Projects

Current Projects:

We currently run several projects, they are listed below in no particular order:

Lviv (Rehabilitation) School N1 for children with heart conditions. ( 1 Ostrograds'kyh Street, Lviv)

This project has a goal of developing essential skills and providing children with practical knowledge that will help them find employment (or progress to further study) once they have left the school. The majority of children in this school come from foster families or single parent families and in most cases they have no one to rely on once they have graduated from school.

We have set up a computer classroom with 10 modern PC's connected to the internet and we are currently teaching English and IT skills at the school as extra curriculum activities.

Photo and Video

Educational project for blind kids and kids with impaired vision.

http://www.worldaccessfortheblind.org/node/192

During July 2010 we have held a training seminar aimed to help blind kids to master Echo Location technique (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation). Daniel Kish, a person who helped pioneer the teaching of echolocation kindly accepted our invitation and conducted 8 day workshop in Lviv, Ukraine (July 19 - 27). We have had over 20 candidates attending and it turned out to be a very interesting experience for everyone involved. We have recorded most of the seminar, so if you are interested in obtaining free copy, please contact us.

Video footage

Supporting childrens home in Bukovo, Ukraine for children with cerebral palsy

This childrens home has over 70 kids aged from 6 months to 25 years of age affected by cerebral palsy. We have contacted them in December 2009 to find out their needs and since then we have visited them several times providing them with necessities they required. Among things donated:

- 40 bedside tables were made to order to replace delapidated furniture that no longer was fit for the purpose. ( Video footage )

- home cinema was installed to provide some entertainment, especially for kids with mobility issues.  ( Video footage )

- toys, clothing and nappies were bought on several occasions. Please have a look from the videos from the Home Cinema trip. We have not filmed our other visits.

Supporting "Levenya" orphanage for blind pre-school kids in Lviv (72 Vol. Velukogo Street, Lviv)

We have delivered special toys on this occasion to the orphanage. Most of the toys were donated by Andriy and Yulia Voronin (Ukrainian footballer and his wife). Many thanks to them for this.

Video files

Upcoming projects:

- Photography classes for Kiev's orphanages

- Theatre studio for blind kids

- Karl Popper debate program for schools

- Hospice for kids who have left orphanage at 18. It will be providing training courses in order to equip them with essential life skills.