Liliana Mayo, PhD, General Director and Founder of Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP) will lecture, this Thursday March 1st in the heart of the UN, about the important work developed in Perú and other 14 Latin American countries, through her long-distance educational program, training professionals and parents of people with different abilities living in rural areas, empowering them to be able to help their students and children to be independent, productive and thus, happy.
This will take place on the 56th Annual UN Commission, parallel event to the 56th UN Council about the Situation of Women called “Transformation of women and youngsters in rural communities, thanks to psychological-social methods” event happening from February 27th in the midst of this international organization in the city of New York, USA.
The event organizer in charge of the 56th Commission, The UN Psychologists Coalition, has invited Dr. Mayo to speak in this event due to her widespread recognition inside the international scientific community, because of the achieved success in her tireless dedicated effort to reach life inclusion for people with different abilities in Perú and throughout the world.
During her talk Liliana Mayo will present the case of Ms. Lidia Aponte, a young lady with different abilities which arrived to Lima from Ruhuapama, her hometown in the department of Ancash,located in the central area of the country. Actually at her 31 years of age, Lidia already has eight(8) years working at Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
It is worth mentioning that CASP serves more than 500 students and their families, of which 100 are working in real jobs in top businesses and other 100 are included in regular schools throughout widespread districts all over Lima. CASP is widely recognized throughout the world for its contributions as a model center of training, demonstration and investigation for people with different abilities (autism, cognitive deficiencies , down syndrome, cerebral palsy).
In this 56th UN Conference will also speak recognized specialists as are Ushar Nayar, PhD,(Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India), Judith Kuriansky, PhD and Mary O’Neil Berry, PhD., (International Association of Applied Psychology & Girls’ Empowerment Camp, Lesotho). Also Rucha Chitnis and Maame Yelert-Obeng, directors of Women’s Earth Alliance in India and in Africa.