In 2022 we support 2 causes:

“Daycare center – a place for plays, dreams and development”  – For Our Children Fontdation

There are over 32,000 children with disabilities or special needs in Bulgaria. Often they do not receive the care and attention they need, they do not get the opportunity to exercise their rights like their peers. Many parents of these children are at a dead end because they do not know where to find support and how to be useful to their children. The challenges of these families, in addition to the intolerance of the society and the lack of state readiness to take care of their needs, include the rejection of children from kindergartens and nurseries, mainly because of the untrained staff there. All these factors negatively affects the condition not only of the child but also of the whole family. Parents are torn between the need for constant care and attention, which completely consume their time and the performance of professional duties, ensuring their economic stability.

In September 2020, the For Our Children Foundation established Daycare Center “Development“ for children with disabilities to meet the needs of these children and their families. The center is a friendly space where children from 0 to 7 years with developmental difficulties and problems receive stimulating support for the development of their abilities and strengths in order to be able to cope with basic daily activities.

At the Daycare Center, a team of a speech therapist, a special pedagogue and a rehabilitator, assisted by three social workers and a nurse, provide full-time, half-day or part-time care for children, as well as consultations and group work with their parents. Part of the center’s team are its manager and a specialist in social services, who take over the managerial and administrative functions.

Your support for the Daycare Center will help to provide daily activities of the center for children from 0 to 7 years:

– with varying degrees of mental retardation;

– with sensory and motor disorders;

– with emotional and behavioral problems and developmental disorders.

In the Daycare Center each child has his own individual program based on the assessment of his development and his current condition. It includes various development activities in the form of a game. The patience and professional attitude of our specialists create an atmosphere of calmness, in which children relax, begin to communicate and take small steps towards their independence. They develop their adaptability, creativity, sensitivity, ability to express themselves through various role-playing games, creative and cooking workshops. Close work with parents ensures continued stimulation of children in the home environment in order to consolidate each achievement.

In 2021, 43 children with developmental difficulties and problems received active stimulating support for their growth through individual sessions, group activities, socializing activities.

A donation of BGN 7,500 will ensure the work with 20 children for a period of up to 6 months, providing the following activities:

– Consultation and assessment of the child’s condition and preparation of an individual program for working with him;

– Ensuring the daily needs of children during their stay in the center and development of habits and skills to cope with daily tasks – hygiene habits, self-feeding, orienteering, etc.

– Accompanying in the process of individual and group training;

– Rehabilitation to prevent the aggravation of a disorder or disease;

– Speech therapy – diagnosis, prevention, correction, rehabilitation and counseling of speech and language disorders;

– Acquisition of social skills, including for communication and group work, for the use of free time and broadening horizons;

– Stimulating the creative abilities and building skills for independent living of the child through art and cooking workshops;

– Excursions and visits to public places to promote and mediate social adaptation and integration;

– Informing and advising parents on the specifics of their child’s condition, support and training to increase confidence and parenting skills for better care for children with disabilities; inclusion in support groups and group activities with children.

Together we can provide children with special needs with the best possible developmental care, a chance to overcome deficits, learn to communicate freely and express themselves!

For further information:

Svetlana Todorova, E: s.todorova@detebg.org, Т: 0882428323

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