A charitable campaign „Happy eyes“ will be held on 20.6.2019 under the project „Ëxpanding the activity of HIS Center to the NRCB“. The event will start at 18:30 and it will be held at Trakart Gallery, in the Arheological Underpass. It will include a seminar for parents „Visual problems of the children and techniques for eyesight prevention“, accompanied by vision screening for children with the latest PlusopiX S12c machine. The
The opening of the first Art Gallery with works of art made by completely blind and partially sighted artists from all over Bulgaria will be held on May 30, 2019 in Plovdiv, in the Archaeological underpass (the so-called underpass at the Monday market), The initiative is part of a project of the National Rehabilitation Center for the Blind, Plovdiv and it is funded by the European Social Fund through the
On May 16, 2019, the National Rehabilitation Center for the Blind held the first of its kind movie projection, adapted for visually impaired people. The initiative was carried out within the framework of the project „Expanding the Center for Mutual Assistance, Integration and Support” of the National Rehabilitation Center for the Blind – Plovdiv“. The project is funded by the European Social Fund under the Operational Programme for Human Resources
Three month Report on the Financial Performance of the NRCB-Plovdiv and three month report on the activities performed for the period 01.10.2018-31.12.2018 Application 2 Application 2а
On 3 December 2018, The International Day of people with disabilities – NRCB together with its partners from EVN Bulgaria conducted a training under the “Establishing a resource center for supporting the integrated education of visually impaired students” Project, funded by EVN under the EVN for Bulgaria Programme. The training was held as a seminar, conducted by two lecturers, followed by demonstrating the scanning options of the reading device, bought
On June 12, 2018, the NRCB Plovdiv took part in a discussion, part of the Workshop „Accessible Museum“, organized by the Regional Archaeological Museum. The theme of the seminar was the museum as a social and educational space for visitors with disabilities and additional needs – social, psychological and physical prerequisites for interaction in the museum environment. It was attended by representatives of organizations for and for people with disabilities,
On 27.11.2018 the National Rehabilitation for the Blind Center together with its partners from “National network heart for heart” Foundation conducted a free preventional measurement of blood sugar and blood pressure for visually impaired people with diabetes or at risk of diabetes. The experts from the partners’ organizations besides measuring and registering the results, provided an analysis in terms of the history of the disease an previous screenings, medicines, lifestyle
On October 17, 2018 at the National Rehabilitation Center for the Blind – Plovdiv a device for artificial sight intended for blind or partially-sighted people OrCam MyEye 2.0 was presented. On behalf of Israeli company OrCam, the main presenter was Mr. Irie Meltzer, and on the Bulgarian side, Mr. Yavor Bozhinov helped with translation. This is a thumbnail sized device which allows reading of any text from different surfaces, real-time
Three month Report on the Financial Performance of the NRCB-Plovdiv and three month report on the activities performed for the period 01.07.2018-31.09.2018 Application 2 Application 2а
From August 1, 2018, the NRCB launched a project to support integrated students with visual impairments by facilitating their work with books, books, textbooks, and other study materials. The project is financed by EVN Bulgaria and is worth BGN 19,509.37. Two Pearl Open Book readers and two laptops have been purchased and operated under the project. Topaz PHD is also purchased for the visually impaired users as well as a
