From digital services to accessible transport: what Ukrainian local authorities can learn from Europe
European experience shows that accessibility does not always require large-scale infrastructure projects. Communities can implement some solutions gradually — through digital services, on-demand transport, adapting workplaces or involving people with disabilities in the planning process. Some of these practices can…
“It’s a daily struggle, but it’s paying off”: the story of Renat, who has Down’s syndrome, dances, works as a model and dreams of owning a car
Renat Potichev dances, swims, walks the catwalk, travels, helps out at home and is gradually becoming more and more independent. His mum, Svitlana, explains why she never forced her son to be ‘like everyone else’ and which parenting principles helped…
10 Organizations Learned How to Monitor Compliance with the Rights of People with Disabilities
“The League of the Strong” conducted a three-day training session on monitoring human rights compliance for representatives of 10 organizations that have joined a joint initiative to monitor the rights of people with disabilities in Ukraine. The training took place…
More than 200 people in the Stryi, Myrhorod, and Trostyanets communities have already received financial assistance from “The League of the Strong”
“The League of the Strong” civic association continues to implement the “SAFE: Help and Support for All” project in the Stryi, Myrhorod, and Trostyanets communities. The project combines direct financial assistance for people with disabilities, the development of support services,…
Bill No. 14191 has been passed: on Comprehensive Support for People with Disabilities
On August 19, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed Bill No. 14191 in its second reading and as a whole; the bill provides for an increase in state assistance for people with disabilities since childhood and children with disabilities, as…
A millimetre from death: how a fragment of a cluster munition changed her life, but did not dampen her desire to help people
Before the full-scale invasion, Oksana Kornieva had worked for over twenty years as an ambulance paramedic in a small town in the Donetsk region, not far from the administrative border with the Luhansk region. She gave birth to two daughters…