Noor Dubai Foundation and DHA launch ‘Through their Eyes,' awareness campaign in Dubai schools.

United Arab Emirates, Dubai, January 19, 2017:  Noor Dubai Foundation in collaboration with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has launched an awareness campaign in schools known as ‘Through their Eyes,’ to address the often overlooked social and emotional impact that vision problems have on a child.

Dubai based child psychologists and the school health team in DHA will work with the Noor Dubai team to reach out to schools.

Dr Manal Taryam, CEO of the Noor Dubai Foundation, said: “In the spirit of the Year of Giving, the objective of the talks is to promote a more inclusive community for those suffering for any vision disability. We will be targeting primary schools children from grade 4 to 6. This stage of late childhood/ preadolescence has been selected based on expert advice and children will be educated in a story telling style so that they are engaged and better receive and understand  the information. In the pilot phase, the team will conduct the talks in six different schools across Dubai over a six week period in both in Arabic and English.”

The objectives of the program include teaching students to accept and respect all peers despite any disability (with a focus on those suffering from any visual disability particularity glasses), promote a sense of equality among the students , teach students to be empathetic rather than sympathetic, encourage the involvement of the visually impaired students in all activities.