INFORMATION ABOUT "BELAPDIIMI"

The NGO "BelAPDIiMI" unites about 4000 families bringing up children and young people with intellectual and physical disabilities.

BelAPDIiMI chairperson is Elena Titova.

OUR GOAL IS

Creating equal in comparison with other people opportunities for disabled children and youth to participate in every field of social life.

OUR MAIN ACTIVITIES ARE

• Psychological, social, legal support to families raising children and young people with disabilities,
• Rehabilitation and health care activities for children and young people with disabilities,
• Submitting of suggestions on changing the current legislation in order to improve the situation of people with disabilities,
• Professional education and employment of young people with disabilities,
• Spare time activities for children and young people with disabilities.

WE CREATE

• groups of self-support,
• specialized employment workshops for children and young people with disabilities.

WE ORGANIZE

• international conferences, educational seminars,
• festivals of children's creativity, sports events,
• summer health care activities for children and parents,
• family relaxation parties.

WE STRIVE FOR

• living in family and participate in every field of social life for children and young people with any disability,
• opportunity for parents of disabled children to work and be active members of our society,
• changing people's attitude towards the disabled people considering them as unique personalities but not through the prism of their diagnosis.

PARTNERS

We are constantly supported by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministries of Education, Labour and Social Care, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF, city and regional authorities, International charitable organization "Sofia", as well as by foreign NGOs and Charities as "Lebenshilfe", "Bethel", the "Project Group to Assist The Children of Chernobyl" (Germany), "Star of Hope" and "School for Adults" (Sweden), "Leaves of Hope for Belarusian Children" (Great Britain), "Chernobyl Child Care" (Ireland) and many others.