WHO ARE WE?

Association of Physically Disabledin Zagreb (further in text “Association”) is a non-profit (non-governmental) organisation involved in social and humanitarian work.

Association has 325 members who are for 46 years continuously working on the improvement of the quality of living for persons with paraplegia in the greater Zagreb region.

Throughout its history, association changed its name and structure couple of times. It was founded on May 18, 1977, as the Association of Physically Disabled, under which name it works again today and acts as its legal successor and continuator of organized social activity by and for persons with physical disability in the city Zagreb.

WHY DID WE JOIN TOGETHER?

Voluntary associating and organising of persons with physical disability aimed at: protection and promotion of common interests, active participation in the rehabilitation and socialisation, and providing various form of support to the members.

HOW IS THE ASSOCIATION RUN?

Association is run directly by all its members at the Assembly (highest governing body) or through their elected representatives in the Executive Board (Assembly's executive body) and Supervisory Board. Association is represented by its chairperson, and in his absence or secretary. 

WHAT IS OUR MISSION AND VISION?

Association’s vision is a developed social and economic system where persons with disability, as subjects with equal opportunities, are treated so as to respect their needs and their human dignity.

Our missionis raising the social awareness of rights, needs and potentials of persons with disability, and advocating a model for their participation on equal terms in the development of their community.

WHO CAN BECOME A MEMBER?

Regular members of the Association are:

• Persons with diagnosed functional and locomotory  impairments of extremities of at least 80%, caused by diseases or injuries or inborn malformations and deformities of the neurological and bone-muscle system.
• Persons with traumatic amputations or acquired loss of extremities.

Associate members can become Croatian nationals or legal entities based in Croatia who with their expert and humanitarian work improve the functioning of the Association and improve the quality of life for persons with disability.

WHAT ARE OUR ACTIVITIES?

• Maintaining and analysing membership database.
• Gathering and distributing information about conditions of living and inaccessible environment persons with disability live in.
• Helping members to resolve their welfare issues.
• Helping members to improve their mobility and access to infrastructure.
• Organising social, cultural, entertainment and sports activities and events.
• Organising expert discussions on the disability issues.
• Participating in the making of new laws and regulations in the field of welfare and protection of human and social rights of persons with disability.
• Co-operation with local, regional and national governmental organisations that are professionally concerned with problems of persons with disability.
• Co-operation with similar organisations in the country and abroad.
• Informing members and general public about the Association’s activities.

PROGRAMS WE CONDUCT?

• Special support program for persons with disability intended at resolving problems in welfare, rehabilitation, acquisition of orthopaedic equipment etc.
• Projects for removing architectonic barriers in public and housing facilities.
• Workshops on the improvement of quality of living for persons with disability (meetings, lectures, actions in the local community etc.).
• Cultural programs (exhibitions, poetry recitals, concerts etc.).
• Festival of Equal Opportunities every May on the main square in Zagreb.
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SOURCES OF FINANCING?

Financing of Association’s activities is not systematically solved. A smaller part of overhead costs for the Association’s regular activities is covered from municipal funds and membership fees, while most of its activities are financed through other sources, such as grants, donations, gifts and the like.

HOW CAN YOU HELP US?

• with Your expertise,
• with Social approach to solving problems of disability,
• promoting an integrated education and equal employment opportunities,
• advocating for a structured welfare system for persons with special needs,
• voluntary work within the Association,
• with a donation or a contribution paid to the Association’s account IBAN: HR8223600001101233589, SWIFT code: ZABA HR2X.

WHAT IS YOUR INCENTIVE TO CONTRIBUTE?

Primarily Your sociality and Your charitablity. But also Croatian tax regulation – Profit Taxation Bill (see official bulletin “Narodne Novine”, no. 177/04, 90/05, 57/06 and 146/08), that allows You to include in Your taxation period expenses also donations of up to 2% of Your income in the previous year.

Deductible from the taxable income are either donations in nature or donations in money (transferred to the bank account) for the cultural, scientific, educational, healthcare, humanitarian, sport, religious and other purposes, to the associations or persons that attend to the said activities in accordance with relevant regulations.