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Bahiana participates in the fifth edition of the ParaPraia project

Starting next weekend, the action promotes assisted bathing in the sea for the disabled and people with reduced mobility.

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This weekend (January 13th and 14th), from 8 am to 12 pm, the fifth edition of ParaPraia will start at Ondina beach, in front of the Baiano Rehabilitation Institute (IBR). Since 2014, the project has promoted assisted bathing in the sea for people with physical disabilities or reduced mobility, having served nearly two thousand people in its four editions.  

Carried out with the use of adapted chairs and the monitoring of undergraduate students and professors from the Bahiana, the action will continue until the 18th of February, always on weekends.

An initiative of the Municipality of Salvador, the project has the support of the Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública and Jornal A Tarde, in addition to sponsorship by Salvador Shopping and Braskem.