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Saint Vincent-Ein Kerem is a home for physically and mentally handicapped children in Israel.

Disability Impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions

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Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. Disability is thus not just a health problem. It is a complex phenomenon, reflecting the interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.

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Saint Vincent was founded in 1954 at Ein Kerem, on the edge of Jerusalem. It is a non-profit enterprise operated by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. The home cares for disabled children with the help of volunteers from around the world.

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The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, called in English the Daughters of Charity or Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul, is a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church. Its members make annual vows throughout their life, which leaves them always free to leave, without need of ecclesiastical permission. They were founded in 1633 and state that they are devoted to serving the poor through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.

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