Introduce 30 Blind Youth to European Values

Dear Supporter,

With the New Year we are trying to do our best to solve old problems with new approaches and new ideas!

80% of the blind people get into accidents and are injured every year. We will decrease this number and minimize the risks, by building strong and healthy bodies, while promoting exercising habits and Pilates as a way of life for the blind.

In Ukraine we have very poor situation with rehabilitation of visually challenged people. We don't have accessible fitness studios; our instructors do not welcome very much people with disabilities as they are afraid of working with them. Also, the Blind people when they study at school, they are told not to do any physical exercise because their vision can get worse. It is said by old eye doctors who are not aware of this kind of exercise as Pilates and its safe principles. In Ukraine we don't have audio-workouts, we don't have videos accessible for the Blind, we don't have fitness studios, where instructors know how to teach the visually challenged people. We have nothing. It is just last summer we started practicing Pilates with the Blind and we reached very good results.

So, we started a project to promote Pilates for people with disabilities in Ukraine, educate eye doctors about Pilates, provide Pilates education for low-vision instructors like me and later to record audio-workouts.

Please, support our project and help us promote healthy life for the Blind.

https://www.globalgiving.org/microprojects/provide-physical-rehab-for-10000-blind-youth/

We are also preparing for the Summer Rehabilitation Program for the Blind Youth! Our Blind youth will get proper rehabilitation services and enjoy Bulgaria!

With your support anything is possible!

We are very grateful for you support and caring about visually challenged youth!

Best regards,

Anastasiya Gerets