A group in the social platform Facebook has become more and more popular with almost 85 000 members for its several months of creation. This is the “Buy a present from a mother of a child with disability” group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369212334446352. All parents of children with disabilities or people with disabilities, who possess some creative talent and strong will for manifestation are welcomed to publish the beautiful works of art that are made by their hands and souls. Among these are Christmas toys and decorations, children’s toys, made by fabric, cotton, velour, ready materials, decoupage, greeting cards, hand-knitted items, souvenirs, jewelry, paintings and many, many others. People, who are willing to buy them are numerous, the orders are constant and this is a wonderful opportunity for the parents of children with disabilities and people with disabilities to find a realization and recognition of their talents, to come out of the social exclusion and give publicity to their uneasy destiny, and last, but not least – supplement their income.

Petya Koleva made and maintains a website, comprising and facilitating the choice and supply of the products, completely for free: https://kupipodarak.com/

We invite to join the Facebook group and the website, to look at the publications, to open your hearts and homes for their beauty and kindness.

Veronika Kertikova-Tapcheva

The General Assembly of the United Nations declares in 1992 3rd December as an International Day of persons with disabilities. It has been observed since then by the member-states and the international organizations. Its aim is to direct public attention towards the problems of people with disabilities, to motivate politicians and institutions to undertake actions that are more effective in order to guarantee their access to common architectural environment, to educative system, to the general labor market and to the process of relevant political decision-making processes.

The International Day of Persons with disabilities has been commemorated under a specific theme since 2002. The theme this year is “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”.

Veronika Kertikova-Tapcheva

The leading career expo for qualified staff Career Show took place completely online on 24^th and 25^th November 2020. This year it included 50+ interactive sessions – lectures, discussions, activities – for a successful career and fulfilling life. Among the inspiring lectures were popular people like Anna Tzolova, Ivan and Andrey, representatives of state institutions, the bussiness and entrepreneurs. The second part of the expo, a very innovative one, was the new unique online format for quick video meetings. Within 10-minute meetings, the ones, looking for a job, and the ones, offering one, had the opportunity to meet, exchange basic information about themselves and exchange contacts for future, more profound relationship.

The NRCB Plovdiv was represented by its expert Job mediation and assistance, who held a lot of meetings with representatives of big companies, corporations and bank institutions, among which LIDL, EVN, Metro, Post Bank and TELUS International.

The general conclusion that one could make from the two-day event was that the business looks for staff, but highly qualified and motivated one.

A specially adapted for visually impaired viewers show of the adventure drama “The Edge”, starring Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins was held on 17.11.2020 at the NRCB. We remind you that the NRCB regularly organizes and conducts such video shows, voiced in Bulgaria, specially selected for visually impaired audience and assisted by a trained interpreter. The event was welcomed with great interest by the visually impaired viewers and was held under strict safety measures due to the emergency state in the country.

We will keep promoting other similar events, so please follow our web site for further news and announcements.