“Independent life” Center hold the trainings named “Making of effective methods of public relations” for parents of children with special needs in Ganja CBRs. (UAFA)

Parents were informed with community organizing, motivational management, leadership skills, communication planning,

Unfortunately people with different type of disabilities (PWD) face stigma and stigma born hardship in Azeri society. Stigma starts within family, when parents hide child with disability at home in order not to “shadow” future of typical sibling or when members of a family feeling shy or burdened for their disabled brothers or sisters.

The training titled “Support to the development of the Children’s with autism, attention deficit and hyperactivity and family participation” was held in Baku.  Dr. Semra Shahin and Dr. Arzu Yucselen, the child development specialists of the faculty of Health education in Hajente University (Turkey) were main trainers.

Gwendolyn Burchell’s  (UAFA’s director) article has been published in “BEARR Trust Newsletter (UK). Social welfare system in Azerbaijan, statistical informations, social reforms, NGO’s activity in the country and their collaboration with government were enlightened in the article.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007. There were 82

The first Occupational therapy conference in the Caucasus was held in Tbilisi city, center of Georgia. The event was organized by related organizations of Azerbaijan (UAFA), Armenia and Georgia.

Beginning of August, 2010 the next stage of the program titled “ The increasing of welfare in istitutions” will be started. This program that is beeing realized by Friends of Saray and UAFA’s support began its first stage in 2009, in custodial institution. Now it is going to continue in Goy- Gol custodial institution. The main goal of the program is to provide people’s daily work that live in institution, increase

On July  23,  1st national conference titled “NGO-Government collaboration: the way leading to sosial  protection ”   was held  in Baku. Within the framework of conference, CBRSs’ 2nd national exhibition  was organized also.