Toward accessible buildings that open their doors to everyone. Do you find it difficult to use a place because of too many barriers? Does an entrance, a staircase, a narrow corridor, an unclear sign, or an unsuitable design prevent you from moving, getting around, understanding, hearing, or communicating easily? We can help. The problem is […]
The Lebanese Wheelchair Union participated in the Disability and Work Conference, organized by ESCWA at its headquarters in Beirut on December 14, 2017. At the conference, ESCWA’s Executive Director Dr. Khawla Matar spoke, the head of the Department of Disability Affairs, Ms. Mary Al-Hajj, delivered the Ministry of Social Affairs speech, and the head of […]
Inclusive tourism is the creation of an enabling environment that should meet the needs of all people, regardless of their abilities, disabled or non-disabled, temporarily or otherwise (mobility, hearing, visual or intellectual), families traveling with children, or elderly people, especially in light of the increasing aging of the global population (in 2050, the elderly over […]
The Platinum Hotel, located in the Tyre area, is currently preparing 4 rooms to welcome all customers with different needs. This step comes within the framework of the existing cooperation between the project and the hotel management, where a cooperation protocol was signed and a work plan was developed that started from assessing the place […]
The Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities (formerly the Lebanese Wheelchair Union) won an international award where its model project “Tourism for All” was categorized as one of the best practices for inclusive tourism, funded by the European Union within the AFKAR3 project and managed by the Ministry of Administrative Development and in partnership […]
Strengthening the role of the tourism sector as an important asset for socio-economic development, with the aim of adopting a methodology to integrate people with disabilities in Lebanon.
On July 12, 2017, the Lebanese Wheelchair Union launched the practical steps towards inclusive tourism in Baalbek, as part of the “Tourism for All” project, funded by the European Union and managed by the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs, in the presence of the mayor of Baalbek, Hussein El-Lakkis, represented […]
On September 14, 2017, the Lebanese Wheelchair Union, in partnership with the Municipality of Tyre, launched the first pilot experiment in Lebanon that allows all people with different needs to access the sea and enjoy marine tourism services, entitled “Tyre Beach for All”, in an official ceremony at tent number 19 on the beach of […]
