Improving care for children with disabilities in Salé-Rabat

Marruecos

Justification

The problems to be addressed with this project focus on two areas:

  • Need to enhance the organizational and management capacity of the El Youssr Association (Relatives of people with autism, Down syndrome, the disabled …)
  • Need to improve the socio-sanitary and educational care of disabled children of El Youssr associates.

Location

Salé-Rabat

Local Partner

Caritas Rabat and Association El Youssr

Goals

General Objective: To promote the management and work of the El Youssr Association in its socio-sanitary and educational work.

Specific Objective: To improve the educational, health and social quality of 50 disabled children in the regulated school environment and of the Association

Leading population

(50 disabled children).

Project duration

Budget

Financing

TAU, Caritas-Rabat, El Yourrs Association, Ay.Berriozar (Navarra) Moroccan Ministry of Education

Activities:

  • Create an Activity Coordinator position
  • Purchase of equipment for the Association office (furniture, telephone-fax and accounting program)
  • 5-day course on associative management.
  • Associative accounting and accounting system course acquired by the association
  • Edition of brochures for public dissemination of the objectives of the association
  • Making a guide for parents of affected members of the Association.
  • Sustaining operating expenses to achieve functional support services.
  • Renovation of the furniture, pedagogical and psycho-motor material of the 4 existing classrooms
  • Creation of a new classroom for autistics at the Ibn Toufail School
  • Equipment of the new classroom for autists.
  • Salary improvement for the professionals of the Association.
  • Selection and hiring of educators (one educator and two assistants) for the new classroom for autists.
  • Disability course for educators.
  • Autism course for educators.
  • Course to improve the use of pedagogical material by educators.
  • Course on administration and management for the heads of the Association.
  • Recruitment of a psychologist, orthopedic technician and a psychomotor specialist.
  • Training of educators and parents of the association in horticulture and rabbit breeding.
  • Training of educators in hygiene and nutrition.
  • Preparation and equipment of the garden and space for the farm.
  • Purchase and preparation of sports equipment