Children with disabilities sell handmade items to MPs

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, most of the parliamentarians of Moldova went to the exhibition-fair “No Differences in Art” staged by disabled persons and bought handmade objects. The Head of Parliament Mihai Ghimpu purchased most of the articles. Taking a group of disabled children with him, he bought them everything they wanted, Info-Prim Neo reported. Social institutions for persons with disabilities put up for sale handmade items on about 200 stands set up at the Center for Children and Youth “Artico”. Minister of Labor, Social Protection and Family Valentina Buliga said the major aim of the exhibition is to sensitize the people to the problems faced by persons with disabilities. “By acquiring things made by them, we transform the disability into opportunity for them, Buliga said. “Each work is interesting – the knitted things, the photographs, the paintings.” Dumitru Nita, of the boarding school No. 5 in Chisinau, said he sold an engraving to the acting head of state for 150 lei. He also said he will make more works and put them up for sale. Marian Lupu, the leader of the Democratic Party, bought a set of chidlren's winter clothes. “I paid 200 lei for it and was also offered a pair of socks,” he said, adding he has 1,500 lei more that he will also spend. Communist MP Vladimir Turcan purchased a pair of knitted shoes and an embroidered cock for his nephew and niece. He said he paid 40 lei for them and intends to purchase more things as they are nice. Liberal MP Corina Fusu said she feels well in this holiday atmosphere. “I focused on presents that I can give as a gift during the winter holidays. I bought a pair of woolen socks for my mother and a number of greetings,” she said, adding that she likes the works very much. All the 101 MPs decided to offer their one-day salary to disabled children on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.