Vaimupuu

Vaimupuu

MTÜ Vaimupuu

Tallinn, Estonia

DisabilityEducationArts & CultureTax-deductible donations
AssociationFounded 2011National reach
Profile last updated: April 2, 2026

About

Founded in 2011, Vaimupuu is a non-profit association based in Tallinn, Estonia working on disability, education, arts & culture.

MTÜ Vaimupuu is an Estonian non-profit association founded in November 2011 in Tallinn. It works to make information and society more accessible for people with intellectual disabilities and their relatives, support staff and social workers. Its main activities are producing and sharing information in easy language, offering an easy-language editing and testing service, running a yearly photo competition, organising training courses (photography, glass art, media), summer schools and excursions. It also publishes easy-language articles on accessibility and disability rights and previously published the Vaimupuu magazine (2012–2021). It is funded by donations and sponsors, and donors may claim income tax relief as the association is on the Estonian list of tax-benefit non-profits.

Location

Tallinn, Estonia

Founded

2011

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

MTÜ

Legal name

MTÜ Vaimupuu

Registration

80334123

VAT number

EE507700771

Focus areas

easy languageaccessibilityintellectual disabilitydisabilityphotography competition

Languages

ET

Causes & programmes

Causes

DisabilityEducationArts & Culture

Works for

People with disabilitiesFamiliesCarers

How they work

Awareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

Vaimupuu fotokonkurss

Arts & Culture · Estonia

Annual photo competition for people with intellectual disabilities, begun in 2012. A jury selects the best entries for the Vaimupuu calendar and a travelling exhibition.

Lihtne keel (easy language) service

Disability · Estonia

Writes and edits texts in easy language and tests them with organisations of people with disabilities, providing easy-language summaries of articles and information.

Vaimupuu suvekool

Education · Estonia

Summer school for people with intellectual disabilities held at the Pedase recreation centre.

Countries of operation

Estonia

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsCorporate partnershipsEarned income

Ways to support

DonateSponsorshipCorporate partnership

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

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