The Dnipro paraffinates will represent Ukraine and FFU at the international CAFE conference in Spain

14.11.2018 11:01

Two representatives of the para-fanatic movement, Dmitry Zhary and Oleksandr Uskov, will take part in the CAF International Conference with the support of the Ukrainian Football Federation from November 16 to November 17E to improve access to football for people with disabilities. In total, about 200 delegates and representatives of football federations from around the world will take part in the event.

"Such a conference is held every three years, and it is the most important platform for discussing the availability of football. In 2015, we participated in the CAFE conference in France with the support of FC Dnipro.

This time we are going under the auspices of the FFU, which has seen real results and is working to make football accessible to all. In particular, the Football Federation of Ukraine is working to improve access to football matches and involve people with disabilities in the football process. We are grateful for the support of the paraffin movement to the FFU team and the president of the federation Andriy Pavelko, "said Dmytro Zhary, a member of the Dnipro paraffin club.

According to Dmitry, today UEFA is actively promoting progressive methods of ensuring access conditions for people with disabilities not only in the football field but also in other spheres of public life.

"There is a stereotype in our country that a disabled person is just a person with reduced mobility, and after the last conference held in Paris, it turned out that Europe cares about all types of disabilities: those who are visually impaired or completely blind, and those who is hard of hearing. For example, in the West, colors are selected at a match so that people with color blindness can clearly distinguish the palette. For autistic people, there are soundproof rooms in stadiums, ”Oleksandr Uskov said.