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a high rate of blindness and eye diseases, many of which are treatable. However many
Yemenis can't afford treatment, or in some cases, receive poor medical advice, and go blind as a result. In 2012, it was estimated that there were around 76,000 blind Yemenis, most of them living in rural areas. In Yemen, people with disabilities face difficult challenges receiving education and access to social and public services.
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Al-Aqel opened the first school for blind women in Yemen in 1995. Later, she founded an organization, the Al-Aman
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