<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Opportunities for disabled children are extremely limited in the Palestinian camps of southern Lebanon. Disabled children often cannot attend official UNRWA schools: there are no SEN teachers to support their learning and limited accessibility (no ramps or lifts) means that physically disabled children cannot even reach the classrooms. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000080; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">RYP is the only project in Al Bass that creates a safe and supportive space for disabled and non-disabled children to play together utilizing a centre that RYP helped make accessible in 2005. In this space, we offer educational and creative activity sessions for disabled and non-disabled children. This is only possible because we pay for transport for disabled children to and from the project and employ a number of specially qualified Youth Workers who can support our disabled participants. This type of provision is extremely valuable to the community in Al Bass. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">As one parent of a disabled child told us: &ldquo;RYP project is like a second family. I trust to send him there. [My son] has become much less shy. Thank you for taking care of him. He cannot attend UNRWA school [because of his disability] and all day just watches TV. This is his only chance to leave the house. Please keep the project running.&rdquo;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000080; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Can you help us to continue providing this type of specialist transport and support? This Christmas, we would like to raise &pound;1000 towards the Lebanon project&rsquo;s disability provision, to pay for transport and the salaries of two disability-qualified Youth Workers. We are appealing to our loyal supporters to pledge a donation either in your name, or in the name of a recipient in lieu of a Christmas present. It couldn&rsquo;t be simpler &ndash; just press donate and follow the instructions on Just Giving. All donations from UK taxpayers are eligible for Gift Aid, so don&rsquo;t forget to tick that box!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000080; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">On behalf of all at RYP, thank you for your support and have a very Merry Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>