SESOBEL 2007 Annual Report (Better Version)

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30thanniversary

MINI BASMA

2006-2007

Gratefulness is the hearts memoryTheme of the year 2006-2007

Little smile


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30thanniversary

Editorial

This message is for each and every one of you, who make up the larger family of SESOBEL andof Anta-Akhi (You are My Brother) organizations.

Today, 30 years since the creation of SESOBEL, we pause and reflect upon our many cherishedmemories and seek ways of continuing to work together in the future.

When we consider the conditions and the lack of means with which we started, we can rightfullysay that we succeeded in building this family, and perpetuating it, thanks to your individuacontributions. Your individual efforts, in turn, have fulfilled and unleashed the blessings andintercession of Sit el-Beit (The Lady of the House), the Virgin Mary. In other words, we couldnot have charted our course together in support of the lives of the children and their families,through our means alone. Our efforts, as essential as they are, can never be sufficient. The roleof Sit el-Beit is vital, essential, and fundamental for the needs of today as well as those of

tomorrow.Go back in time with me, to 30 years ago In those days, people viewed our efforts as tooutopian, unattainable, and not realistic. Due to the lack of resources during desperate times, itwas considered a lost and unwise cause, and a waste of time to invest in children that were soseverely disabled. It was seen as too much effort with too many needs, all for nothing.

Now, 30 years later we find that perceptions have changed and new values have enriched ourlives. Hearts have opened up and lives have been transformed. It has been a 30-year partnership,in which men, women, children, youth, and elderly of good health worked together with handicappedchildren. Like a big caravan of life, one can see how these diversities and differences flowtogether conceived with love, nurtured with hope, and consolidated by a faith in mankind. Each

human being is indispensable, has a role in this joy, is a source of life as well as a recipient andgiver of a universal love.

Thanks to this partnership we can continue together to write, each their own part, the ongoingstory of this family A story of faith, loyalty, love, and hopes

Yvonne Cham

Founder & President


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Mission

Beneficiaries

To assist the disabled child so he can live happily.To support the family and to assist them to prepare for their childs futureTo educate society of the disabled childs value and to his right to live in dignity.To lessen handicaps and enable early detection by educating parents, doctors, professionalsand government entities.

471 children and young persons who come from 437 families assisted through a holistic approach.

20.17% 19.75%

36.73%

8.07%

15.29%

0- 4 years 5 - 8 years 9 - 16 years 17 - 20 years 20 years & more Physical

191214

3927

Mental Invasivedevelpmental

disorder

other

Ages Disability

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Programs

1- Family reception serviceTo welcome and support new families:To diagnose the handicapTo detail the necessary follow-up plan.To guide the child to SESOBELs programsor to other institutions programs.Parental guidance

2- The outreach program: 65 childrenTo provide medical services, rehabilitation andsocial support to children who cannot be part

of SESOBELs education programs.3 Center of Kfarhouna (South Lebanon) : 9childrenThis center welcomes disabled children thatlive in the Jezzine district. Services includediagnosis, special care, and rehabilitation.4 Gait and motion laboratory and outreachservices: 65 personsPaid gait analysis and rehabilitation servicesfor private clients who need special follow-up.5 Medical service : 471 children and youthServices cover a large spectrum from diagnosis,

follow-up evaluations, and referral. Thosewithout the means to seek outside care aresupported by medical volunteers who donatetheir time and energy to grateful families.

6 Physical therapy service: 341 personsPhysical therapy treatment, rehabilitation,therapeutic devices, orthotics7 Occupational therapy service: 103 childrenIdentification of talents and abilities related toworking projects.Rehabilitation and home adjustments to facilitatethe disabled.8 Speech therapy: 218 childrenDevelopment of pronunciation and enunciation.

Family guidance.9 Psychomotricity service: 222 childrenRehabilitation and family education to promotelearning and adaptation in the home environment.10 Psychology service:- Therapies for children and youth to help deal

with the frustrations of a disability.- Psychological follow-up for families.- Psychiatric consultations.11 Technical aids service: 308 childrenPositioning, orthotics, devices for walking,handicap adaptations of homes and facilities.

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With the parents1 241 individual interventions

61 Group interventions5 Job training sessions for mothers:

Make-up, facial care, hand work,nail polish and foot care.

4 outings

With the siblings13 Group interventions2 Outings

-Assist family members of the disabled child.-Strengthen family partnerships with SESOBEL.

-Provide family guidance and social support.

SOCIAL ACTION

Gratefulness is the hearts memory

Rehabilitation program : 21.228 Acts1162 para medical exams check ups, 1072 medical consultations, 330 medical exams, 16905

therapies, 798 parental guidance, 839 technical aids and 22 surgeries.


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School and pre-school programs.Educational and artistic activities: Pottery, handicrafts, acting, music, dance, culinary activities,sports and choir.

Apprenticeships which can lead to job possibilities.Social exposure through entertaining activities: Documentary outings, leisure outings, holidaycamps, partiesGuidance and counseling for the youth, to help them go beyond their difficulties, to talk abouttheir lives and help them communicate their needs to the outside world.

Educational and Leisure Activities

In the classes Handikraft activities Culinary activities

Christmas Sport Outings

Insure SESOBELs youth protected work centers either at SESOBEL or outside locations wherethey can reach some degree of personal autonomy.The CAT of SESOBEL are:Chocolat factory, sewing, horticulture, laundry, photocopying, shelf stocking, technical aidsconfection, sale and pre-press.

Help through the work center (CAT) : 31 youth

1- The day nursery: 312- The physical disability program: 50

3- The mental disability program: 824- The invasive developmental disorders program: 40

Education programs: 203 children and young persons


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General AssemblyBoth SESOBEL and Anta-Akhis general assemblies, met on the 19th of January 2007. M. BertrandArnaud, representing the audit firm of Ernst &Young came especially to present a study made by hisfirm with several possible financial scenarios if a merger between SESOBEL and Anta Akhi wouldoccur.

RaffleThe draw for the raffle was held on the 15th of December 2007. Mrs Mona Khoury won thefirst prize which was an ATOS-HYUNDAI car. Congratulation!

30th

anniversary of SESOBELStaff, members of the administration board and of the general assembly, and friends gathered

to celebrate the 30th anniversary of SESOBEL and to honor the committed staff with 10, 15, 20 or 25years, of service for the disabled children of SESOBEL and their parents.

Child by ChildIn the framework of the Child by Child project, launched this year, 14 children of SESOBELvisited ten general education schools to meet the students, give information about SESOBELand promote the rights of children convention and especially the rights of disabled children.

Action in South Lebanon - KfarhounaPost war operation projectIn addition to the emergency action which took place during the war of July 2006 in which

SESOBEL helped more than 660 displaced families, SESOBEL also organized in collaborationwith UNICEF, leisure and animation activities in Jezzine for the children who suffered from thewar. The month long project helped 777 children from 15 different villages in September 2006.Special integrated classIn collaboration with the Ministry of National Education, SESOBEL implemented an integratedclass project for disabled children at the Jezzine Primary Public School.

GE, the mother land Thanks to funds from the Council for Development and Research and the World Bank, a Helpthrough Work center was fully equipped at Kfarhouna Jezzine in south Lebanon. This centeris designated for the production of traditional Lebanese culinary ingredients.

Santa Clauses money boxSESOBELs Volunteers Committee organized a campaign called Santa Clauses money box.

Almost 3,000 boxes were distributed in schools, malls, and stores for SESOBEL fund raisingduring Christmas time.

Partage ForumSESOBEL and Anta Akhi participated in the international forum organized by PARTAGE from the11th to the 15th of June 2007 in France. Participants came from 19 different countries toexchange experiences and to have a common reflection on effective programs and policies. Athree day seminar took place in Mont Evry in Sologne during which the partners participated inworkshops on different subjects. The theme for the sponsors and partners on the last day wasdiversity to raise the children of the world in dignity.

Special events


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With the collaboration of Lebanons mobile phoneoperator, Alfa, the children of SESOBEL ended theirschool year with a play called From the HeartsMemory, on the 9th of June 2007, at the Casino duLiban theatre, in the presence of Madam InekeBotter who is the director of Alfa, members of theadministration council, the staff, the parents and thechildren of SESOBEL. The audience was fascinatedby the talented children who played with famousLebanese actors Wissam Sabbagh and Ziad Sad.

Mrs Ineke Botter Mrs Fadia Safi

The end of the scholar year party:

From the hearts memory


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Our RESOURCES

Expenses

Income

- The sponsorship of a child- The sponsorship of an specific program

- Donations- Help in kind- Help in service- Voluntary service- The purchase of our products:

Chocolate, household linen, Mouneh, Christmas greeting cards, baskets decorated for alloccasions.

Or by participating in our self financing activities:Rural day- Christmas shop- Easter shop- Dinners- Annual raffle- Cake sale- Brunches-Cinemas- Santa Clauses money box.

You can help us by:

SESOBEL - An El-rihani, street 11 - KesrouanPo Box: 551 Zouk Mikael - Lebanon - Tel: 00961 9 233940/2 - Fax: 00961 9 233943

email :[email protected] - www.sesobel.org

Foreign donations and sponsorship

Local donations and sponsorship

Ministry of social affairs contribution

Protected workshops and production

Family reception, medical follow-up

and rehabilitation

Educational programs and social service

Donations in kind

Family and social help

Self-sustaining activities and sale

Family participation

12 %

23 %

11 %

18 %

2 %

14 %

6 %

27 %

24 %

64 %

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