Exhibition «Special childhood: opening the door to the world of children» opened in Yerevan

Yerevan, April 25, 2022 – in the capital of Armenia, with the support of the Embassy of Kazakhstan, the «Luse» Foundation opened an exhibition of drawings and ceramics of Kazakh and Armenian children «Special childhood: opening the door to the world of children», dedicated to World Autism Awareness Day. The event was attended by the heads of the Armenian charitable foundations «Luse» and «Yerevan, my love», the Kazakh public foundation «Ayalagan alakan», representatives of state bodies and departments of Armenia, as well as non-governmental organizations and the diplomatic corps accredited in Yerevan.

The exhibition featured drawings and ceramics of Kazakh and Armenian children with special needs, including those with autism spectrum disorder. The head of the international charitable foundation «Ayalagan alakan» Rada Khairusheva spoke about her experience of working with children with disabilities as part of a project to teach children to paint. Of particular interest to the guests of the event was a master class on painting by a Kazakh artist, teacher of the art school "BEST" Dauren Gumarov.

The project of exhibitions of drawings children of Kazakhstan with special needs, aimed at supporting them, covered many large cities of Kazakhstan, and with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan reached the international level. Similar events within its framework have already been held in India, the United Arab Emirates, France, Lithuania , Latvia, Israel, Oman, Iran, Turkmenistan and Georgia.