The
caring program includes:
1*
Providing a specific program for each blind
separately to enable him / her to get the proper care, education and rehabilitation.
2*
Transport was and still is a basic need for the blind
especially for the employees among them or for university
students. The greatest challenge was to provide free
transportation. To be noted that the number of blind people
profiting from the transport service reached in the spring of
1998, 140 blind; of them 79 requiring daily transport. Nowadays
and due to the economic difficulties, LIB was obliged to reduce
this service quite well.
3*
Residence:
After
the increase in the demand for residency, LIB inaugurated a
boarding division, which is receiving since 1997 the young people
from the different regions of the country in addition to the blind
people from the Arab countries who visit the institution to assist
in its rehabilitation programs.
It
is worth pointing out that the boarding division is in need for a
special division for women.
4*
Taking care of the Seniors:
LIB
provides the seniors the financial support and food rations in
addition to regular visits to check on their needs.
5* Medical
care:
This
service covers the contacts with the medical body like doctors,
pharmacists and hospitals in order to alleviate or to cancel the
hospitalisation expenses.
The
service also covers contacting the concerned authorities to
provide government medical coverage for the blind to ensure free
hospitalisation.
LIB
was covering, up till 1995, the medical and hospitalisation
expenses and the cost of medicines for the blind and for their
dependants (wife & children).
LIB
has also assumed the full expenses of medical operations such as
operating the eye cornea which helped many blinds to regain their
sight.
6*
Psychological Care:
This
service takes care of organising meetings and awareness seminars
in order to pre-empt psychological problems. Moreover contacts
with the specialists in the psychological field are organised to
provide remedies for the psychological problems encountered.
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