Israel.

Gaza to Geneva: speaking at the UN with MAP

Watch Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP's Programme Assistant in Gaza, describe his journey to Geneva last month and what issues he raised with UN Member States ahead of Israel's Universal Periodic Review.

Hairdressing and hope: realising the rights of people with disabilities in Gaza

We spoke with Rita, a participant in MAP’s “Inclusive and Accessible Society” project in Gaza, to find out how the project helped her to set up her own business.

Six ways Gaza’s electricity crisis impacts the lives of Palestinians with disabilities

Here are six ways in which the electricity crisis has made life harder for people with disabilities in Gaza.