A village for children with disabilities is planned to be built in the Vitebsk region

August 3, Minsk / Darya Petrovich - BELTA /. A specialized village for 76 children with disabilities from the Orsha boarding school for orphans and children left without parental care is planned to be built in the Vitebsk region. This was announced by the project author, a member of the public association "Association of Employers and Entrepreneurs" of the Vitebsk region, a wheelchair user Alexey Talay at a press conference today, BELTA correspondent reports. Specialists from the Colorado American Institute of Architects will take part in the development of the future village project. Representatives of business - the Minsk Capital Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers - have also confirmed their interest in the project. According to the plan, each house will be designed for seven children, so that a foster mother can give each child maximum attention. Each child and mother will have a separate bedroom with a workspace and a wardrobe. "Having personal space will foster responsibility for their own corner in the children, which in the future will teach them responsibility for their own family," Alexey Talay noted. It is planned to create open-air and indoor sports complexes, as well as horse paddocks on the territory of the village. This solution was suggested to the project author by his foreign colleagues. Many years of research have shown that interaction with animals, and horses in particular, has a beneficial effect on the psychological adaptation of a child with disabilities. The atmosphere in the village will be aimed at unlocking the child's creative potential and developing his talents. People who are not afraid of work and wish to help children with disabilities realize themselves in life will be hired as teachers. Currently, the entrepreneur is looking for experts and volunteers to prepare design and estimate documentation for the creation of a joint Belarusian-American Foundation for the Assistance of Orphans and Children with Disabilities. This winter, he plans to travel to the United States of America to present his future project and seek funding sources. Alexey Talay was born in Orsha in 1983. He became disabled at the age of 16 when he was saving children from the consequences of an exploded campfire. But he did not lose heart: over time, he learned to use prostheses, take care of himself, and work on a computer. A few years later, Alexey went into business, and then into charity. Since 2008, Alexey Talay has been building a business office in Orsha, where jobs will be created for people with disabilities. With the support of the Orsha City Executive Committee, the entrepreneur was allocated an area for the construction of an electronic-pneumatic shooting range. Computerized control of the enterprise's operation will minimize the physical efforts of people with disabilities and give them the opportunity to earn a living on their own. -0-