SETI - Center Support Education and Training for Inclusion

1. CaritasEgypt SETI - Center Support Education and Training for Inclusion

2. Disability in Egypt Prepared by Mr. Essam Franciss Community Based Rehabilitation Consultant SETI Center / Caritas Egypt (Cariats Egypt - SETI Center )

3. Key Problems

4. 78 million live in 13% of the surface Over Population • manpower in working age rate is 51% of the total population. • Unemployment among women 50% Unemployment • Illiterate people rate 40 % of the population • 69% of women are illiterate Literacy • 10% of the total population are have a disable – more than 8 million are PWD (all kind of disability) Disability

5. Only 12% of the disable receives services. • Most of the services available only in big cities. • Lack of trained and motivated specialist. Lack of Service for disable • A rage of 400 L.E. is the monthly income for family (5 persons) (1 Kg meat = 47 L.E) • Low income affected voluntary work. • Only school children under the umbrella of the social insurance (76% of the disable are not included in Schools) Low income • Before 1980 only medical APPROACH (institution) • 1981 till 1989 medical and social APPROAC • 2006 right-based approach after ratification of UN convention of rights of persons with disabilities Module used

6. ID • Caritas – Egypt: • Established in 1967, total of 730 employees • SETI Center (Support – Education – Training for Inclusion) • Center for training & studies in disability established in • Established in 1986, total 180 employees • Premises: 3 in Greater Cairo, 2 in Alexandria, 1 in Sohag • Area of operation: all governorates of Egypt (Cariats Egypt - SETI Center )

7. Disability (Cariats Egypt - SETI Center )

8. SETI Center Vocational Rehabilitation Department Community Based Rehabilitation Department Family Rehabilitation Department Awareness & training Department Information & Resources Department Educational Inclusion Department -Training young persons & adults on job skills -Supporting families to implement productive projects -Training families & Children -Training associations in order to present services - • Providing educational, training, advertising & • documenting materials (written / audiovisual) • Promotes the full inclusion of children with disabilities within the education system • -Training persons working in the field & volunteers • -Raising Society’s Awareness Training community members in poor areas & areas deprived of services (Cariats Egypt - SETI Center )

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10. How can we include C.B.R components in Mainstream activities of Labor sector? C.B.R activities Caritas Egypt SETI Center C.B.R program Local partners Trained Parents Trained disable F.B.V.R module (Cariats Egypt - SETI Center )

11. How can we include C.B.R components in Mainstream activities of Labor sector? Labor office Labor Sector Low Work Conditions (Cariats Egypt - SETI Center )

12. How can we include C.B.R components in Mainstream activities of Labor sector? Joined platform • - Forming community • support comities. • Forming pressure • groups of parents (advocacy). • Introducing good example • of trained disable persons • In jobs. • Razing awareness among • Families and stick holders • Deliver community • Based vocational rehabilitation • to many NGO’S in • Different governorates Caritas Egypt SETI Center C.B.R program Labor Sector (Cariats Egypt - SETI Center )

13. who can make pressure? How ??????? -Families after being empowered -Local teams after training -Politicians after being aware of rights of disabled -Community support comities of CBR projects -National Egyptian CBR net work -Persons with disability -DPO disable people organizations (Cariats Egypt - SETI Center )

14. How? • Advocacy training workshops for disabled and their families • Awareness campaigns • Support the local media with stories, information and articles • Forming parents associations

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