Syria

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Disability in Syria is widely seen as a
"Punishment from God".

  • 20.1% of the population lives in poverty

  • 28,4% of the population is illiterate

  • anual average income : 900 US-$

  • 64% of the population has access to clean water in rural areas

  • only 1.3 doctors for every 1000

  • Public hospitals treat patients with no income for free

  • Deathrate of newborns 2.2%
    8.5% of the population will not reach the age of 40

Syria has sufficient developments in the medical and social fields, however, lacks progress for the disabled.

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Day of the inauguration in 2002.

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Commemorative plaque.

Day Care Centre for disabled children in Salamiyah

April 2002, the day care Centre for mentally and physically disabled children was inaugurated. The Juergen Wahn Foundation financed  this facility with 100.000 Euro. The mealtime dining hall bell which rings each day carries our logo along with the dedication engraved on the commemorative plaque.

Over 50 children have found a new, spacious second home here, who before were squeezed into two tiny hospital rooms. Every day parents drop off their children for physiotherapeutic treatments. In 2004 a Kindergarden was added.

Physiotherapists arrive from Germany on a short term work exchange program to dedicate their valuable experiences with local collegues.

Today the JWF Child Care Facility is supported and financed by a local Foundation. Our dream came true and our goal was met and our motto was fullfilled :

Help to help yourself!

But for spezial help we need still your donation:

Keyword: Disabled children, Syria

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An orphanage in Aleppo (Syria).

Visiting an Orphanage in Aleppo

Almost every year a group of members of the Juergen Wahn Foundation visit our programs abroad in order to experience first hand how our projects are implemented and to monitor the progress. They also continue to search of people and places that are in need of our support. All of their travel expenses are paid for out of their own pockets.
 
In 2002, during a trip to Syria, the JWF board members visited an orphanage in Aleppo, and adopted the facility as a new project JWF support. 

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