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Manzil Special Needs

The genesis of Manzil was a non-profit support group called 鈥楽pecial Families Support鈥� which was started by our Director Dr Ayesha Husaini on 9th December, 1999. The group grew to over 200 members and is one of GCC鈥檚 oldest non-profit groups focusing on social inclusion of persons with disability.

The support group blossomed into 鈥淢anzil鈥�, a non-profit Center that was officially inaugurated on February 7th 2005 by Sheikha Jameela Mohammed Al Qasimi, Director General, Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services. Meaning 鈥淒estination鈥� in Urdu or 鈥淗ome鈥� in Arabic, Manzil caters to 42 students with cognitive disabilities (from 4 years onwards) with a staff of 27 making it a highly qualitative center with a significantly low student to staff ratio. The average experience of our teaching staff in the disability arena is over 13 years.

The organization is now spreading its wings further and is crossing international borders, doing inclusion research & consultancy and is also involved as an intellectual partner with Governmental entities.