UAE envoy inaugurates Khalifa Centre for Vocational Education in Dakar

UAE Ambassador to Senegal, Mohammed Salem Al Rashdi, has inaugurated the Khalifa bin Zayed Centre for Vocational Education and Development for Persons with Special Needs in the Hann neighbourhood of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The project has been funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation. The governor and mayor of Hann Bel-Air municipal department, city notables and a crowd of people with special needs attended the event. The Centre houses three classes for computer literacy, sewing and cosmetics. Senegalese officials thanked the government and the people of the UAE for extending humanitarian assistance to the people of Senegal, mainly the most vulnerable segments. Handicapped affairs' official at the municipality expressed gratitude to the Khalifa Foundation for building and funding the Centre which will qualify disabled persons to take up jobs that will help them earn their living and contribute to the development of their local community. – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395288589654.html