“Ashyk Zhurek” Regional Gathering of Volunteers

On December 8, 2023, Ridder town hosted a regional gathering of volunteers “Ashyk Zhurek”. Volunteers of technical and professional education organizations of East Kazakhstan region took part in the event.  

The event was organized by Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region and Ridder College. Three training platforms for volunteers were presented at Ridder College “Interactions with special people”, “Educational volunteering for modern teenagers: healthy lifestyle. Reproductive health. Leadership”, “Birgemiz: Qamqor”.  

As part of the gathering, a dialog platform for the heads of Ashyk zhurek clubs was held on the theme: Development of volunteering in East Kazakhstan region: challenges, opportunities, cooperation.

Competitions were organized during the gathering of volunteers “Ashyk zhurek” in the following nominations: “Best volunteer”, “Best volunteer project”, “Best club leader”.

Competitive works were evaluated by a qualified jury:

S.Y. Chupina - Head of the branch of the Republican Public Association “Union of Parents of Special Children” and public association “YoursMineOurs”, M.N. Sachuk, Director of House of Peoples’ Friendship of Ridder town, E.M. Konyukhova, acting director of Youth Resource Center of Ridder town.

The competition results were announced in the following nominations:

In the nomination “Best Volunteer”:

Katon-Karagai Agrarian-Technical College - T. Kimasova, a third-year student

In the nomination “Best Volunteer Project”:

- Patriotic volunteering - Shemonaikha College;

- Preventive volunteering - Samar Agrarian-Technical College;

- Culture volunteering - East Kazakhstan College of Arts named after the People's Artists the Abdullin Brothers;

- Professional volunteering - Higher IT College of D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan University;

- Social Volunteering - Higher College of the Kazakh-American Free University;

- Environmental Volunteering - College of Transportation and Life Safety.

In the nomination “Best Leader of Volunteer Movement”.

East Kazakhstan Multiprofile College. - Leader N.A. Akhmetov.

Best volunteer clubs were:   East Kazakhstan Multiprofile College, Ridder College, Glubokoe Agrarian College.

A toatal of 200 volunteers and club leaders took part in the event. According to the results of the competition, the volunteer clubs of colleges were awarded Diplomas of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region and letters of appreciation.