The League of the Strong Unite for the decent life of a person with a disability

We joined to change the game in Ukrainian society and to empower people with disabilities in decision-making.

People with disabilities must be able to work, travel, dream, achieve, and win. They must be able to have their best lives.

“The Strong People League” is an association that allows active organizations working in this sphere to be even more effective.

Our joint efforts can help create a society where every person with a disability can reach their potential.

Currently, the League is working in the following areas:

• advocacy of the issues and needs of people with disabilities;
• enhancing the institutional capacity of the association members;
• the changes in the perception of disability by society from the deviation to the normal life component;
• carrying out research, learning the international best practices, and analyzing the legislation on the rights of people with disabilities;
• international representation of the association members.

What we do

Advocate

We advocate for exercising the rights of people with disabilities

Rebuild

We build a community of organizations for people with disabilities and enhance the institutional capacity of the association members

Represent

We represent the interests of the association members on a global stage and enhance them institutionally

Research

We do research focused on the rights of people with disabilities

Change

We change the perception of disability by society from the deviation to the normal life component

Develop

We develop social services for people with disabilities

PHOTO GALLERY

These are the photos from our partner civil and charity organizations. They make the life of people with disabilities more comfortable, while we help them be more effective.

Черга з людей з інвалідністю та їх супроводжуючих, близько 20-и людей на фото, чекають на вхід до музею

Жінка середніх років та молода жінка тримають приймачі для прослуховування екскурсії. Стоять у залі з картинами бароккового стилю

Люди з інвалідністю хочуть почувати себе повноцінними членами суспільства

OUR
PRINCIPLES

Justice

Equal opportunities for everyone

Super-League

Being the best of the best

Adaptivity

To the contemporary needs

Changes

For everyone and constant

Development

of everyone in a diverse way

Efficiency

But not the action for the sake of action

The League of the Strong MAP

The map of Ukraine represents the number of “The League of the Strong” NGOs.

Kyiv

Львів

Chernivtsi

Kharkiv

Cherkasy

Vinnitsa

v. Khodorov (Mykolaiv region)

c. Voznesensk (Mykolaiv region)

c. Renee (Odesa region)

Zaporizhzhia

Bogorodichany (Ivano-Frankivsk region)

Mezhova (Dnipropetrovsk region)

Mariupol

Manevytska tg. (Volyn region)

c. Netishyn (Khmelnytskyi region)

c. Brodu (Lviv region)

Ivano-Frankivsk region

THE FAQs TO US

I am a person with a disability. How can you help me?

“The League of the Strong” is an association that consolidates organizations concerned with the rights of people with disabilities. We cooperate with other legal entities and do not provide services.

At the same time, you can find a partner organization on our website which can help you with your request.

Can I become a member or join the community if I represent a small organization?

“The League of the Strong” welcomes small organizations in its community and invites you to join us here

Which benefits will bring my participation or membership in your community to me?

The community of “The League of the Strong” offers the following advantages to its members:

– the opportunity to advocate the issues of your concern if you have no enough resources for giving a bid to authorities regarding legislative changes;

– best practices on management and development of organizations shared by our members;

– training on fundraising, communication, jurisprudence, etc.

Can we become a member or join the community if the beneficiaries of our organization are not people with disabilities only?

If your organization has a wide range of beneficiaries, including people with disabilities, welcome to our community. The members of our community can be not only civil associations of people with disabilities but also any organization which refers to or deals with the issues of disability. For instance, your organization operates in the sphere of inclusion. Accordingly, the inclusion issues refer to people with disabilities, so such an organization may become a member of our community.

What is the difference between membership and participation in the community?

“The League of the Strong” offers three levels of collaboration: full membership, associate membership, and participation in the community. Each member becomes a participant in the community automatically. However, the participants of the community are not members of the League. At the same time, participation in the community means that the League offers a range of advantages described here in more detail.

Can I become a member and/or join the community if I represent a charity organization?

“The League of the Strong” welcomes every non-profit organization concerned with the rights of people with disabilities, including charity organizations.

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The League of the Strong Unite for the decent life of a person with a disability

What we do

Advocate

Rebuild

Represent

Research

Change

Develop

PHOTO GALLERY

A man of about 40 years old with impaired vision anoints a bronze figurine of a figure of a rider on a horse with a saber and a shield to understand what it looks like

The man in the foreground and several other people with disabilities in the museum during the tour

A line of people with disabilities and their companions, about 20 people in the photo, waiting to enter the museum

A boy with a disability who uses a wheelchair is being licked by a white dog, who is being held by a 30-year-old woman next to him

A 4-year-old boy with a disability smiles at the camera

A boy with a disability aged 13-15 smiles

A boy with a hearing impairment smiles

A 15-year-old boy with a disability in embroidered clothing holds embroidered items

A 20-year-old man with a disability and a woman next to him show a thumb up (all good)

A smiling man who uses a wheelchair holds a new cover for the wheelchair in his hands

A smiling man of about 35 years old who uses a wheelchair is between boxes with humanitarian aid and holds one of them

A smiling man in his 30s who uses a wheelchair talks to someone on the street

A smiling 15-year-old boy with a disability sits at the table and points his finger up (all good)

A smiling young man with a disability sits at a table with pastries

A smiling woman of about 30 years old who uses a wheelchair, sitting in a park; the photo shows the logos of "League of the Strong," "CBM," and "The Active Rehabilitation Group"

Representatives of the Chernivtsi association "Zahyst" visited food establishments as part of the project

Picnic, in the photo, people with disabilities and people without disabilities sing songs to the guitar. Behind the guitar is a man in his 30s

In the photo, employees and volunteers of the Humanitarian Hub of the NGO "The Active Rehabilitation Group" during the packing of humanitarian aid packages

The photo shows the work of the coffee island from the NGO "Harmony," where people with disabilities work as baristas

A young woman, about 20-25 years old who uses a wheelchair, in the background paper stands of "The Active Rehabilitation Group"

A young woman gives an interview to local television while another young woman who uses a wheelchair hands out badges to two men

A young woman about 20-25 years old, who uses a wheelchair, with a bouquet of flowers, communicates with another young woman, who is also in a wheelchair

A middle-aged woman and a young woman hold receivers to listen to the museum tour. They stand in the hall with paintings in the baroque style

A 35-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son receive packages with humanitarian aid from the Chernivtsi association "Zahyst"

A 35-year-old woman who uses a wheelchair holds humanitarian aid; boxes with humanitarian aid are around her

A woman in her 30s who uses a wheelchair, and a guy in her 25s hold packages with humanitarian aid

A woman in her 30s who uses a wheelchair stands near paintings

A woman with spinal cord injuries does therapy boxing exercises with a trainer, Fight For Right NGO logo

Children's camp, in the photo, children raised their hands up. A man stands in front of them and shows them to raise their hands

Two men and a woman in their 30s communicate with sign language while standing on the street

Two visually impaired teenagers, a boy, and a girl are sitting at the table and talking

Two women put a boy with a disability into a wheelchair

Group photo of twenty-seven people on the street; two of them are people who uses a wheelchair, with the Caritas Kharkiv building in the background

Signboard of the "Inclusion" festival. The sign reads, "Free audio guide in Ukrainian and English"

In the hands of a man, a listening device for a tour

15 people are photographed together

6 people in the photo are taking pictures in the office; a woman who uses a wheelchair is one of them

OUR PRINCIPLES

The League of the Strong MAP

THE FAQs TO US

SUPPORT

OUR
PRINCIPLES