It’s just over a year since we began the campaign to raise funds to replace the roof of our unique charitable project Salem Social Cafe – a place which has become like a second home to many. Over the years its roof reached a dangerous situation and needed some significant capital expense to fix it. […]
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A big birthday doesn’t come around very often, but when it does you need to mark it well, with a big celebration planned down to the smallest detail. In September, Salem Social Village, or rather our registered organisation, Salem Union, marked the 20th anniversary of charitable activities in Shymkent. And it was a fitting celebration of […]
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We all, at least sometimes, have to visit a new part of town, probably following a map or satnav to find the right place. Into the neighborhood, get the right street, see all these houses or apartment buildings – but all these people who live here, who are they? What do they do? What do […]
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Sometimes it’s helpful to take a step back and notice the things that have become normal. When the remarkable becomes unremarkable, that’s a sure sign that genuine change has taken place. Recently in the Salem Social Cafe, a young member of our World Without Limits social club for people with disabilities celebrated his 20th birthday. […]
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We thought that this story would be about how, through the request of a guy named Ivan, Salem Social Village was able to send some much needed material assistance to the Medvedko family, who live in the village of Granitogorsk, in the Taraz region. They have 9 children, and so just getting by is pretty […]
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