Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development celebrated the International Day of Braille by holding a series of events to raise awareness about the rights of the visually impaired and ways to communicate with them. One of the aims was to propagate the use of the Braille writing system to help impart education to the visually impaired. ...

  Beirut / WAM The first phase of a UAE-funded aid campaign to help displaced Syrians in Lebanon in the winter of 2017 took off in the country’s southern city of Sidon. Supervised by the Humanitarian and Development Attache Office at the UAE Embassy in Beirut, the campaign titled “UAE Response to Displaced Syrians in Lebanon – Winter 2017” coincides with ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET) will organise the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Innovation Week from January 10-16 under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council. Launched to celebrate the achievements of TVET, the Innovation Week is the ...