Current Programming in Lebanon

 

• Provision of basic, person-focused assistance services to Persons with Disabilities among Refugees from Syria and their peers in Lebanese host communities.
   
• Awareness-raising, coordination, and advocacy focusing on:

1. Acknowledging and prioritizing:
   • The needs and rights of persons with disabilities.
   • The particular needs of the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach, and addressing the challenges associated with assisting them.
      
2. Recognizing the value and importance of:
   • Rehabilitation, inclusion, and social integration of individuals with disabilities.
   • Provision of technical and material support to aid in policy formulation, ensure safe access to services, and enhance resilience, sustainability and local capabilities.
   • Capacity strengthening of local organizations and human resources for a creative, responsive, committed, and contextually appropriate sustainable support system.
   • Coordination and collaboration among different stakeholders to optimize resources and enhance service delivery.
   • Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) services approaches and programming for accessible and contextually appropriate interventions.
   • Providing attention, assistance, and capacity building for caregivers.
   • Promoting self-reliance and self-determination, as appropriate, among individuals with disabilities.
   • Alignment and coordination between local and international stakeholders.
      
3. Preventing disabilities and their determinants.