10/02/2022
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BELOVED PRC!
PROFESSIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER TURNS 26 TODAY!!!
On Saturday morning, February 10, 1996, a revival reigned on the 26th line of Vasilyevsky Island. Cars with government and diplomatic numbers drove up to house number 9, guests gathered, television people fussed.
On this day, the grand opening of the Professional Rehabilitation Center took place. This was a significant event for St. Petersburg: a new technology for professional rehabilitation of disabled people, adopted in Europe and adapted to Russian realities, a joint Russian-German project.
In the invitation to opening it was written in two languages: "This institution will provide... over 300 people with disabilities have the opportunity to retrain and get a new, future-oriented specialty.... The rehabilitation center of St. Petersburg is being commissioned as the first modern rehabilitation institution in Russia, and thereby as a model for further development. "
The opening of the center was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Germany, the Mayor of St. Petersburg A. A. Sobchak, representatives of the City Administration, the Consul General of Germany in St. Petersburg, deputies of the Legislative Assembly.
Today, after 26 years, the Professional Rehabilitation Center remains true to the chosen path: to help a person who needs special support in getting an education, to get a new profession and find his place in life. Over the years, our center has trained over 10 thousand people in basic and additional educational programs.
We wish the Professional Rehabilitation Center prosperity and development. And we congratulate all those involved on the birthday of the center, wish them health, success, a lot of interesting ideas and projects and their brilliant embodiment!