Heydar Aliyev Foundationto build dormitory for visually impaired people in Budapest
By Nigar Orujova
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation will establish a building, consisting of a 30-bed dormitory, a kindergarten and a primary school for visually impaired people at Laszlo Batthyany Roman-Catholic Home in Budapest, Hungary.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on January 16. The dormitory is special for people aged over 18 who receive treatment. The project is being implemented with support from the foundation.
The establishment would be a five-storey building covering over 1,300 square meters area for people aged over 18 that are passing rehabilitation courses.
The building will include a training hall, a kitchen and an elevator as well.
Established by the Hungarian Catholic Church in 1982, the primary mission of the center has been to provide support to children with impaired vision, movement and talking abilities, as well as other handicaps.
The children-educational establishment admits children with impaired vision, movement, talking and physical ability. In addition to education, they receive treatment through different trainings. It has been set up on a 2,800 square meter area and was renovated in 1994.
Prior to the ceremony, was held a meeting between Hungarian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations, co-chairperson of the Azerbaijan-Hungary Intergovernmental Economic Committee, Peter Szijjarto and representative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Ilgar Mustafayev.
Benevolent activity of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the general level of the relations between the two peoples were highly appreciated at the meeting.
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Hungary Vilayet Guliyev and the center's nun Anna Fexer were present at the event.
Starting its activity since 2004, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation has been actively contributing to the social and economic development of Azerbaijan by implementing various projects in different fields like education, public health, culture, sports, science and technology, environment and other.
The Foundation, chaired by First lady Mehriban Aliyeva has also accomplished various projects abroad in sectors such as education, culture, sports, environment and society.