Project: Habilitation Preschool Maintenance
Founded: 1986
Location: Mar Elias Camp, Beirut, Lebanon
Having a safe and a healthy space where disabled children learn to cope with their condition is crucial to the work of Habilitation Preschool. The old building foundations lacked basic and necessary measures that will ensure a safe and good living environment. Although maintenance was carried on in previous years, little can be done about water leakage, wall cracks, humidity, electricity shortages and ventilation have not been treated well. Creating unsafe environment for the children and staff due to the high humidity rate, which materialized in “water pools” forced the staff to stop implementing interventions programs and techniques for lack of space and the wearing of the material. Basic maintenance to address the building problems were made possible by a grant for the Jerusalem Fund and the preschool now is able to carry out its mission in serving children.
