Port-Gentil, December 5, 2023 (AGP) – The Organization of Disabled People (OPH), launched, this Tuesday, December 5 in Port-Gentil, the provincial capital of Ogooué-Maritime (West), a caravan of meetings between students and people with disabilities within educational establishments, under the theme: ”Disability and its challenges at school”.
This caravan of meetings between students and people with disabilities within establishments aims to promote and enhance the integration of people with disabilities at all levels of society.
Led by the president of the OPH, Jean Stanislas Ellang, this campaign will be held from December 5 to 7 in the various establishments of Port-Gentil.
For this first day, the Joseph Ambouroué high school served as the setting for the launch.
For President Jean Stanislas, it is unacceptable that in our time, school, supposed to be for all, continues to limit the development of the intellectual and civic capacities of children deprived of certain sensorimotor means for reasons of accessibility.
The world of rights, he continued, and duties cannot be exclusively reserved for able-bodied people. The person with a disability must also help to realize all possibilities, whether physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, sporting or civic.
”By recognizing and valuing the dignity and rights of people with reduced mobility, we recognize and value the own dignity and rights of all of us (…). Providing disabled people with the means to succeed is not enough. It is necessary that everyone is ready to welcome them, to encourage and promote their integration throughout society,” underlined the president of the OPH.
The spokesperson for disabled children, Baranow Georges, for his part, was keen to point out that to guarantee equal rights and opportunities for success at school, those in charge of his school have arranged the passage for his wheelchair , its classroom, as well as other places accessible to all students, which benefit everyone. An action that he encourages the managers of each establishment to implement.
Furthermore, by testifying for her two albino children, Lydia Makoulé exposed the difficulties her children still face at school. According to his explanations, stares, rejection and mockery are realities that his albino children face.
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