El-Mandara beach located on the Mediterranean coast is ready to welcome the visually impaired with new passages and access signs, according to the official Facebook page of Alexandria governorate on Sunday.
Alexandria Governor Mohamed el-Sherif inaugurated on Saturday the beach for the visually impaired, allocating a beach in Mandara for the people of determination.
“This beach comes as a continuation of efforts made by the Governorate of Alexandria to provide best services for people of determination, in order to achieve principles of community integration and create a decent life for them,” el-Sherif said during the opening ceremony.
It is noted that the designated part of the beach for the blind at the People of Determination beach contains paths in the seawater with entries that aid movement and swimming by identifying signs through touching markers and under close supervision of follow-up teams.
According to recent statistics issued in 2020 by the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), there are nearly 20 million Egyptians with special needs nationwide.
In May 2022, the Senate (the upper chamber of the Egyptian parliament) discussed legislative amendments for the fund regulation law for supporting the disabled (Law 200/2020).
In December 2021, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed the government to establish a special fund for Egyptians with special needs during a ‘Differently-Abled’ event, held in Cairo in celebration of the International Day for Disabled People.
Last October, the House of Deputies approved a legislative amendment that toughens penalties for people bullying the disabled and those with special needs.
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