Located in Nizami district of Baku, the Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Down Syndrome has been constructed following the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. On 7 October 2013, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva attended the inauguration of the Centre.
Total area of the territory allocated to the Centre is one hectare, while the complex itself, including the main and ancillary buildings, covers 7,300 square metres.
There is a computer room, speech therapist’s, mathematics, astronomy rooms,a psychologist, preschool training, parents’ rooms, as well as biology and zoology rooms, a sports hall and swimming pool, cinema and theatre halls at the Centre. Here functions also sculpture, working education, carpet-making, embroidery and painting circles. The pool at the Centre consists of two parts – a swimming and therapy sections. All conditions have been created in the Centre’s canteen for comfortable nourishment of patients with Down Syndrome.
A child playground, pavilions and an open sports ground have been created on the Centre’s territory. A bus was presented to the Centre by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.