SAMARKAND, October 23. /Dunyo IA/.  On October 23^rd, opening ceremony of the “Imkon” (“Chance”) center was held in Samarkand within the framework of the international summit “Investing in Children’s Well-being: A Path to Sustainable and Equitable Development of Future Generations”, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

Ceremony was attended by the First Lady of Uzbekistan Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, alongside the first ladies and high-level guests of the summit.

Center, operating under the National Agency for Social Protection under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, will integrate preschool education, correctional-pedagogical assistance and comprehensive rehabilitation. Programs for each child will be tailored to their individual needs. Parents will receive expert recommendations to reinforce the acquired skills at home.

Preschool department is designed for 150 children and includes 10 specialized groups for children aged 2 to 7. The outpatient department will be capable of admitting approximately 100 children per month aged 2 to 18 for rehabilitation courses.

Center provides sessions in physical therapy, speech and fine motor skills development, sensory integration, as well as physiotherapeutic and other procedures. The staff will include physicians across seven specialties, special education teachers, speech therapists, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists, and other personnel.

Center in Samarkand has become a new link in the “Imkon” network, which also includes institutions in Nukus, Qibray, Qarshi and Zarafshan. In 2025, over 546,000 procedures and sessions were conducted within the network's institutions and 3,777 children underwent outpatient rehabilitation.

Expansion of the network is ongoing: construction of a center has commenced in Fergana, with plans to establish similar institutions in Namangan and Nurafshon of the Tashkent region.