March by motto “ec with my shoes”, Osmani: People with Down Syndrome are tremendous potential for society

On International Children's Day with Down syndrome has been implemented a march that was joined by the country's president, Vjosa Osmani- Sadriu and many other citizens. Under the motto “ec with my shoes”, and the banner bearing inscriptions “no longer prejudge”, “Co-operative”, this gear started from the Kosovo Parliament and continued to “Zahir Pajaziti” Square.

Physical therapy, psychological therapy, but even locopedia were some of the demands of children who were written on small shoes given to the president.

The first of the state said children with Down syndrome have an important potential but must be offered the conditions they deserve.

Until it adds how the presidency is in constant steps to provide conditions for this child, even though much work is needed, as it says.

“in the first place as institutions but in the second place as a society, but as individuals we need to understand that people with Down syndrome, and especially our children who are here and many others are not here in Pristina, are an extraordinary potential for our society, which should support every segment and at every stage of their lives, because what many children are giving us is much more love, much more color in our lives, so it is necessary that all the conditions they need to offer as institutions. Of course, we're in the first step and it's required is more work, but we're going to do everything that's in our hands, everything that's in our powers so that every member of our society feels equal, feels fulfilled, and feels ready to offer our society its potential”, she said.

She added that as a constant step, there is also the commitment of assistants in schools to help these children as likely as possible.

We need to take into account the most uterine models of states that have advanced in protecting fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens indiscriminately and through those models to make sure that their full integration into society occurs. We even saw in the little shoes that were donated that some of the basic requirements have to do with physical therapy, psychological therapy, and then with lokopedi are areas which not necessarily locopedia are developed in our country. So in the first place we have to invest in real frameworks which then can help children with Down syndrome from the first few days because it's important to invest in them and support them from the first days after birth so that they can then become full potential members of our society”, she added.

Meanwhile, the director of the Down Syndrome Kosovo Association, Sebahate Hajdini-Beqiri, mentioned how necessary the presence of the state is for realising the demands of people with Down syndrome.

“Summing up all activities in co-operation with the presidency we are closing the movement which began from the object of the presidency under the motto of my motto oc with my shoes, but closing with a message to walk all the way together... we believe that every day you and all representatives of the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo will be with us, because people with Down syndrome need support and for the realisation of their rights in all areas of life because the community with the Down syndrome, their family face their challenges every day, but support in our president's campaign and all other representatives who give us the rights of the institutions, and the reasons that give us the rights of the rights of the EU-based institutions, she said.

March 21st is also known as the International Day of Children with Down syndrome, until the Down Syndrome Kosovo Association numbers over 900 syndrome people around itself.