Feel the book

Last week famous sportspeople and artists visited the children in the Kyiv boarding school No. 5. They brought to the blind children and the children with defective eyesight special presents. This action was organized by the Youth and Olympic Swimming Foundation in cooperation with the stars of theatre and show-business that joined the All-Ukrainian Social Charitable Project “Feel the Book.”

The social project “Feel the Book” was organized for the purpose of recording and spreading special audio books for blind children and children with defective eyesight. Denys Sylantiev, world champion in swimming and author of the project “Feel the Book” said: “My foundation promotes sports and healthy lifestyle. Some time ago we decided to extend our possibilities and develop children not only physically, but also spiritually. Our goal is to give children with defective eyesight and blind children the possibility to independently learn the Ukrainian literature through audio books with legendary poems of the Ukrainian authors Lina Kostenko, Oksana Saiko, and Mariana Savka.”

This action has been supported by Bohdan Beniuk, Ostap Stupka, Oksana Bairak, Volodymyr Horiansky, Olha Sumska, Ryma Ziubina, Solomia Vitvitska, and others; all the participants worked for free. By the way, Denys Sylantiev, who also read the poems, said that not only Kyiv but all 35 boarding schools for children with defective eyesight all over Ukraine will receive audio players, audio systems, and CDs with the poems.

It is interesting that the children from the specialized school recognize actors by their voices. According to the boarding school teachers, they already have quite a large audio collection often filled up by sponsors. However, over the past several years the school library has not received any Braille books, necessary for studies. This is the problem that needs to be resolved.