Chernobyl Children’s Project International (CCPI) continues to focus on bringing much needed change for intellectually and physical disabled people in Belarus. Working with the Belarusian government, we seek to integrate disabled people into their communities and end the practice of institutionalization.
Tatiana Federova and Tatiana Yushkevich -- respectively heads of the Minsk and Mogilev departments of social services -- recently attended a meeting of the International Initiative for Mental Health and Disability and Leadership Exchange in Ireland. They were invited and accompanied by Marie Cox and Valentin Chernyakevick, who run CCPI's medical care program. The group attended exchange sights with Cheshire Homes in Dublin and Brother's of Charity services in County Clare, where they met with International leaders in the field of mental health and disability. They witnessed first hand the benefits to clients of community living versus state institutional care.
In November 2008, CCPI opened an independent living home and training program for mentally and physically disabled young adults. A terrace of fully accessible apartments was funded, built, furnished and decorated by sponsors and volunteers, and is the first project of its kind in Belarus.
Your donation now will help us continue this important work.
