The “Kind Heart” campaign

On the 12th of February,2018, a trip to KSU “Local Center for Social Services for Pensioners of Semey City” was organized as a part of “Globalissuesnetwork” club with the purpose of transferring a piece of warmth and care to elderly people. A buffet table with sweets and fruits was organized by the pupils, 56 recipients of the center’s service attended that event. Between the older generation and the students had an open dialogue during which they exchanged ideas for future meetings, told about their hobbies. Many of them sing, dance, embroider and play chess. The participants of the event were very open, active and enthusiastic, had a warm and cheerful welcome, expressing their gratitude to the younger generation. “You deserve thanks! We received so many positive emotions, to each of us, we did not even expect it”, Lyudmila Panteleevna Onohova said these words. We were glad to see their shining eyes and happy smiles. At the same time, we did not go unnoticed; on behalf of retired people taking the service in the center we received juices as appreciation for our work.

Coordinators of the social project “Help for elderly people” and the head of the service center for pensioners MadinovaMeruert Nazarovna discussed a plan for further cooperation on the conclusion of the memorandum. More than a thousand people who need social assistance receive a service, including single elderly people who need support, both moral and material. After the conversation, the children came to the conclusion that they needed to make efforts to find sponsors for rendering possible assistance. We think the work done will not go unnoticed and among us there are sympathetic people who will be able to respond and extend a helping hand to our grandfathers and grandmothers who created our present world. All those who are not indifferent to the lives of elderly people, please do not stay away.

Shanyrak “Kalbatau”, “Samuryk”