The republican meeting of volunteers "Asyl jurek" was held in Kapshagay

The republican meeting of volunteers "Asyl jurek" was held in Kapshagay, Almaty region, within the framework of the national project "Marathon of Good Deeds", dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The event was attended by Vice-Minister of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bolat Tlepov, Deputy Akim of Almaty region Arslan Dandybayev, representatives of youth resource centers and volunteers. During the republican rally, all sanitary and epidemiological requirements were fully met.

The main tasks of the republican meeting were the exchange of experience of the best leaders of volunteer groups of the country, inviting them to mutual cooperation, professional development in volunteer areas.

 "The goal of our State is to activate the interest of the population in volunteering and turn their participation in everyday good deeds into a tradition. A number of concrete steps are being taken in this direction. The first. As part of the amendments at the legislative level, it is planned to provide benefits to volunteers for admission and employment, as well as expand other rights and obligations. Second. The work of the republican and 17 regional front offices of volunteers created last year received a new impetus. The third. A number of charitable and socially significant events are being implemented within the framework of the" Marathon of Good Deeds " initiated by the Head of State. Fourth. Last year, at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took the initiative to declare the International Year of Volunteer mobilization. To implement this idea, joint work is being carried out with international partners," Bolat Tlepov said.

During the event, the experts in the field of volunteering conducted trainings, the same time the first Volunteer games were held. In addition, the concert program was performed by Kazakhstani stars.

It should be reminded that 500,000 volunteers joined forces in the fight against the pandemic in 2020 and helped 1 million citizens of the country. Today in the Almaty region today the number of volunteers has doubled - up to 7 thousand.