For the second year in a row, Motivation Romania Foundation organizes Wheelchair Mobility and Health Caravans. These take place in the project “Advocacy for community access for wheelchair users”, implemented by Motivation Romania Foundation in partnership with Segoia Association, with the financial support of Active Citizens Fund Romania, a program funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the SEE Grants 2014-2021. The project aims to support the social inclusion of people with disabilities by improving the mobility and health of wheelchair users.

The activities are addressed to wheelchair users and their assistants, and will take place in 15 counties:  Buzău, Timiș, Mehedinți, Galați, Neamț, Iași, Bihor, Satu Mare, Argeș, Cluj, Sibiu, Prahova, Constanța, Brașov and Ilfov. The program of the Mobility and Health Caravans can be found here,  https://motivation.ro/en/events/

 

During the Caravan, participants will have access to innovative services and high-performance mobility and assistance equipment, such as the unique pressure mapping system BodiTrak. The Wheelchair Mobility and Health Caravans bring to participants’ attention aspects related to accessibility and mobility, and the rights of people with disabilities, by presenting and offering practical tools, useful in knowing and accessing rights, self-representation, and employment. Such tools are the two free mobile applications, MotiActiv and Panoul de Bord (Dashboard), as well as The guide for the rights of people with disabilities using wheelchairs.

 

The Wheelchair Mobility and Health Caravan is designed to give people with disabilities access to innovative services and high-performance mobility and assistive devices, to improve their health, and encourage them to become active and independent again.

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_{About Active Citizens Fund Romania
The Active Citizens Fund Romania programme is funded through the EEA Grants 2014-2021. The overall objective of the Grants is to reduce economic and social disparities, and to strengthen bilateral relations between 15 beneficiary countries and the Donor States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). The programme is administered by a consortium composed of Civil Society Development Foundation, Romanian Environmental Partnership Foundation, Resource Center for Roma Communities, PACT Foundation and Frivillighet Norge, acting as Fund Operator designated by FMO – Financial Mechanism Office of the EEA and Norway Grants. The objectives of the Active Citizens Fund Romania are to strengthen civil society and active citizenship and to empower vulnerable groups. With a total allocation of 46,000,000 euro, the programme pursues a long-term development of the civil society sector sustainability and capacity, stepping up its role in promoting democratic participation, active citizenship and human rights, while strengthening bilateral relations with organizations from the Donor States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. For more information about the Active Citizens Fund in Romania, please go to www.activecitizensfund.en. For more information about the EEA and Norway Grants, go to www.eeagrants.org.}

_{About Motivation Romania Foundation
Motivation Romania Foundation is a non-profit organization, created in 1995 to support children and adults with disabilities. The services offered cover a wide range of needs, from assessment and adapted equipment for different types of mobility disabilities, to active recovery and training for independent living with a wheelchair instructor, advice for spaces accessibility and adapted sports. So far, Motivation has restored freedom of movement and hope in a fulfilled life for more than 25,800 people with disabilities in Romania. More information on www.motivation.en.}

_{About Segoia Association
Segoia Association is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, created in 2017, concerned with the development of civil society, promotion of democratic values, open government and citizen involvement through technology. More information on: https://segoia.ro.}