I Can Too - foundation in support of children in need www.icantoo.eu
“The luxury in 21st century is to think of others!”
I Can Too
About: I Can Too foundation was established in 2006 as a private initiative. Today the organization exists entirely on a charity basis, receiving grant support of partners from different areas - the Arts, Sport, Business, the Media as well as the support of governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The Mission: I Can Too's mission is to make life easier for children with special needs. By utilizing media and cultural events throughout the year, I Can Too aim is to make society aware of all the problems and urgent needs of these children and to foster their integration.
Results: In 2008, I Can Too opened a Rehab Medical Center for disabled children in Sofia. The Center was designed by the model of the best rehab center in Western Europe - The Kindercentrum - Munich, Germany. It was created in five months with the social participation of different companies as well as many individual supporters. Currently the Center is rehabilitating over 370 children per month. Many Bulgarian and International celebrities became Ambassadors of the foundation, popularizing its mission worldwide.
Current goal: The creation of Centers for Autistic children. According to the State Agency for Child Protection, the children with autism in Bulgaria are over 16 000. For the last two years I Can Too works on popularizing the need for the establishment of such Centers, by making initiatives, media events and activities. As a result of these activities: - The Municipality in Plovdiv has provided gratuitously to I Can Too a space of 400 square meters for the creation of the Center. This space needs to be renovated. I Can Too needs to raise 200 000 BGN for the achievement of this goal; - The government of Stara Zagora provides I Can Too a place of 700 square meters for the Center for Autistic children.
Nomination and awards: In 2009 I Can Too foundation was nominated by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee for Organization of the year for contribution in support of human rights. In 2010 I Can Too Won the Award "The Best Campaign of 2010". Motto of I Can Too: I Can Too believes that: "Everyone CAN ...create a better world...by doing whatever they CAN best."
TOGETHER WE CAN HELP MORE QUICKLY!