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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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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The man lay paralyzed in his bed, groaning incoherently. He had lost almost all movement in his body, and his wife explained that his groans were all he could do to thank us. Yet it was clear that he, along with his wife, was immensely grateful for the wheelchair we had brought for him. But whilst […]
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Children who don’t have parents or other relatives to care for them miss out on more than just family life: they also need the help that parents would normally provide when it comes to finding direction in life, choosing a career path that fits their talents and releases their full potential. The closed and limited […]
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