IIIrd INTERNATIONAL SMILING CHILD FESTIVAL

The Spinal Cord Injuries Association of Turkey has organized 1st International Smiling Child Festival in 2006 and 2nd International Smiling Child Festival in 2007, 750 disabled and undisabled children from 26 country participated. Our prior purpose of founding this organization is to help handicapped children to socialize with other children and to protect the future of them in this changing world.  

The Spinal Cord Injuries Association of Turkey is starting to organize 3rd International Smiling Child Festival in Istanbul in the week of 23 April 2008 for the disabled children who are 7-15 years old from all over the world. We are seeking the totally disabled and mixed (disabled & unndisabled) children groups that have any kind of stage performance like folklore, modern dance or talented individual children that can sing or play musical instrument or have any kind of visual work or piece of art that can be exhibited in the Festival. In the 3rd Festival, we will especially stress on the children with orthopedic disabilities surely including the children with all kind of disabilities and the groups that majority of team are formed by disabled children will be preferable.  

We want to invite children and their companions to our Festival. This letter is just a fixing one. There is no necessity to participate. There will be no charge in Istanbul for accommodation, F&B, local transportation, visits, local hospitalization since the Turkey Association will meet all the costs. (Except the costs of the transportation to Istanbul and back.)

We are honored to see your country as a participant in this international event.  If you interested or don’t interested in our organization, please contact with us. The dead line to answer back is 27th July 2007, either positively or negatively. If you don’t interested, please recommend us other disabled associations or organizations in your own country.  

Note: For further information please visit the website: www.smilingchild.com