Project information

The general aim of our project is to include our visually impaired children (12-16) in social life by using the sport of goalball as a tool, to include disabled children in social life; to encourage disabled and nondisabled children to participate in sports and sports activities, to raise awareness of self-confidence, to raise their quality of life, to raise them together with their peers, to gain teamwork skills, to highlight their leadership qualities, to discover their skills, to provide and create a different environment where they can develop themselves; It is to provide children without disabilities with features such as empathy and awareness, cooperation, responsibility and team awareness.The project duration is planned as 18 months as it includes local activities. Project activities; It includes quality goalball training by the coach, local events by all participants, a festive transnational goalball tournament and a finalconference. Attitude scales, evaluation forms, surveys, digital audio booklet (audio for visually impaired children), project film, articles to be written by child psychologists and physiotherapists will be shared with disabled centers, schools, sports clubs and NGOs at EU level during and as a result of the activities to be held. It is aimed to encourage the sport of goal ball and thus to increase social participation, self-confidence, selfesteem, awareness, tolerance, cooperation, responsibility and empathy.