Pendik İyi Yaşam Derneği / PİYAD

Pendik Good Life Association (PİYAD) is a non-governmental organization that has been working with disabled people in Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey. We offer rehabilitation, education and employment services to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. In this direction, we have Pendik Education and Rehabilitation Center and Barrier-Free Workplace. In Pendik Education and Rehabilitation Center, we offer training and rehabilitation activities for individuals with physical and mental disabilities. All of our free activities are offered through special education teachers, expert instructors, physiotherapists, psychologists and pedagogues. In the center, we organize handicrafts (painting, marbling, felt, wood burning, jewelry, kilim weaving, rag doll, phylography), folk dances, music, short film, sign language, computer, waitresses trainings for handicapped individuals over 16 years of age. In the scope of rehabilitation services, we perform physical therapy, hydrotherapy, sports therapy, sensory integration, language therapy, special education support, individual and family therapy, psychological support and pedagogical support services. For these services, our center includes hydrotherapy pool, motor skill room, dance and gymnastics class, private and individual group therapy rooms, wooden, pottery, handicrafts, kilim weaving, instrument, painting and kitchen workshops for the purpose of physical development. Gift items such as bird nests, picture frames, candle holders, and nameplates from wooden materials are produced by disabled individuals in the way of not tiring them in our Barrier-Free Workplace aiming to provide the employment of disabled individuals within the body of our Association. The products produced are sold to firms through Pendik Municipality and non-governmental organizations in Pendik. In the Barrier-Free Workplace, 18 physically disabled individuals are recruited into society by employment.