#Disability rights

Remembering passionate disability rights advocate Peter Coleridge

All of us at MAP were extremely sad to learn of the death of MAP Trustee and passionate disability rights advocate, Peter Coleridge.

Protecting the rights of Palestinian children with disabilities in Lebanon

Soha’s seven-year-old daughter, Manal, is one of the children benefiting from early intervention services provided by the MAP-supported Sour Community Disability Project in Lebanon.

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.

CADI Day 2019: Promoting the rights of people with disability in Gaza

Last month, MAP and NRSTA organised the second annual CADI Day; a highly successful day of events and public education to promote the rights of people with disabilities in Gaza.

“Life-changing” - 20 years of supporting parents of children with disabilities

Last month we celebrated the 20th anniversary of a support group for parents of children with disabilities enrolled in the Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation’s Habilitation preschool, in Mar Elias camp, Lebanon.

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

Last week Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, joined MAP colleagues in Geneva to brief states on the right to health of Palestinians and the rights of Palestinians with disabilities ahead of Israel’s Universal Period Review.

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