Social welfare system – next Estonian Skype
1:43:00 PM
Will volunteers save our welfare system?
Keiu Roosimägi
Helpific - CEO/Chairwoman of the Board
Estonian Association of Sharing Economy, Board Member
According
to Statistics Estonia, in the beginning of this year there lived ca
146 343 disabled persons in Estonia, for example 39 020 of them live
in Harju County, 8 633 in Pärnu County and 22 088 in Tartu County.
According to the social research about the managing of disabled people of
Tallinn (Saar Poll OÜ, 2016), people need additional help due to their
disability for example in activities such as shopping - 63% of the cases, and navigating outdoors -
46% of the cases.
Helpific newsletter | November 2015
5:37:00 PM
Dear members of Helpific platform!
Community's care and simplicity of helping each other through Helpific support platform enables to offer help and people with disabilities to live their life without borders.
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| On the photo is Helpific team at the conference "Beyond Borders" with executive vice president of JCI World Steven Wilson, president of JCI Estonia Kaspar Ilves and board member of JCI Tallinn Kerttu Sarapuu |
Platform, which connects
people with disabilities and volunteers who are ready to help them, is now
opened. All the people who need help and those who offer help are welcome to
register and place notices. Helpific hopes to get feedback and suggestions from
users in order to develop platform further.
Breaking borders
Helpific participated in
the conference "Beyond Borders" arranged by Junior Chamber
International Estonia in August to surmount borders personally, technologically
and culturally. Collaboration resulted in artistic formed campaign to encourage
all the members of community to recognise people with disabilities as
individuals who are no different from fellow citizens and raise awareness of
those who are not volunteers yet. Heroes of the installation "Life Without Borders" are six people with disabilities who need assistance every day.
In spite of disability, they all are very positive and strong personalities
with different interests and knowledge. As a volunteer, you can help them to
live their life fully, without borders.
Innovation and social inclusion
Helpific met on its info
tour in Haapsalu, Tallinn and Tartu in August, September and October with
employers, public sector institutions, disabled people’s organisation
representatives and people who are interested in Helpific platform. It was
discussed, how modern information and communication technology and social
entrepreneurship can help people with disabilities to participate in labour
market, break stigmatic attitude in society, popularize voluntary activity in
local communities and promote business environment. There were workshops,
opportunity to put your skills and abilities to the test at interactive area
and installation "Life Without Borders" was presented.
Promoting communication and cultural
accessibility
Gala for supporters of
Estonian Association of the Deaf took place on September 23rd. The day was
devoted to those who have contributed the activity of Estonian deaf community.
There were different performances and many letters of thanks and rewards were
handed out. Helpific was acknowledged with letter of thanks on promoting communication
and cultural accessibility outstandingly. It was given by Tiit Papp, executive
director of Estonian Association of the Deaf.
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Helpific tour "Beyond borders"
Promoting social inclusion of the people with mental health disorder with the help of information and communication technology and popularising volunteering in local communities.
Helpific has a tour in three Estonian cities (Haapsalu, Tallinn, Tartu) in August to present the idea how information and communication technology can help people with mental health disorder and improve awareness of people who aren’t volunteering yet. During the tour you can meet employers, public sector institutions and disabled people’s organisation representatives as well as Helpific web platform users. There will be discussions and seminars on burning topics and possibility to put your skills and abilities to the test at interactive area.
At the interactive area all the visitors can try obstacles that seem to be impossible but what disabled people must face every day, for example you can pass a wheelchair obstacle course, open a candy paper with boxing gloves and see the technological equipment that enables blind people to surf in social networks. During the tour a special project will be carried out where installations are placed in cityscape as six young persons with disabilities are the artistic heroes – Merlin, Maris, Jakob, Merilyn, Oliver and Katariina. Not with standing the disability they are all very positive individuals with different interests and knowledge, whom helped by the volunteers can live more valuable life.
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| Installation "Life Without Borders" |
We wish to improve awareness of local communities to prevent stigmatic attitude and discriminating treatment towards disabled people and to encourage communities to recognize disabled people as individuals who are no different from fellow citizens. So the main focus of the tour are the people with mental health disorder who are one of the risk groups in labour market not for their disabilities but further because of misconceptions and false beliefs about mental health problems. At the same time so called worries and joys of people with physical disabilities won’t be without attention either. Helpific wants to show that community’s caring attitude and simplicity of helping each other are these keywords that enable disabled people to apply their skills, knowledge and abilities entirely and live their life beyond borders.
You can take part in Helpific tour at White Lady festival on August 28th in Haapsalu, in Tallinn during the New World Streetfestival and at Tartu Autumn Days 2015 on October 16th. When integrating social thinking and innovation it possible to improve social attitude towards disabled people, involve disabled people or volunteers to develop more caring communities and create possibilities to integrate disabled people into society.
Partners of Helpific tour are Junior Chamber International Estonia JCI (installations), Tallinn Mental Health Center, Tallinn University and Arcada University of Applied Sciences. Tour is funded by the Council of Gambling Tax.
You can take part in Helpific tour at White Lady festival on August 28th in Haapsalu, in Tallinn during the New World Streetfestival and at Tartu Autumn Days 2015 on October 16th. When integrating social thinking and innovation it possible to improve social attitude towards disabled people, involve disabled people or volunteers to develop more caring communities and create possibilities to integrate disabled people into society.
Partners of Helpific tour are Junior Chamber International Estonia JCI (installations), Tallinn Mental Health Center, Tallinn University and Arcada University of Applied Sciences. Tour is funded by the Council of Gambling Tax.
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