A meeting of the Commission on juvenile Affairs was held today via videoconference

Today, in a mode of a videoconference a meeting of the Commission on Affairs of minors and protection of their rights under the akimat of Uralsk with the participation of experts of the Committee for the protection of children's rights MES RK Elmira Kadimova. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the city Prosecutor's office, law enforcement agencies, departments and structural divisions of the mayor's office of Uralsk and public figures.

Two issues were discussed on the agenda:
the first is the practical implementation of the city program "Mentoring": content – ways of implementation", initiated by the Commission on juvenile Affairs under the chairmanship of Deputy mayor of the city Bakytzhan Narymbetov;
the second issue is the consideration of the situation in the sphere of crimes and offenses of minors in Uralsk.

In his Message "Kazakhstan in a new reality: time for action", President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev clearly defined that special attention should be paid to the safety and protection of children's rights.
- As you know, the range of categories of children includes "out-of-family children", including those living in residential institutions and Orphanages. The scope of such organizations located in Uralsk includes:
1. "Regional specialized children's home "Meirim". For children from 0 to 3 years old.
2. "Regional center for support of children in difficult situations".
3. "Regional children's village of family type", where children from 3 to 18 years old live permanently. On the territory of the Village there is a youth Home for students, including those who have already reached the age of majority," said the Chairman of the Commission Bakytzhan Narymbetov

.the Results of the Commission's work revealed the need to implement targeted measures for all students on the basis of constant interdepartmental interaction. As a result, it was decided to create a "Mentoring"program.
School-age children, including "risk groups", are identified as the target group of the program.
Today, the number of children in the Children's village is 65 children, including 8 children of primary school age, 37 teenagers of secondary school age, including 6 children of 10-11 years and 31 children of 12-15 years, 20 children of 16-17 years.