Pro Aris’s main purpose is the rehabilitation and social integration of blind children or children that are visually impaired. The association promotes family solidarity ensuring that children have a more normal life. This association is oriented to help families which have visually impaired children by creating positive life learning conditions, and providing more specialized educational opportunities for skill development and social integration. Children come to the school following regular school hours. They arrive between 12:30 and 1 pm. They begin learning activities about 1:30pm. The activities are varied and include, hand work (crocheting, knitting), physical exercises, games, computer skill learning. The children leave the facility at 6 pm. Elder and Sora Hinson had the opportunity to work with the president of this school. This lady is a work horse. She works nonstop doing whatever it takes to make this school a success. When we first visited this facility it was just a mud hut. We would visit this facility and find her plastering walls, tearing out walls, hammering, shoveling, etc. She also looks for and finds help for so many needy families. (The disabled in this country are ignored, and many wish they would just go away.) This lady works hours helping the poor and needy. LDS Charities was able to provide floor tiles, wall tile, paint, new table and chairs, 2 exercise machines, and new sink and faucets for the bathroom. We also provided food kits that included flour, sugar, oil, buckwheat, and rice. Some of the young single adults from the branch helped us put these kits together. We were able to hand out the kits at their opening ceremony. This work is so rewarding!!!
