The My Right campaign, the national campaign to implement political rights for people with disabilities, continues to hold its preparatory sessions for the 2023 municipal and electoral elections. The second session was held on Thursday, March 16, 2023, remotely via Zoom, with the participation of 17 volunteers from the Beirut and Mount Lebanon branches of […]
As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, the Lebanese Federation for Persons with Motor Disabilities organized two activities to commemorate this occasion, on March 14 and 16, in the Bralias and Baalbek branches. The two activities targeted 58 women with disabilities and mothers of children with disabilities (37 women in the Pralias branch and […]
On March 12, 2023, the national campaign for the implementation of political rights for persons with disabilities held its first preparatory session for the 2023 municipal and electoral elections at the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities’ center in Beirut, with the participation of 23 male and female volunteers from Beirut and Mount Lebanon. […]
Within the framework of the project “Emergency Humanitarian Assistance and Protection for Vulnerable Persons with Disabilities, Especially Women in the Bekaa Region”, the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities, in cooperation with “Movement for Peace”, organized a workshop entitled “Report of the Workshop on Protection, Detection and Response to Gender-Based Violence for Persons with […]
UNSCOL’s Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Imran Riza, visited the Access Kitchen and was briefed on the workflow and praised the efforts made, which contribute to integrating people with special needs into the community and the surrounding environment in a distinctive way. “It’s impressive what you are doing here at the […]
We congratulate the legal researcher and volunteer at the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities, Ms. Hanin Jarkas, for defending her master’s thesis entitled “Legal Protection of the Rights of Persons with Additional Needs in Lebanon”, after she persevered in preparing it for a year of hard work and diligence, and her research efforts […]
With the support of the Austrian Embassy in Beirut and UN Women Lebanon, 60 women with disabilities are empowered to prepare, cook and distribute daily hot meals to families in the surrounding areas. The Inclusive Kitchen is not just a community kitchen run by a group of creative women, under the umbrella of the Lebanese […]
We were honored to welcome Ambassador Bernard Wrabetz & Gerold Vollmer, Director of MENA from Österreichisches Außenministerium & Ambassador Dr. René Amry from the Austrian Embassy Beirut – Österreichische Botschaft Beirut to our community kitchen Access Kitchen which is led and run by 60 inspiring women. This project is supported by the Austrian Embassy in […]
USAID and LUPD celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by calling for the 2023 municipal elections to be inclusive and accessible Sharing a report on the successes and violations affecting voters with disabilities during the 2022 parliamentary elections December 2, 2022 – Beirut, Lebanon – The Lebanese Union of Persons with Motor Disabilities […]
To build an integrated team and improve their performance, a group of women from our community kitchen – Access Kitchen – benefited from a workshop and a psychosocial support session. The Federation continuously works on empowering women to help and support each other, accept and value self-worth, develop conflict resolution skills, recognize and address needs, […]
A delegation from the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities and the Coalition of Associations of Persons with Disabilities met with the Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Judge Bassam Mawlawi, at his office, in the presence of Brigadier General Mohammed Al-Sheikh. During the meeting, the delegation expressed its appreciation and thanks to the Minister […]
In a ceremony organized by the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities (LEBCAAP) and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Lebanon Civil Action Acceleration Program (LEBCAAP), the report “My Right to Vote Campaign in the 2022 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections – Monitoring Report” was discussed at the Radisson Blu Hotel in […]
