Social Services Initiatives (SSI)
In November 2010, Bakcell and Social Services Initiative (SSI), launched Sport for Development and Inclusion (SDI) Project for children with hearing impairments.
The overall goal of SDI project is the use of sport and play to improve psycho-social development of children living in the state institutions. The project targets over 500 children aged 8 to 17 years with hearing impairments from the state boarding schools No 1 and No 3 in Nizami district of Baku. Within the project, SSI will provide training to 30 physical education teachers from the target institutions to increase their knowledge and practice on sport and play who will then organize Play Days among children to serve the promotion of power of sport and play for all, especially children with disabilities.
“Bakcell truly believes that every child has a talent. We are happy to support children with disabilities by providing a range of sporting opportunities and to make them feel valuable members of the society.Social Services Initiative (SSI) was established in 2008 to provide services to children with intellectual and mental disabilities and help the government in reforming the child protection system so that it meets the needs of children with disabilities. SSI believes in inclusion, diversity, equality, non-discrimination and employs human-rights approach in its interventions.
