War forces us to change our lives and adapt to wartime conditions. Since the first days of the war, the NGO «Association for the Protection of Rights and Assistance to People with Disabilities «Open Hearts» has been providing emergency crisis support to people with disabilities, including IDPs, the elderly and families with children with disabilities in rural areas. The activity of people with disabilities and their family members in protecting their rights and advocating for their interests is very low, as it is associated with ignorance, lack of motivation, and de facto isolation.
The war has significantly worsened the quality of life for all Ukrainians, but people with severe disabilities who need constant outside help and their families are among those who find themselves in the most difficult circumstances.
They found themselves in total isolation, on the verge of poverty, having lost access to humanitarian aid and social services, and were effectively excluded from life. Mothers and guardians are unable to work because they have to take care of their children and wards all the time. The social and psychological condition of these families is constantly deteriorating. They need psychological and humanitarian assistance and support.
Within the framework of the project «Crisis in Ukraine: Response and Recovery Taking into Account the Needs of Persons with Disabilities under the Leadership and Coordination of Disability Organizations (Phase 2)» is implementing a mini-project «Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Response in Vinnytsia Oblast».
The mini-project will last only three months, but the organization plans to do a lot of good deeds during this time. Provide information, counseling and psychological support to people with disabilities, families raising children with disabilities, legal representatives of incapacitated persons, the elderly, including IDPs. Provide humanitarian support in the form of food certificates people with disabilities, the elderly, families of children and adults with childhood disabilities. Provide social and labor adaptation services for people with disabilities over 30 years of age who need outside help.
We thank the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity to feel safe!
The project «Crisis in Ukraine: Response and Recovery with the Needs of Persons with Disabilities Led and Coordinated by Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (Phase 2)» is being implemented by the National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine in cooperation with the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the Christian Blind Mission (CBM).
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War forces us to change our lives, to adapt to wartime conditions. Since the first days of the war, the public organization “Association for the Protection of Rights and Assistance to People with Disabilities “Open Hearts” has been providing emergency and crisis support to people with disabilities, including IDPs, the elderly, and families with children with disabilities in rural areas. The activity of people with disabilities and their family members in protecting their rights and defending their interests is very low, because it is associated with ignorance, lack of motivation, and actual isolation.
The war has significantly worsened the quality of life of all Ukrainians, however, among those who have found themselves in the most difficult life circumstances, there are people with severe disabilities who need constant external assistance and their families.
They found themselves in total isolation, on the verge of poverty, having lost access to humanitarian aid and social services, effectively excluded from life. Mothers and guardians do not have the opportunity to work, because they are forced to constantly take care of their children and wards. The social and psychological condition of these families is constantly deteriorating. They need psychological and humanitarian aid and support.
Association “Open Hearts” as part of the project “Crisis in Ukraine: Response and recovery taking into account the needs of people with disabilities under the leadership and coordination of organizations of people with disabilities (2nd phase)” is implementing the mini-project “Inclusion of people with disabilities in humanitarian response in Vinnytsia oblast”.
The mini-project will last only three months, but the organization plans to do a lot of good things during this time. Provide informational, advisory and psychological support to people with disabilities, families raising children with disabilities, legal representatives of disabled persons, elderly people, including IDPs. To provide humanitarian support in the form of food certificates to people with disabilities, the elderly, families of children and adults with disabilities from childhood. To provide social and labor adaptation services for people with disabilities over 30 years old who need external assistance.
We thank the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity to feel safe!
