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Ukrainian-American Birth Defects Program
The Orphans Early Stimulation Project Has Been Presented at the Round Table of the World Bank
December 3 is the International Day of the Citizens with Special Needs. Annually it brings together disabled and non-disabled people in a major effort to promote the rights of the disabled people across Europe. The round table dedicated to this even took place under the aegis of the World Bank/International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Kyiv.
 From left to right: Dr. Serhiy Cherniak (Deputy Head, Division for Medical and Social Examination, Ministry of Health of Ukraine), Mr. Olexandr Kaliberda (Acting Head of the World Bank Representative Office for Ukraine), Mr. Yuri Savko (Coordinator, NGO/Civil Society Activities), Ms. Olena Fadeeva (Project Manager, World Bank) |
The representatives of the nongovernmental organizations (NGO), Ukrainian Ministry of Health, Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Social Investments Fund discussed the issues how to joint the efforts of the state, civic society, international donor organizations to meet the needs of this category of the citizens.
The Alliance for the Prevention of Birth Defects (UAPBD) was represented by the heads of the Parental Support Groups - Ms. Svitlana Borodenkova (Kyiv NGO "Factor"/group for hemophilia), Ms. Oksana Paskhalnaya (All-Ukrainian NGO of Parents with PKU Affected Children/group for phenylketonuria), Ms. Vira Novak (Kyiv Association of Families with CF Affected Children /group for cystic fibrosis).
Prof. Ihor Baryliak (UAPBD President) presented the UABDP activity in the formation and development of the parental support groups for the families with the special children.
The Orphans Early Stimulation Project that was presented by Ms. Kateryna Babiets (the UAPBD Rivne Branch Coordinator) attracted the special interest of the audience. This project was started in Rivne in November 2002 under the support of the Ukrainian-American Birth Defects Program. The goal of this project is to promote the intellectual and mental development of infants-orphans of the Rivne Orphan House. Ten students-volunteers of the Rivne State Humanitarian University (Pre-School Pedagogic Chair) play the key role in this project. They work under the supervision of the experienced teachers, the educational specialists, and the medical professionals. One of the main outcomes of the project should be reducing of the delay in the infants-orphans' mental development. At the same time, its role in formation of maturity and personality of future educational specialists can't be overestimated.
 Ms. K. Babiets showing a picture and Dr. I. Baryliak (to the right) |
The Alliance for the Prevention of Birth Defects will promote this initiative to be extended to other regions of Ukraine.
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