Disability Inclusion in Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence Programs
Women's Refugee Commission
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TOOL 2: ORGANIZATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DPOS) CONTACT LIST
Association of Parents of Children who are Hard of Hearing and Deaf (APML)
Address:
Father Roberts Institute, Special School for Students with Hearing Impairment & Learning Disabilities
Telephone:
+9619233590 / +9619233543
About:
APML is an organization which works with people with hearing disabilities in Lebanon. They raise awareness for families and society to facilitate the social and educational inclusion of the person with hearing disability. APML works with government and society to implement CRPD in Lebanon.
Lebanese Association for Self Advocacy (LASA)
Address:
Toufic Tabarah Street; Beirut
Email:
ourvoice.lb@gmail.com
Telephone:
+9611340011
About:
LASA is run by and for persons with disabilities and works to ensure that persons with disabilities, especially those with intellectual disability are full members of the society, and that they should have the support they need to make their voices heard and all their rights respected.
Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union (LPHU)
Address:
Salah Al-Deen Ayoubi St. near Rotana Hotel; Beirut
Telephone:
+9611807367
Email:
lphu.lphu@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.lphu.com
About:
LPHU is a national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization of people with physical disabilities that has been working on disability issues since 1981. The two main fields of work are advocacy and community-based development projects (including physical rehabilitation, inclusive education, and vocational rehabilitation).
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Youth Association of the Blind (YAB)
Address:
Tadmour Street, Karkoul Al Druze; Beirut
Website:
http://www.yablb.org/
Email:
yab@cyberia.net.lb
Telephone:
+961 1 364 259 / 368 221
About:
YAB is a right-based organization representing persons with visual impairment, advocating for their human rights and working for inclusive society to them.