Vatican Foreign Minister Monsignor Dominique Mamberti is on an official Pastoral visit to Cuba this weekend. He visited a school for children with handicaps, and expressed his admiration for the Cuban education system's method of working with these children.
He visited a special school in Havana, founded by Fidel Castro in 1989, which has taught 1,276 children with physical handicaps. While Mamberti was there, he was able to see children take part in their daily activities at computer labs, classes, and workshops. He also spoke with them.
The Vatican FM was also learned that there are 496 schools like this in Cuba, teaching over 60,000 children. There are also teachers who visit the homes of children who are physically unable to attend school, and just like the rest of the kids on the island, they are taught free of charge.
The special schools program in Cuba has made it possible for many of these disabled kids to attend universities. Many have graduated as lawyers and teachers in computer science. Mamberti expressed his admiration for the school while signing its guestbook.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
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