Pavlodar region was recognized as the kindest region of Kazakhstan

The Pavlodar "House of Friendship" summed up the results of the national project "Marathon of Good Deeds", initiated by Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, and the republican charitable prize "Zhomart Zhurek".

The award ceremony brought together representatives from all regions of Kazakhstan. Aida Balaeva, Minister of Information and Social Development of Kazakhstan, was the guest of honor at the meeting. She read out a welcoming address on behalf of the Head of State and thanked all patrons, volunteers and simply not indifferent Kazakhstanis for their responsiveness.

“Having initiated the “Marathon of Good Deeds”, the President invited Kazakhstanis to jointly build a community, the main values ​​of which are the principles of generosity, kindness, a simple human desire to change people's lives for the better,” said Aida Balayeva. - And this task has been achieved. Across the country, thousands of caring citizens and organizations took part in the project, making it truly nationwide. 1200 non-governmental and volunteer organizations, more than 300 educational organizations, 360 collectives and trade unions took part in the marathon. The total amount directed by collectives and commercial organizations to charity amounted to 6.2 billion tenge.

In Pavlodar region "Marathon of good deeds" was supported by more than 100 non-governmental organizations, representatives of small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, volunteer groups, universities and colleges. More than 300 thousand people were immediately covered by various support measures. In total, within the framework of a national project in the region, charitable assistance was provided for more than 450 million tenge.

- LLP "Bogatyr Komir" provided assistance to mosques and churches in the amount of more than 10 million tenge, the director of LLP "Galitskoye" Alexander Kasitsyn annually allocates more than 70 million tenge for the development of the social sphere of his native district and village, Nurzhan Usin maintains a gym for classes at his own expense free-style wrestling, providing sponsorship in the purchase of furniture and sports equipment, - the head of the region Abylkair Skakov gave examples of good deeds in Pavlodar region. - The list goes on and on. After all, each of you with your work and responsiveness sincerely helps everyone who really needs support and attention. Volunteering, charity and patronage are the highest manifestations of patriotism and love for the motherland. And we need to strengthen and promote these traditions as one of the mechanisms for the consolidation of our society.

Awards for active participation in the "Marathon of Good Deeds" were presented in 10 nominations, in five of which were representatives of Pavlodar. The first place in the nomination "The kindest courtyard" was won by residents of one of the courtyards on Gagarin Street in the village of Irtyshsk, who, on their own, set up a playground on the vacant lot. In the nomination "The kindest collective" the third place was awarded to the employees of the central library network of the Zhelezinsky district. The third place in the category "The kindest school" was taken by the Pavlodar school №7. In addition, in the nomination "The kindest in the environment" the best were employees and pupils of the club house "Alrami" for people with mental disabilities.

“We would like to thank the organizers of the “Marathon of Good Deeds” and the leadership of Pavlodar region for supporting our club house,” said the head of the public organization Zhanna Zhanzhigitova. - Despite the fact that our pupils have a disability due to neuropsychiatric diseases, they became volunteers. Our guys do not expect someone to help them, but they themselves help in cleaning up the contaminated areas of the city. Thus, they make their homeland and the whole world a little cleaner.

Pavlodar region became the winner in the main nomination "The kindest region". Minister of Information and Social Development Aida Balaeva presented the award to the head of the region Abylkair Skakov, representatives of the Center for the Development of Youth Initiatives and the "Vita" volunteer squad.

Also in the hall of the House of Friendship was held the ceremony of presenting the annual charitable prize "Zhomart Zhurek". In five nominations, 51 laureates were noted at once. From the Pavlodar region, the head of the production cooperative "Lugansk" Pyotr Kuzmenko, who creates jobs and provides all kinds of support to his fellow villagers, was awarded the prize in the category "Zhyl tulkasy".

 

 

Press service of the akim of Pavlodar region

Photo by Valery Bugaev