Festival "Peace and love:
World of the Deaf" in Sokolniki Park

On September 27, on the eve of International Day of the Deaf, the annual annual festival Peace and Love: The World of the Deaf will be held in Sokolniki Park, designed to show the talents of people with disabilities and draw public attention to the limitations that special people face.

Free admission.

The organizers of the holiday, activists of the Peace and Love Foundation, prepared a rich cultural and entertainment program: a concert on the main stage with parallel sign language interpretation, an adapted games zone, sports and educational facilities, employment and legal advice points, as well as special children’s areas with animators and face painting. From year to year, guests enjoy a home-like zone of free tea and coffee, and volunteers trained in sign language will work on the territory of the Festival.

“One of our tasks is to show deaf and hard of hearing people that they also have all the means for self-realization. The main and key is desire. We are for bringing people together, for strengthening communication with people with hearing impairments. Spreading and learning sign language is as important as any of the foreign ones. It also expands consciousness and opens up a new world and completely different possibilities. After all, not only those who hear can help the deaf, but also vice versa, ” said festival organizer Ekaterina Barabanova.

An equipped tent for playing the “Mafia” in sign language for all comers and free of charge will be installed on the territory of the Festival. Several sites for teaching dactyl alphabet and sports and intellectual alley - a place for classes and training in yoga.

The sports ground will include several zones: the Kangaroo fitness center, where cards for free classes in the center will be played, the Trajectory, where everyone will be taught how to ride longboards and jump on a trampoline. The children’s zone will appear as an entertaining space for children with the participation of animators and face painting artists and, of course, gifts from Nestle and Faberlic. The employment area, where recruitment agencies will accept resumes and provide individual advice, will work all day.

The general partner of the Deaf World festival has adapted three Moscow offices to work with people with hearing impairments. On September 10, 2014, consultants in sign language began working in three Beeline sales and customer service offices in Moscow. At the festival itself, the general partner represents the chill-out zone on ottomans, where artists will draw everyone for free.

Within the framework of the festival, an action was organized in support of people with disabilities, where anyone can take pictures against the backdrop of a specially painted 3D picture, post a picture on Instagram (продукт Meta Platforms Inc., компания признана экстремистской организацией, деятельность на территории РФ запрещена) with the hashtag #I understand and get a gift.

Main Stage Program

14.00 - 16.00 performance of children from specialized educational institutions (schools, boarding schools, colleges, institutes)

15.00 - 15.40 dance master class

15.45 - 16.00 performance of invited guests

16.00 - 18.00 performance of actors

18.00 - 21.00 performance of artists, fashion show, contests from Partners

20.55 - Festival Anthem

Zone Lisa Alert (search and rescue squad)

The rescue team instructs how to behave in case of loss in the forest, and in critical situations.

Mafia Zone

Within the framework of the Festival there will be a presentation of the Mafia game for the deaf with a translation into sign language.

The zone is open from 14.00 - 20.00.

Children’s area

Partners: House of Children’s Public Organizations, McDonald’s Foundation, Nestle, SPLAT, Faberliс. Face painting, life-size puppets, animators, a workshop on creating bouquets from foliage, ball modeling, board and logic games, scooter races, classics, drawings for young children on paper, a graffiti workshop.

Gifts to winners from Site Partners

The zone is open from 13.00 - 20.00.

Employment area

Partners conduct training seminars on how to correctly fill out a resume when applying for a job. Job fair for people with disabilities.

The zone is open from 14.00 - 20.00.

Legal Advice Area

Lawyer consulting.

The zone is open from 14.00 - 20.00.

Fingerprint Learning Area

Everyone will be able to learn sign language.

Sports area

Partners Fitness Center Kangaroo, Trajectory, McDonald’s.

Training workshops on snowboarding, wakeboard, skateboard, longboards. In the “Kangaroo” zone - yoga, fitness, contests and competitions, dancing.

Gifts on stage to the winners.

The zone is open from 13.00 - 20.00.

Trampoline Area

The main trampoline is a machine with which, under the supervision of professionals, is trained in jumping.

The zone works from 14-00 to 20-00

You can see the detailed program of the festival on the website: www.peaceandlove.ru