Inspire

Helping everyone with a disability achieve equality and inclusion through educational, therapeutic and leisure services as well as by educating the general public, raising awareness and holding the best knowledge base on disability in the Maltese Islands. The Melita Foundation is supporting The Inspire Foundation to acquire an interactive whiteboard for its Gozo facility.

The Melita Foundation is supporting The Inspire Foundation to acquire an interactive whiteboard for its Gozo facility. This will benefit all the clients who enrol in the three programmes that are offered at the facility. These include STEP Intensive Early Intervention programme, a one-to-one tutoring programme and the pay-per-use services that are delivered both as individual and group sessions. In a typical year, 1200 sessions are delivered to an average of 27-30 clients. Currently, clients range from 3 years of age to 13 years of age. This equipment is very much preferred by individuals on the Autism Spectrum because it is predictable, consistent, free from social demands and specific in focus of attention. In addition, computer-based applications are considered useful for therapeutic and educational purposes and provide an improved opportunity for interactions via the direct manipulation of digital objects on the surface. This also provides wider opportunities for non-verbal clients.

Working together for a better future

Since our launch in 2020, The Melita Foundation has supported dozens of projects run by many diverse organisations. Project beneficiaries range from the very young to the very young-at-heart, from the the very local – such as supporting STEM skills development for school children in the Three Cities – to projects which will have an impact beyond our borders: supporting extensive tree planting; developing skills in maritime law and conservation; preserving parts of our heritage entwined with our diaspora.

 

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