Over 22 thousand schoolchildren of Almaty received assistance as part of the "Road to School" campaign in 2021
Today, Almaty is the center of charity in the country. Here, annually, state bodies and patrons provide assistance to large families and families in need. At a briefing by the Regional Communications Service, Deputy Head of the Almaty City Education Department Kairat Zhumanov spoke about the results of the “Road to School” campaign.
K. Zhumanov noted, that the Department of Education and the Fund for General Education organized free meals for students in grades 1-11, whose families found themselves in a difficult life situation. For these purposes, funds from the local budget are provided, more than 24 thousand students are provided with meals in city schools.
It should be noted, that the nationwide action is being implemented within the framework of the Address of the Head of State. Its goal is to help children from socially unprotected and low-income families (including those with many children), to prevent children from not going to school for social reasons.
“Due to the persistence of the epidemiological situation, the traditional campaign“ Road to School ”continues in a year-round format through the platform www.atamekenim.kz, where parents in need of help can leave their applications, and sponsors and patrons can apply for assistance,” - K. Zhumanov said.
Along with this, the traditional methods of providing assistance have continued. At present, assistance has been provided to 22 142 students from socially unprotected and low-income families in the amount of 774 million 970 thousand tenge of budgetary funds (General Education Fund).
At the same time, the action was supported by benefactors of Almaty, providing sponsorship assistance to 9022 students, in the amount of 123 million 399 thousand tenge.