Gaza Optical Center conducts a medical survey in the field of optics

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The Gaza Optical Center of the Emaar Association for Development and Rehabilitation carried out a medical survey in optics (sight examination) in three schools affiliated with the Education Directorate in Khan Younis.

The optometrist, Dr. Ayat Abu Jazar, said:” This activity comes to detect cases that suffer from low vision and other visual problems; which negatively affects the child’s academic achievement.” Abu Jazar added that the survey targeted 741 male and female students distributed in three public schools: Abdullah Siyam Primary School, Ibn Khaldoun Basic School, and Hatem Al-Tai Preparatory School.

Mr. Majid Al Qidra, Head of the School Health Department in the Directorate of Education in Khan Younis, thanked the Emaar Association for Development and Rehabilitation for its excellent cooperation in implementing this project, which is reflected positively on the health and preservation of our children. He said that “Emaar is one of the leading institutions concerned with this field through its various health centers and programs.”

Dr. Abu Jazar stressed the importance of early detection of visual problems in children to facilitate the process of intervention and treatment by using the appropriate visual corrector. Or include him in the occupational therapy program, especially if the child suffers from functional laziness in one or both eyes due to low vision, strabismus, or any other diseases that have been present since his childhood and have not been discovered.

Emaar holds its First Communication Meeting: “We Meet with Love.”

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The Emaar Association for Development and Rehabilitation’s administration held its first communication meeting in 2022. The board of directors of Emaar met all the association’s work team.

 

In his speech, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emaar, Dr. Rami Al-Ghamry, welcomed the attendees and stressed that “Emaar” includes a distinguished work team in the various disciplines and fields in which it operates. Moreover, the board of directors mentioned that it seeks to develop and formulate policies regulating work in the association. The directors also noted that the “Emaar family” is not limited to its board of directors and the work team; it also includes its target groups and relatives.

 

Dr. Al-Ghamry touched on the reality of the current work in Emaar, the future vision that the Emaar administration seeks to reach, and the great challenges it faces under exceptional working conditions in the Gaza Strip. He stressed that the “active employee” is the capital of “Emaar” through which it can achieve these goals with the highest possible efficiency and effectiveness. Dr. Al-Ghamry concluded his speech with recommendations and fruitful directions for the work team.

 

The meeting included an open segment for dialogue and conversation between the Board of Directors and the work team. It contained interventions that reflected the keenness of the attendees to advance and develop work in Emaar and all of its programs.

Emaar Holds Needs Assessment Workshops for Beneficiaries of Basma Private School

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Emaar Association for Development and Rehabilitation held, at its headquarters in Khan Younis, workshops entitled “Determining the needs of the beneficiaries of Basma Private School and measuring their satisfaction with the services provided.” This workshop is within the activities that the association of the community participation of stakeholders in the planning, design, and development of projects, programs, and activities provided by the association to citizens in the southern Gaza Strip Gaza.

The workshops targeted a sample of students with disabilities who benefited from the services of Basma Private School and a discussion with the students’ parents. The Director-General of the Emaar Association, Mr. Anwar Abu Musa, started the workshops by welcoming the students and their families. He indicated that these activities come in the context of Emaar’s interest in the participation of beneficiaries in the design of projects, programs, and activities and measuring their satisfaction with the services provided to improve and develop services to meet their needs problems and priorities.

The association’s project team ran the workshops. Several topics were discussed, most notably the economic, social, psychological, educational conditions of students and their families, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the recent war on the sector in May 2021 on children with disabilities. There was also a discussion about the reality of the services provided in the southern governorate in general and the level of satisfaction with the services offered by Basma School in particular. Finally, the workshop organizers listened to the aspirations and suggestions of the beneficiaries of students with disabilities and their families to design future interventions that consider what they were referring to.

The beneficiaries indicated their great satisfaction with the level of services provided by Basma Private School, especially during the small number of centers and institutions that deliver high-quality services to the southern region of the Gaza Strip. They also expressed their happiness and great desire to attend and participate in the workshops organized by the association within the framework of community participation adopted by the association since its inception.

At the end of the workshops, the organizers thanked the parents for their great confidence in the association’s services provided to their families, stressing the association’s efforts and its centers to meet their needs.