Promoting, protecting and enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities

The European Union has provided a grant to improve the situation of children and adults with special needs and their families through the elimination of barriers to access to education, said the project manager of the European Union Delegation in the Kyrgyz Republic Peter Danis on the press conference by "Wecherni Bishkek".According to Peter Danish – representative of the EU Delegation in Kyrgyz Republic, the project also aims to create a friendly environment in the communities. Danis stressed that due to the project, children with disabilities are being successfully integrated into the education system and have the opportunity to develop their skills. "We should also not forget about the teachers. They face the highest goal and objective. We still ahead, much to be done" - he concluded.

“If we are looking at Inclusive Education and the question of promoting, protecting the rights of children with disabilities, we are trying to make opportunities available for access to quality education through mainstreaming is critical  important. SCI South and Central  Asia even globally resumes other projects like this IE for instance in Bangladesh. We are going to extend our efforts in Kyrgyzstan and have seen that IE is so significant. So often young children who have a special needs are left behind and we see that in many cases they are not be able to be supported in way that allowed them to take advantage of their own education and growth. This helps us Inclusive Education to set children in a better direction. It’s very committed us” said Mike Novel SCI South and central Asia Director at the Kick-off press conference.

SCI Director Mike Novel and Thomas Wimber visited regional PMPC and learned about its activities, how it functions, the functions, the basic problem. Chairman PMPC Tatiana Romanov told about the activities of PMPC and shared interesting facts from his own experience. PMPC 20 years old and she works at a school for the blind and visually impaired children, which 70 years. They were aware of the fact that parents are very concerned that their children attended regular school , so they were included in society. Today, only 15 special schools operating in Kyrgyzstan, the state no financial support, and children should be educated in mainstream schools .