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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]TOM (Tikkun Olam Makers) is a global movement of communities connecting makers, designers, developers and engineers with people with disabilities (aka – ‘Need-Knowers’) to develop technological solutions for everyday challenges. Designs are free and available for any user around the world to adapt for their needs! Tikkun Olam (Hebrew for \u201crepair the world\u201d) is a Jewish concept defined by acts of kindness performed to perfect or repair a world that is often imperfect.<\/p>\n

Each TOM event takes 3 days in the form of a makeathon (hackathon for makers) during which teams of makers, designers and engineers work together to create a solution for a particular need knower, or a group of such people. TOM has started in Israel and more than 20 makeathons have been organized around the world in the last 3 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From 20 April to 23 April 2017 the first ever TOM makeathon in Europe was organized in Sofia, Bulgaria. TOM Bulgaria<\/a> organized the event in Smart Fab Lab<\/a> (the first and only fab lab in Bulgaria), with the idea to change the world for 6 Bulgarian need knowers<\/a> in 72 hours. You can see the highlights and results of this epic hackathon in the next short film.<\/p>\n