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Workshop for the visualy disabled children

Project funded by the Social Affairs and Family, Ministry of Labour of the Slovak Republic

Pupils had the opportunity to grasp each material used with 'own' hands. Given that, these were the children with visual disabilities, it was very exciting for them. During the workshop, we engage them in all procedures of paper production. Also, they improved their abilities as individuals. Finaly, all pupils took their own original product.

We believe that the project for children increased their technical feeling and interest in activities normally carried out by healthy people.

The project far exceeded our expectations and we are confident that it helped children at least partially to overcome the barriers associated with their disability. Feedback after the event was amazing what was demonstrated by the amount of acknowledgments from children that we received.

Acknowledgment from Imro (in Slovak):

„Na ten výlet asi nezabudnem do konca života. Zo začiatku to bol celkom obyčajný výlet. No keď sme prišli do cieľa, pomyslel som si, že tento výlet bude najkrajší zo všetkých výletov, na ktorých sme už boli. Za pekný výlet však vďačíme predovšetkým Vám. Boli ste k nám veľmi milí, pohostinní a trpezliví. Na exkurzii sme sa vďaka Vám mali možnosť dozvedieť o ručne vyrábanom papieri, o jeho vlastnostiach a výrobe a tiež sme si mohli vyrobiť vlastný papier. Vy ste nám umožnili spoznať vzácnosť a jedinečnosť prírodne vyrábaného papiera. Preto by som sa Vám vo svojom mene aj v mene celej 8A triedy chcel poďakovať za pekné chvíle strávené v Papierničke-Prietrž a za všetko, čo ste pre nás urobili.“

Imrich

See the photodocumentation here.

Also, view a nice video from the workshop: