Reports

I Can Too (ICT) is a foundation in support of children with disabilities.
One of the foundation's goals is to adapt the homes of disabled children. I Can Too works on this project since 2009.

Nadezhda Dimitrova is a child with multiple disabilities.
I Can Too's activities helped making easier the life of Nadejda's family by making their home accessible for the child.

"Nadejda is able to move freely and safely at home, thanks to the support of I Can Too "- says her mother

Funds donated from initiatives of the foundation are implemented to build a mobile platform (elevator) for Nadejda, which allows the access for wheelchairs. The external environment of the apartment is aligned with passage of the alley in the grass next to the elevator for the wheelchairs. In the apartment the flooring is upgraded and insulation is made, thresholds and barriers are removed, the doors are extended, railings and ramps are placed, the home is equipped with facilities.

Such housing can function as a day care center in which during the day can stay up to three children with disabilities.
I Can Too's goal is to support the adapting of more houses /centers/ for disabled children.

Funds and donations are in support of Center for disabled chidren "Center for Hope", families of disabled children and the Center for Autistic Children Plovdiv:

1. Charity initiative of Maxsport, Bulgarian Ski Federation and I Can Too "Bring to us your old winter jacket, and we'll give it to someone who needs it".
Collected jackets I Can Too donates to the Foundation "Center for Hope". They were distributed among children and adults with disabilities and to the school for children with visual problems "Loui Braile".

2. I Can Too helped to purchase special equipment for children with multiple disabilities.
The devices were purchased from Bayer Bulgaria Ltd., with which they expressed their social responsibility.
* For Rosen Karamfilov, Sofia: Vertical standing device Ormesa Standy 4 - 2538 BGN
* For the twins Ilian and Daniel, Sofia:
- Vertical standing device: Dondolino2 на стойност - 2390 BGN
- Walking device Dinamiko1 на стойност - 1360 BGN

3. Financial support for adapting the houses of disabled children to facilitate access for wheelchairs.

4. providing of medicines for children with multiple disabilities.

5. Financial support for rehabilitation, psychological-pedagogical rehabilitation and other treatments.

6. Financial support in transportation of disabled children at public services and getting children out the social isolation.

7. Financil support for legal services and legal protection of families of disabled children. Representation in the Commission for Protection from Discrimination and the State administration.

8. Financial support at arranging of meetings with international medical experts in Bulgaria.

9. Directing of sponsors and donors to Centers for disabled children and individual families:
- Bayer Bulgaria - financed expensive technical devices for Danny, Ilian, Rosen Karamfilov;
- Providing of office equipment, computers, food at school for children with visual problems "Loui Braille";
- Participation of children with disabilities in concerts, media events, etc.

10. Financial support for the education of children related to disabled children.

11. Consultations, mediation, specialized information from the office of I Can Too foundation

12. Organizing of charity concerts, exhibitions and other social art events popularizing the children in need.

1. From initiatives of I Can Too:
- From I Can Too foundation : 14 000 BGN
- June 3 - Day of Open Gates, organized by I Can Too: 2250 BGN
- From sponsors after the Day of Open Gates in June 3 - labour and materials: 54 500 BGN
- From the initiative Chervilo for I Can Too: 3 300 BGN
- From The Day of I Can Too - 15.12.2008 г.: 8 227 BGN
- Company "Villa Ljubimets" - partner of I Can Too - bought orthopaedic equipment for the children in the Medical centre

2. From sponsors in materials for the Medical centre: 25 540 BGN
The funds are used for the building, renovation and equipment of the specialized cabinets of the Centre:
Renovation works:
- fitting up granitogress;
- fitting up sanitary faience;
- purchasing and setting of special antibacterial flooring in the cabinets, provided by Swiss company "Tarket";
- by donations from the initiatives of I Can Too foundation were completely equipped logopaedic cabinet in the Centre;
- purchasing of two couches for physiotherapy cabinets.

Medical Centre for Children with Disabilities - Students Town, Sofia

Realised Activities in Support of Centre for Children with Disabilities "Nadejda" and Families with Disabled Children in Need:

1. Providing of life-necessary and life-supporting drugs, consumables and vitamins from Germany. Drugs mainly for the side effect control of epilepsy medicine and drugs for first medical aid;

2. Providing contacts with specialists from Munich clinics for therapy of children with disabilities - plain tickets, meetings., etc.
Information about the Kethogenic diet (medical treatment that without practice in Bulgaria) and the results from treatment of resistant epilepsy;

3. Organizing and directing of donations to centres and families in need:

1) Company "Oracle" provide modern office equipment for the studies of The School for Children with Visual Problems "Loui Braile";
2) Company "Bella Bulgaria" (Partner of I Can Too) provided foodstuffs for several Centres in need;
3) Company "Laura Catering" (Partner of I Can Too), provides regularly food and drinks to Centres in need;

4. Providing of Juridical support to families with disabled children by the intercession of lawyer Silvi Gavrilov;

5. Directing of specialists and volunteers to work with children with problems in development. Rilka Kirilova - special pedagogue - working in the sector of children with multiple disabilities in The School for Children with Visual Problems "Loui Braile";

6. I Can Too realized a contact between Holland and Bulgarian families with disabled children. A campaign organized by the Holland families in Bulgaria gave start to the periodically supplying with important technical and orthopaedic appliances and accessories.

From the initiatives of the Foundation in 2007 including raising funds through SMS at short number 14 15 and calling at 09005 14 15; selling of tickets for The Christmas Accoustic concert of rock band D2 and Christmas cards campaign, I CAN TOO realized:

1. Help for Nadejda /www.centre-for-hope.dir.bg/ - child with multiple disabilities:

* Buying of combine for walking
* Sponsorship of two surgical life-saving operations
* Buying of outer elevator for transportation
* Buying of computer for Nadejda
* Financial support for the education of Vyara /Nadejda's sister and parent in reserve/ in Music Conservatoire - student of opera singing.