Congratulations to our Heroes!

All-Ukrainian Public Organization of Handicapped “Advocacy Association of Disabled” congratulates Paralympic National Team of Ukraine on the most successful performance in the history of paraolympic action at Summer Paraolympic Games in Rio.

You have once again proved that there is nothing impossible for any person. Your desire, strength, spiritual strength and commitment to win led the Ukrainian national team to the third step of the victory stand.

Namely such people are worth respecting, who see no obstacles in this world. Your determination and spiritual strength are an example for everybody!

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European Experience in Accessibility

In terms of experience exchange the representatives of the Organization carried out a research of accessibility for physically challenged people to recreation areas in Chania, the Republic of Greece.

Chania is a city in Greece on the outskirts of Crete; it is a capital of the similarly-named regional unit Chania, with the population of about 60 thousand.

In 1970s Chania became a tourist attraction both for the Greeks and the foreign visitors.

Thus, during the research a special attention was paid to accessibility for physically challenged people to recreation areas including that to the city beach.

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At the Recreation Facility “Strila”









On the first warm autumn days, from September 5 till September 11, at the invitation of the company “Strila”, the young and disabled children have been having rest at the recreation facility “Strila”.

During the rest time the youth and the disabled children were provided with high-calory feeding, made physical exercises every morning, and went for a walk along the picturesque shores of Dnipro.

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National Academic Ivan Franko Drama Theatre in Kyiv presents literary classics “Natalka Poltavka” for children with special needs in Kyiv

The end of the school year is drawing quite near and all the kids are looking forward to sunny and warm summer and summer break, while a cultural and spiritual development of children with special needs carries on.

We are grateful to the National Academic Ivan Franko Drama Theatre in Kyiv for the opportunity to attend to a magnificent, modern, costumed Ukrainian classic play “Natalka Poltavka” based on the novel by Ivan Kotlyarevskyy and staged on May 24, 2016.

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Kyiv children with special needs have been granted tickets for Jamala’s recital

May 23, 2016, Kyiv children with special needs attended the concert of Jamala (People’s Artist of Ukraine Susana Jamaladinova), who won the 61st Eurovision Song Contest held in the Swedish capital Stockholm.

The concert of Jamala took place in the National Palace of Arts “Ukraine” in Kyiv.

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Congratulations on the occasion of International Family Day!

International Family Day is determined by the General Assembly in 1993 and is celebrated annually on May, 15. Determining this day is intended to draw the attention of the world society on the importance and priority of the family.

The family is the basic element of society which holds human values, culture and historical continuity of generations. It is family that is the basis of the foundation of society and the state, but in general, it is the basis for prosperity and the guarantee of success and society development.

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Ukrainian Flash mob “Give Veterans respect and smile” to the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II involving children with special needs

All branches of the Ukrainian public organization of handicapped “Advocacy Association of Disabled” involving children with special needs from all over Ukraine organized a campaign “Give Veterans respect and smile” on the day of celebration of 71 anniversary of the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II. A free greeting of children with disabilities to passer Veterans was organized in central squares, public places of Kyiv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv, where the children have expressed their respect, gratitude to them and presented sweet symbolic sign of attention.

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A charity concert for children of Odesa

May 7, 2016 took there was a charity concert for children of Odesa, organized by church schools, and the National University of Odesa Law Academy. Children with disabilities of Odessa of various special educational institutions of Odessa were invited at the concert with the assistance of the Odessa branch of Ukrainian public organization of handicapped “Advocacy Association of Disabled”.

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