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  • The Peace Center for the Blind was established in Jerusalem in 1983.
  • Lydia Mansour, Director of the Peace Center for the Blind in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Learning to read Braille at the Peace Center for the Blind
  • Developing the finger sensitivity necessary to read Braille
  • Peace Center for the Blind, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Lydia Mansour, Director of the Peace Center for the Blind
  • A classroom at the Peace Center for the Blind in Jerusalem, Israel
  • In the textile workshop at the Peace Center for the Blind. The Center provides job training for the visually impaired so that they can secure a job and be self-sufficient. Some women learn to knit wool garments, others make jams, juices, cookies, and pastries to sell at bazaars, others learn to style hair and give manicures and pedicures.
  • The Peace Center's educational program is based on the curriculum of the ministry of education. Students are taught in English, Arabic, and Braille.

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A Place of Light in the Dark

Album Description:

The Peace Center for the Blind is an academic and vocational training center for blind Palestinian women.

Israel
Israel
Location:
Jerusalem
Date:
June 2007
Grants Awarded:
Peace Centre for the Blind (through American Near East Refugee Aid) ($25,000)
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