“The League of the Strong”: 3480 transportation to medical facilities organized for people with disabilities over the past 6 months
Over the past 6 months, 3,480 transportations have been organized for people with disabilities to medical facilities in Cherkasy, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil regions. This work is carried out within the framework of the international project “Empower Ukraine. Disability rights”. This…
Daria Sydorenko: “Local governments are key stakeholders in inclusive recovery”
Almost 80% of Ukrainians surveyed believe that local authorities should be responsible for addressing the issues of people with disabilities. This is evidenced by the results of the first national sociological study on the perception of people with disabilities in…
The new law on mobilization partially takes into account the proposals of “The League of the Strong”
The proposals of the public union “The League of the Strong” were partially taken into account in the new law on mobilization. It is a question of preserving the norm regarding the exemption from mobilization of people who have a…
4 more public organizations will receive grants for advocacy campaigns from “The League of the Strong”
The selection of grant applications under the second competition for the implementation of advocacy campaigns and strengthening the institutional capacity of public and charitable organizations has been completed. The competition committee of the Z.N.A.M.I. Advocacy Project Accelerator has selected 4…
Care and development: how the NGO “Family for People with Disabilities” helped 9-year-old Zlata Marchenko
Nine-year-old Zlata Marchenko is from the Kyiv region. The girl attends the Center for Social Services with an interdisciplinary team, which was founded by the NGO “Family for People with Disabilities”. It operates within the framework of the project “Uniting…
“The League of the Strong” and the Kyiv city state administration will work together to implement accessibility in the capital
The first project seminar “Implementation of accessible environment in Kyiv: prospects and challenges for the second half of 2024” was held in Kyiv. Representatives of departments of the Kyiv City State Administration presented reports and plans for implementing barrier-free elements…