An International School on Social Services will open in Lepel on the basis of the Center for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons

В Лепеле на базе Центра реабилитации инвалидов откроется Международная школа по вопросам соцобслуживания
An International School on Social Services, a temporary residence for people with disabilities, a mini-cafe, and a gardening workshop will open at the Social Services Center of Lepel District.

This is the second stage of a social project implemented under a cooperation agreement between the Lepel District Executive Committee and the International Charitable Public Association "EcoStroitel" (Germany). The first stage was the construction of the only Center for Social and Labor, Social and Domestic, and Physical Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities in Belarus, on the basis of which the project continues.

People with disabilities from Lepel District will work and undergo rehabilitation in the mini-cafe and gardening workshop. Young people with developmental disabilities from all over the region will be able to learn independent living skills in the temporary residence. The issue of providing such services to representatives of other regions of Belarus is also being worked out.

– The rehabilitation center plans to organize an International School on Social Services, where young people with disabilities and their parents, as well as heads of day care departments for people with disabilities from all over the Vitebsk region, will study both in person and online, – said Vera Astapenko, Head of the Department of Social Support for the Population and Stationary Institutions of the Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Regional Executive Committee.

She noted that the curriculum will be developed with the scientific support of specialists from the Vitebsk State Medical University and VSU named after P. Masherov, with whom the committee has signed cooperation agreements. In addition, students majoring in "Social Work" will undergo practical training at the day care department of the Social Services Center of Lepel District.

German, Russian, and Polish colleagues will share their experience in social services at the International School.

Initial investments in the project are planned by the German side in the amount of over 330 thousand euros.

"Vitebskiye Vesti". Photos from open sources.