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The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) launched a specialised innovation centre to enhance creativity among disabled students and integrate them into the country's vision of sustainability.
The centre is a new learning facility, added to Dubai Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled in line with the Year of Giving, to prepare students with disabilities for the job market and include them in the innovation drive implemented by the government.
It was inaugurated by Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Najla bin Mohammed Al Awar, Minister of Community Development, along with Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of the Dewa.
Through its eight corners, the Dewa Innovation Centre is equipped with robotics, smart and interactive screens and 3D printing to teach over 150 students of different physical and mental disabilities the soft skills needed at the workplace, and educate them on renewable energy.
The facility will receive students of other centres for special needs.
"The special needs segment has to understand impact of these technologies over next generation, and they have to be aware of how to use it since they're also part of the society," said Khawla Al Mehairi, vice-president of marketing and corporate communication at the Dewa.
She added the utility service worked for the past six months with the Dubai Rehabilitation Center to introduce the right tools that fit different needs. "We needed to programme the robots, for example, to suit their needs. Many disabled students have strong visual abilities, so understanding their learning curve is important to providing them with the right tools that will help them translate their ideas into actions."
The Dewa currently has 16 employees with disabilities on board, with goals of hiring more in the future. The facility is meant to increase number of disabled employees through equipping them with skills. "Breaking the ice and limitations, while supporting families with low financial capabilities is the main goal," she said.
sherouk@khaleejtimes.com
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