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The "Equal Opportunities" programme was launched by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi early in 2021.
On the occasion of the World Children's Day, the Ministry of Social Solidarity released Sunday a statement detailing the public benefits provided to children in Egypt.
Another is being prepared.
The Senate is currently discussing during its plenary sessions the report prepared by its Financial and Economic Affairs Committee on the Economic and Social Development Plan for FY2022/2023 submitted by the government.
The Ministry of Social Solidarity announced Tuesday that the number of disabled students benefiting from the designated units at public units has hit 12,100.
Spouses and second-degree relatives can now drive handicap cars per an amendment to the law on people with disabilities, where only first-degree relatives and personal drivers had been allowed to drive such vehicles.
Qabaj added that the ministry also pays the tuition fees of 300,000 disabled school students.
Those are the first phase.
A little burn survivor has flown on a dual-pilot plane along with a group of differently-abled people after she voiced her wish to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a Sunday conference.
Minibuses designed for physically-challenged people started operating in Egyptian governorate of Sharqia in Delta, with commuters expressing delight with the new experience.
Joining the program is achieved by winning a competition dubbed the Open Innovation Challenge for Persons with Disabilities.
The minister stated during a dialogue on the "conceptual manual for a sustainable development plan responsive to different social groups."
That is in collaboration with a charity organization.
Yasmine Sabry who had posted a photo of her doing yoga to which her 16 years old brother commented on, the usual sibling banter that everyone has with their brother/sister.
It is the first time for the National Election Authority to print Braille ballot papers.
Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal distributed a total of 35 motorbikes designed for people with disabilities during a ceremony held Wednesday at Azhar Park in Cairo.
Two thirds of parliamentarians voted in favor of the proposal to be further discussed.
The governmental approach towards the disabled and those who need special care has been changed in Egypt since the 2011 revolution.
A psychology student from Belarus, Aleksandra Chichikova, was chosen Miss Wheelchair World in the first-ever edition of the beauty pageant held in Warsaw.
Upon the orders of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali handed high school student Aya Taha a car.
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