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Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency TKA built an additional building for the Center for the Blind in Podgorica Tuzi Danilovgrad and Kolain which was established in Podgorica the capital of Montenegro in 1948 and provides various services for people with visual impairment. People with disabilities will engage in income-generating activities in the additional building.The opening ceremony of the building was attended by Ivan Terzi Director of Social Welfare at Podgorica Municipality Chedo Damjanovi Chair of the Union of the Blind of Podgorica Tuzi Danilovgrad and Kolain members of the union and TKAs officials. Most of the members of the Union of the Blind of Podgorica Tuzi Danilovgrad and Kolain which provides services in many fields from the employment to the education and social integration of people with visual impairment in the region live alone in rural areas. A carpet washing and dry-cleaning unit was established in the additional building which was put into service as part of the project. 290 members with visual impairment will benefit from the services provided.In his speech at the delivery ceremony Chedo Damjanovi Chair of the Union of the Blind of Podgorica Tuzi Danilovgrad and Kolain stated that the pandemic worsened the already difficult living conditions of people with visual impairment. He stressed that the people of Turkey gave them a meaningful gift through TKA on December 3 the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and that this gift meant a lot to them.Ivan Terzi Director of Social Welfare at Podgorica Municipality noted that the support provided for the Center for the Blind met a great need and thanked TKA for implementing the project.Abdurrahman S. TOPRAK TKAs Coordinator in Podgorica stated that TKA was implementing projects for the vulnerable segments of the society in all regions where it operated and would continue to carry out sustainable and demand-oriented projects in this field in Montenegro. TKA has so far implemented many projects to provide better education and employment opportunities to people with disabilities in Montenegro improve their standards of living and enable them to leave their homes and integrate into the society easily such as building accessibility ramps in 250 locations in Niki repairing and equipping the Sirena Center for People with Disabilities in Ulcinj equipping the Center for People with Disabilities in Berane carrying out landscaping activities at LIPA Center for People with Disabilities in Plav building and equipping an autism room in the Bambi Kindergarten in Niki building a sensory room in the autism department of the Komanski Most Institution installing an elevator at the Constitutional Court of Montenegro installing an additional panoramic elevator system and building an accessible elevator at the Supreme Court of Montenegro and equipping the library of the Center for Children and Young People with Disabilities in Podgorica.
