Introduce 30 Blind Youth to European Values

Dear friends!
We thank everyone who supports our project.
For us it is very important that our idea of creating a universal design books for blind children are interested for not only us.
1. During the period for request our customers: blind children, their parents and teachers of special schools for children with visual impairments we made in Braille with the universal design of a collection of works of Ukrainian and foreign children's writers for the elementary school.
2. We have produced a collection of six stories in English Braille with relief figures.
3. More than 100 children from six spesial Ukrainian schools will receive a gift on September 1 such as books and a collection of English fairy tales.
4. Our mini-printing house "The World at Your Fingertips" will accompany the blind girl who goes to study in 1st class in an ordinary school in a small town in Kharkiv region. For her, ABC and other training materials is printed in Braille.
5. The work of our mini-printing house "The World at Your Fingertips" was presented in Poland during the International Summer School of fielding skill parent families who are raising children blind, and received a lot of positive feedback. All 60 participants in the project were presented with books made with the support of our project on the internet platform Global Given.
6. Major achievement, we believe the creation of a social enterprise "Sotsintel”.
" Mini-printing "World at Your Fingertips" is an integral part of this enterprise.
7. We are now working on the creation of a site and the catalog of books made into a mini-printing press.
8. In August, we will continue to work on the production of embossed cards for the blind.

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your support and for caring about youth with disabilities!

Please, take some time to read about our prohect's first steps.

1. In April-May we built a group of 30 youth leaders representing active NGOs of visually impaired people from different regions of Ukraine.

2. 30 blind youth leaders were provided with 4 trainings on Human Rights issues, dicrimination policies and self development.

3. 30 visa applications were submitted to Bulgaris Embassy.

Dear friends, we still need funds to support our project and bring 30 blind youth leaders to Bulgaria for raising awareness about European living standards for people with disabilities.

Please, stay with us and help our youth improve their living standards, fight for their rights and feel comfortable in their home country Ukraine.

Best regards,

Anastasiya Gerets