The main aim of this charity project is to give children with this condition the opportunity to enjoy toys which, if they weren’t adapted, would be more difficult for them to handle.
So, on November 29th, at 3pm, the Toy Workshop, which relies on the collaboration of Electrical and Computer Engineering students and their teachers to adapt the toys collected, will open its doors to the community and the media. On this day, it will be possible to follow the transformation of the toys so that they can be used by children with special needs.
As usual, this team of “Toy Engineers” will also be joined by a group of children under the care of the Santo Tirso Solidarity and Social Action Association (ASAS), who will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with the world of electronics, thus gaining more skills for the future.
The initiative brings together several local entities, since the toys were collected at the António Fogaça School Center, in a campaign developed by the Parents’ Association, and, after being adapted, will be given to the children of the Association of Parents and Friends of Children (APAC) to celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities.
The delivery will take place on the occasion of the International Day of People with Disabilities, which is celebrated on December 3, and in time to provide a happier Christmas for children with reduced mobility.
The toys collected that cannot be adapted will also be given to the children of ASAS and APAC.
Also in December, on the 12th, as part of the IPCA Day celebrations, EST students will demonstrate their art to the children of the António Fogaça School Center, with the aim of awakening in the children a taste for technology and alerting them to the problem that not all toys can be used by all children.