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A blind person can sense things based on what he or she can imagine.
You can try to imagine that you're sitting in some abyss, at its bottom.
But you can also imagine yourself at the top of a mountain, wherever you are.
Hi, it is 8 PM and welcome to the 'Eyes' TV programme.
My colleagues are ready to share the latest Monday news with you.
Today we are talking about:
How to keep your kids busy in July when kindergartens are closed down.
Cycling marathon for those who've lost the ability to see: 30 blind people are on a month-long trip.
They are ready to face some inconveniences and challenges.
15 blind sportsmen set off for their cycling marathon from Lviv.
Those who can see will help the visually-impaired people to pedal tandem bicycles.
Participants of the 'I See! I Can! I Will' charitable cycling marathon will be traveling around Western and Central Ukraine for 30 days.
Bike-lovers dedicated the cycling marathon to Mykola Pekh, their blind friend from Lviv who died last year.
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Let's close our eyes just for a minute and try to sense the world in a new way.
Let's try to sense the world when we cannot see it.
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Many people with disabilities give up and lose the feeling that they are able to change something
after spending all the time at home,not really going out that often, unsuccessfully trying to find a job.
even though they have vocational training or higher education
Initiatives, like this cycling marathon
give people with disabilities some confidence that everything is possible...
...that one can achieve self-fulfillment
that even if before this I walked around my room or backyard
now I have cycled a few dozens of kilometers and feel so tired. But it's nice tiredness
and probably I can accomplish something even greater.Probably I should keep going and do something else
Maybe, study more, or work more.
It strongly influences people without disabilities, and the society in general.
Thanks to the cycling marathon we could talk about problems, or rather barriers, faced by people with disabilities.
They are discussed during press-conferences. TV can show a person with a white cane
but now we are taking another angle, a new format with an image
Here you go, - someone is riding a tandem bike. I saw them riding tandems, there are so many issues,
but something like this provokes much stronger associations than another conference or roundtable.
Such approach was widespread in the Soviet times
When you cannot see, it's your own problem. We give you a pension, so, please, stay at home,
take advantage of the benefits, and live in your own world. Don't bother us.
This care, medical treatment...a person with a disability is the disabled.
That's the approach which remains common nowadays. "The disabled." Not a person, just the disabled.
Now we are talking about the need to perceive a person with a disability
as a human being with rights and duties on equal terms with other people,
as a person who should bear his or her responsibilities.
And for such people to be able to exercise their rights, adaptation is needed.
It's about adaptation of space, legislation, and workplace.
It means that a person becomes independent, has a possibility to implement one's own plans and ideas
and manage one's own life.
Because such people achieve something, they can independently do unbelievable things.
We just need to support them to make it possible.
When I was three years old, my father bought a bicycle for me. That was two-wheel bike.
He lowered the seat as much as it was possible and I started to cycle around.
After I lost my sight, I kept on riding my bicycle but now only in the countryside.
My childhood is divided in two parts.
The first part was when I could see. It consists of different memories made of pictures.
I don't even remember any sounds, only pictures.
The second part of childhood was when I lost sight. From it, I have memories of sounds.
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It's true that when you help other people, you get back a million times more and you become happier.
The way they understand me and are proud of me. They understand that it is really difficult for me,
but I won't show it because I am a strong person.
When I came for the first time not knowing them
I opened myself.
I knew that when you open yourself to such people,
they will open themselves to you a thousand time.
They became my friends on the first day we met.
I want to show people with no disability that there are no barriers, no obstacles.
I want peace in my country which is going through difficult times now.
We have to do what we can do.
Someone fights in war, someone becomes a volunteer.
As the guys, Ukrainian fighters in Eastern Ukraine, told me,
'Roman, do the work you can do, and you will be priceless'.
We should appreciate every day and love everything we have, this world, and those people.
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Radio Track FM - The Way Home
We will speak today what is the Cycling Marathon, where you have already been,
and what will be going on in Rivne in the nearest future, or is happening right now.
Marta, the floor is yours.
Thanks. So, we set off from Lviv on 4 July.
Within this period of time we covered the distance from Lviv to Ternopil via the castle of Olesk.
After this, we headed to Rivne through Kremenets hills.
This is a kind of start when we got used to the cycling marathon, learnt each other better,
made up our minds for a long trip, probably, harnessed our "metal horses".
We even had some problems with them, but now everything is mended and we are ready to keep going.
The project is aimed at involving the biggest possible number of those who cannot see and those who can,
for them to go outside, for them to experience how wind winnows their hair,
to see beautiful places in our Ukraine, to see history
to feel the landscape, to feel change of the environment, that is to leave their comfort zone. Both blind and sighted.
We ride further to Zhytomyr. But it will be tomorrow.
Today we will visit the Tunnel of Love here, near Rivne.
Well, "The Way to Home" is going on. That is why I wish you a nice trip to Zhytomyr tomorrow
and to Klevan Tunnel of Love today.
Svitlana and Martha, thank you for being with us, wish you all the best. See you. Good-bye.
In my opinion, the greatest drive is the feeling of freedom.
You go wherever you want, and feel speed. You are alone, just by yourself.
Problems are left behind, and you are kind of driving off /from reality/ and cycling from one stop to another.
And then, problems and duties are here again...but when you are cycling, there is nothing.
There is a road and thoughts. Freedom, in one word.
As for now, we are supporting the Cycling Marathon. I think the road surface is in a favorable condition.
The average speed of the Marathon is 25 - 30 km per hour.
We make breaks. Currently, everything goes well, I think.
Thank you.
/Cyclists sing the Anthem of Ukraine/
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Zhytomyr!!! Finally!
It is very interesting and funny because we ride on the road, tell jokes, sing songs.
We have participants from Odesa, Kharkiv, Lviv, and Kyiv.
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When you go to Cherkasy… It is horrible in Cherkasy.
Because I am partially sighted, I have never ridden the bicycle before in my life. That was my first time,
that was really cool, now i understand why people ride bicycles.
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Let the convoy pass!
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Kyiv is Kyiv, but in Radomyshl we, for example, have found Themis.
I left at home all my doings but found Themis. A cool thing.
You shouldn't think, but act. Just do what you have to do and everything will be OK.
We climbed Hoverla (2061 m, the highest peak of Ukraine) back in 2006. I didn't plan it.
I was just called and asked whether I wanted to join. I thought they were kidding.
And I said 'Yes, I want to'. 'No problem, we put you on the list'. I say 'Ok, write my name down'
And they did it. Then they called me later and invited to the training.
I understood there was no way back.
No more jokes, because guys from Kharkiv Alpinist Club called and said it was time to climb Hoverla.
So, now I still want to do some kayaking, and I know it will happen.
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I like such pace. Always on the move.
It resembles my character, I enjoy being busy all the time.
There is a start. There is a finish.
And you challenge yourself to cover this way.
It is a challenge, I would say.
It is interesting to observe my colleagues and mates, how they will complete the route.
For me, it is also important, because a person opens up in such extreme situations. That's important.
Everything is changing so quickly - frame by frame, like in a movie.
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It's true that you should be able to do more than a sighted person.
You have to be a bit special.
You have to do things others don't do.
Only then, you will be considered by employers and will be well paid.
Concerning the view of the blind that everyone in the world owes something to them -
it's getting less and less common.
People born in the USSR were used to
to the idea that government has to provide everything, to give, give, give...
If someone had told me before the cycling marathon that I would cycle for the whole month,
I would have said it was nonsense.
It is a different life; I have a feeling that it was not me.
If I were given the option to live this life once more, I would agree.
I am an 'incorrect' person. They say that when someone loses sight, other senses become sharper.
And me… People who have everything - sight and hearing - they have more opportunities.
It is believed that once we lose something, it is balanced by something else.
I say - no, because I sense, but I would like to see... I would like to sense everything with sight.
And because I don't have this ability, I try to sense as much as I can.
And everything unusual makes me feel excited and delighted.
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What is striking in comparison to other countries is that when abroad I tell people I'm blind,
people take it as normal. They see it as one of personality's traits.
But it is not a terrifying diagnosis, verdict, or something signaling inferiority of a person.
Liosha, a blind programmer, drew some parallels. When he went to interviews for an internship in the US,
nobody asked him how he would work and move around the office.
Yet, in Ukraine, he faced such issues rather often.
People do not obtain knowledge and comprehension that the blind can have regular, active lifestyle, and work;
that there are supporting technologies assisting them in those aspects.
Currently, we are in transition from the medical model of understanding of disability to the social and regulatory one.
Of course, many things depend on what was agreed at the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
It laid the key principles and prerequisites for the development of this model.
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Well done, well done!
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My name is Vitaliy Dropit, on January 4 I am turning 14. My city is quite old, founded by Yaroslav the Wise in 1032.
I learned about the Cycling Marathon when I met Yaroslav and Yura.
They looked like strangers. First I thought these people were foreigners.
But they turned out to be from Lviv, Odesa and other cities.
...to show that bind people are the same to the rest of the world.
Others believe that blind people are bad, crippled, that they are not capable of anything.
But sometimes, the disabled people by their example demonstrate that they are better than we are.
If you want to be a basketball player, you should pursue this goal.
Not just say that you will one day, but actually do something, go to the stadium and play.
And you need to practice hard for many years. Only then there will be a result
I want to travel around Ukraine. Most of all, I want to visit Lviv and Kyiv, the oldest cities.
Our city is also very beautiful. I recommend everyone to visit Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi.
Korsun and its local news.
On July 15, in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, we greeted the All-Ukrainian Charitable Cycling Marathon "I See! I Can! I Will!".
The participants have covered almost a half of the way so far.
The whole marathon is filmed by Olha Fraze-Frazenko who is a co-organizer as well.
After the marathon, the film about it will be created.
Every day blind participants of the trip cycle about 100 km. They ride tandem bikes with their guides.
A visually impaired person helps to pedal his or her guide who sits in the front.
The team consists of people from Lviv, Odesa, and Kharkiv.
Tandems develop greater speed than ordinary bicycles. The highest speed reached during the marathon was 72 km/h.
Their average speed is 27 km/h. For two cyclists on one vehicle, it is very important to work as a team.
In Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi district, on July 16, the participants of "I See! I Can! I Will!"
visited Stebliv and the canyon of Ros river.
From Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi they will head to Olshanytsia. That's all for now.
I am Katia Feshchenko. Radio on the Korsun wave.
I was thirteen. I herded lambs beyond the village on the lea. The magic of the sun, perhaps, Or what was it that affected me?
No, better the other one
Beside the hut the cherries are in bloom, And May bugs o'er them dance...The peasants from The fields return with weary seep...'Tis late...
I was thirteen. I herded lambs Beyond the village on the lea. The magic of the sun, perhaps, Or what was it that affected me?
Get into the car!
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It's not a story. It's not Kyiv. No way…
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I still have colorful dreams as before. It seems as if I can still see.
It is different with every person, but I don't personally even think about not seeing anything.
Especially in the places where I live, where I have been. I don't think about being blind.
There are always times, when we face difficult situations.
I use a phrase "Oh, how much I love this blindness!" in quotation marks.
When you want something and you realise that possibilities are impossible.
But my friend Luda tells "knock the door and somebody will open it".
If we do not knock, do not ask… If I need something but I feel sorry for myself, complain that I cannot,
this situation will remain around me for some time until I get out of it.
And when I get out of this situation and look back, I realise how easy it was.
Just to call, just to ask, just to explain the situation.
I enjoyed the way he was thinking. He was telling me everything, as we were riding.
And he tells, "It is like in life. First you take off and then you fall down".
Now there will be a hill. Well, Svitlana, shall we go?
Do you understand that it's better to ride up the hill? We'll conquer it.
With such optimism, it was much easier and more interesting to go up that hill.
20 interesting days of the 30-day long cycling marathon "I See! I Can! I Will!" are behind.
Here is our correspondent Svitlana Lira with the latest news from the scene.
Within 19 days, tandems have covered a thousand and a half kilometers. Can you imagine?
In details about his impressions and what the marathon gives him, how dreams come true - Zhenia Chahovskyi.
Yesterday my dream to exceed my previous achievement of 110 km in a day came true.
It was made possible thanks to lucky coincidence. We had to ride 100 km but in Vinnytsia region
we were offered to visit the place where a meteorite fell down in the past.
This unplanned trip added 40 km to our distance.
which turned out to be about 150 km. Everything coincided very well, and I had very good pilots.
Due to well-coordinated actions, we were able to accomplish this with pleasure. Without any suffering.
Zhenia, was it difficult for you to ride all these kilometers? I heard you took part in Odesa 100-kilometer marathon.
Please, compare the experience of running and cycling.
Actually, for people of my age, the elderly ones, it is much more difficult to run because joints are suffering.
A bicycle is the kind of loading which provides maximum health, maximum pleasure, and minimum harm.
The only issue is connected with bad roads. Then you feel the load. Everything besides brings only pleasure.
Vinnytsia region warmly welcomed us when we entered the city. We were greeted with korovai (a decorated round loaf of bread).
In Illintsi, we were met by cyclists from this small town.
In Lypovtsi, we were met with the Euroflag by cyclists in yellow and blue uniforms with stripes embroidered with Ukrainian symbols.
Further news about our cycling marathon, its details, will be covered in the next news broadcasts of the Odesa regional radio.
For you - the Odesa Regional.
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I am convinced now that physical limitations of people are not defects.
Those people who are supposed to be normal and do not notice simple things around themselves have defects.
And people like this /blind people/ are normal people.
These are our heroes.
I'm not a very religious person…
But you need to live for somebody...
And there are so many different things.. For example, how to pray in a right way...
When you ask for something for yourself, you should ask to be needed for somebody.
To ask for not what I want, but for what I need. To be necessary for somebody.
It happens, sooner or later, that my skills become important for somebody.
The most important is to wait, and sooner or later you will become important for somebody.
If that happens quite often, then you have chosen the right way in your life.
If there is no work, stand up and go. It is work already.
Later, on your way, you will find a different work which will become better for you.
If you don't know what to do - stand up. It's already an activity.
This is my philosophy. Does it work? It works! Do you have any more questions?
We are very happy to welcome participants of the Cycling Marathon in our ancient and always young city of Kamyanets-Podilskyi.
We always welcome positively all the civil society initiatives and we welcome sincerely everyone who comes to our city.
Have a safe trip! And peace, peace, peace for all of us.
Three, four "I See! I Can! I Will!"
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My name is Roksolana, Rohatynka, Nastia I took over the throne despite the laws of Sultan
For our meetings to be united here forever For our Ukraine to blossom as a guelder rose
Very often, when we met with a local community in the cities on our way,
we were told that the state was not doing anything.
Well, but hold on, people. The state is doing nothing, but you can do something.
You can ride, you can sit on the bicycle and ride. It's very simple, but it's true.
You can look for a job, you should not limit yourself to what the state is providing you with.
You can fight with the state. You can provide yourself with everything needed on your own.
You can create an environment around yourself that is needed, in the way you want.
This is a shake of the world outlook: youth with the opinion that society works in such a way.
If you want something, the civil society can achieve its goal.
There are instruments of influence on the state.
But there is also a different stereotype. If the state does not provide something,
then everything is bad, because the state does not do it. Because nobody came and gave it for granted.
It is very difficult to struggle with this perception.
I think that the Marathon can inspire others.
Hello Lviv!
Thanks a lot for a nice greeting. We are glad to finish here and that you welcome us so warmly.
Thanks to all of you!
I See! I Can! I Will!
Hello everyone! Hello!
We are now at Lanzheron Beach in Odesa.
There is a reason why we are in all this make-up and in the dresses.
Soon you will learn what's going on over there.
Our tandem-bikes are now in the city of Chernivtsi
but we have here more important events and now you will understand what exactly.
Our tandems are waiting for us.
I hope they do!
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