Wherever you live, it’s likely that there are events each day that affect your confidence in the values of the society around you – traffic violations and aggressive driving; disrespectful behavior on the streets and on public transit; shady decisions made in business or in personal interactions. All of these and more can lead us […]
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Nastya is a student at music college. She heard about the social club for people with disabilities from her aunt. She first came to Salem Social Cafe to simply meet and get to know those in the club, and then decided that she could do something more for the club. And she started to sing. […]
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For students in our English Centre project, the summer semester (June and July) this year will be the last one using the course content that we’ve been teaching from for some time now. From next semester onwards, our courses will be enhanced by the acquisition of new teaching materials which we are adopting to update […]
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On 1st June, the International Day of Child Protection, Vika from the Salem Social Village team met up with a whole lot of kids – kids with disabilities, kids from disadvantaged backgrounds, kids from families struggling to provide for them – at Shymkent’s Russian Drama Theatre for a short voyage into the colourful world of […]
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Anyone able to easily and accurately type away on a computer demonstrates a certain skill. But when someone types using their toes whilst sat in a wheelchair – that’s awesome! It has been said that human possibilities are limitless. And though it might sound a little odd, evidence of this statement came through a young […]
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