Ukrainian Association of the Blind

In 1956, the enterprise district and urban societies blind renamed training production plants (TPP).

In Lviv (1992), a petition raised enough signage that the NGO sought out to protect the visually impaired economically and socially.

Despite serious financial and economic difficulties that are experienced in this period and society, the system successfully developed a sport amateur.

Ukraine's team of UTOS then won several silver and bronze medals at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Valletta.

Congress approved amendments to the Articles of Association, adopted the concept and main directions of its activities for the next period.

In 1997, based on national service training executives and professionals UTOS, was a psychological and practical rehabilitation of the first group of blind people, mostly young people, from all regions of Ukraine and in Ryksyvani (Italy), took place European Championships in athletics and swimming among the visually impaired.

In 2002, there is a direct hotline in which the question of visually impaired people responsible head of Securities Blind VM Bilchych.

At the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, Ukrainian blind skiers won three medals, two silver by Oleh Munts, and a bronze by Vitaliy Lukyanenko.

[2] The state-sponsored association is involved in the social, employment, medical, and vocational rehabilitation of the disabled citizens of Ukraine, who can not compete in the labor market.

Blind people in the association receive the full range of social protection, and the ability to find opportunities to live and to work.

Help the state goes on direct financing of projects, and indirectly by providing tax benefits to companies creating public procurement system Blind.