The Charter for Compassion - Yemen: At work!
The Charter for Compassion in Yemen has been hard at work, collecting funds from local and international donors, and selecting meaningful opportunities to invest.
The first opportunity that they have taken, is to provide funds to the Abni Autism Center in Sana’a, the only such facility in Yemen. These funds will be used to provide medicine to 33 autistic children, and food supplies to their families. The medicines are not easily found in Yemen, and would otherwise cost $2,200 US for one to two months. An additional $1,200 US will cover the families’ food needs for one month.
The Yemen team has also been busy making plans for the future. Continuing their work with autistic children, they would like to consider ways to enhance their futures: finding ways to better enable them to enter and interact with their community and participate in local society. To accomplish this, they will undertake two initiatives:
- To establish an awareness campaign to prevent violence against children with autism, hosting a workshop for the families of autistic children.
- To establish a basic education school, in conjunction with the Abni Autism Center and the Ministry of Education in Yemen. These children have been rejected by private and government primary schools in Yemen. There are approximately 33 children being served by the Center, that are ready to enroll in basic education.
For more information, or to offer assistance you can contact
the Abni Autism Center,
Sana’a Aser St. near to Siplus Hospital
Tel: +967777269523
or
Tariq Alamri,
The Charter for Compassion, Yemen
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