The world arm-wrestling championship was held from 24.11.2021 till 3.12.2021 in Bucharest, Rumania. Part of it was the XXIII Arm-wrestling championship for people with disabilities. Bulgaria was represented by a national team of more than 20 participants from the whole country. The Plovdiv participants were from arm-wrestling club Izgrev – Plovdiv – Asya Burova and Emka Tanova, who train in the sports centre, located at the National rehabilitation for the

We celebrate the International Day of the white cane on 15^th October. It all began in 1921, when James Bigs – a photographer from Bristol, UK, loses his sight after an accident. Since the traffic in his neighborhood was extremely heavy, he painted the cane he used as an assisting device white so that it became more visible for the others. In 1931 the mayor of Paris realized the idea to paint in white the canes blind people were using and the white color be used as a symbol of a visual disability and in the same year a national program for visually impaired people’s movement started in France. In 1943 in Pennsylvania doctor Richard Hoover, working in a military hospital invents the long white cane. This invention was provoked by the difficult situation that his blind patients were in. Due to bombing danger, the hospital was situated into the woods and in several distant buildings, which impeded the movement of the visually impaired.

The Exhibition “Colors in the darkness” was opened on 30.9.2021 in Plovdiv, Archeological subway. It shows the visitors and viewers the art achievements of the visually impaired people in Bulgaria. The exhibition was organized under the “Colors in the darkness – 55 years of integration through art for the visually impaired people in Bulgaria”, implemented by the National rehabilitation for the blind Center, Plovdiv, funded by the Agency for disabled

From 20th till 23rd September 2021 in Obzor a series of events will be held, celebrating the 55th anniversary of the foundation of the National Rehabilitation for the Blind Center. The events are organized within the „Colors in the darkness – 55 years of integration through art for the visually impaired people in Bulgaria“ Project, funded by the Agency of disabled people to the Ministry of labor and social policy

The NRCB has started the implementation of the „Colors in the twilight – 55 years of integration through art for the visually impaired people in Bulgaria” Project, funded by the Agency for disabled people in Bulgaria under the Ministry of labor and social policy of the Republic of Bulgaria since 1.6.2021.  Its aim is to give voice and ceremoniously celebrate the 55-anniversary of the foundation of the NRCB and its

Telus Bulgaria will hold the first one of a series of free 1-hour online trainings – “Job seeking skills” on 28.7.2021. The training is directed mainly at young people, who are just starting their professional career, however all people, who might be interested in the topic are invited to take part in the event. The lectors will speak now about “The preparation before and the successful communication during the job