Founded in Haret Sakher, Jounieh in 1993, Al Younbouh Rehabilitation Center is an educational rehabilitation day-center for young adults and adults with special needs. Its founders’ objective is to enable and empower mentally-disabled people, allowing them to integrate in the society and live independently in the community.
Al Younbouh began with 8 teenagers with no previous special or primary education. Today, The Center hosts approximately 60 students, from 14 to 55 years-old daily.
Al Younbouh is a non-partisan, non-sectarian non-governmental organization registered with the Lebanese Ministry of Interior under Decree No. 400/AD dated 1993.
Al Younbouh’s mission is to improve the quality of life of its students and ensure their dignified integration within the community. To this end, Al Younbouh works simultaneously with: the student, family and society.
Al Younbouh receives 14 year-old people and older diagnosed with mild and medium mental disability in the following categories:
- Chromosome Aberration T21, T13
- Genetic Syndrome
- Cerebral Malformation
Generation Chart
Al Younbouh’s mission is to help our disabled children and adults achieve their maximum potential.
Mental and developmental disabilities are very common. If we were to look at three generations of any extended family, we will find that in 70% of the families there will be a child or young adult with a disability. This can be inherited (due to a gene or chromosome defect) or environmental (due to infection or trauma). Examples of such disorder include learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, difficult to control epilepsy, and many other syndromes. The drawing shows this reality and gives examples of what affects many of our families.
Fortunately, research is showing that the brain of the disabled child and young adult has the capacity to adapt and gain new functions, thus, these individuals can learn new skills. |
