Dozens of families with differently abled people are receiving today the assistance the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) is offering, in the framework of an Ecuador-Cuba cooperation agreement, which benefit about 25,941 people.
Authorities from the two countries will coincide today during the closing ceremony of the Cooperation Agreement MIES-Celaee (Latin American Reference Center for Special Education in Cuba) for the technical and scientific assistance in the field of disabilities.
During the last three months, MIES experts have been trained in workshops about techniques for stimulation, development of training materials with recycled resources, and sexuality of people with disabilities.
According to the Secretariat for Disabilities, the result of the Cuban technical assistance had a high social-political, academic and functional impact, after benefitting 25,941 people.
The support group, in addition of training the Ecuadorian technical staff, has accompanied families in different households of the population assisted by MIES, the entity said.