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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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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The Almaty-based non-profit organisation ‘Love Kazakhstan’ is an inspiring outfit dedicated to helping the most vulnerable groups in society – whether single mothers, the disabled, or anyone else in significant need. One of their active volunteers is Almaz. Some of the Love Kazakhstan volunteers at work Volunteering isn’t a well-understood concept here – people don’t […]
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It is true that there is nothing constant in the world, but evil will not last forever. Isn’t it so that after a harsh Winter comes the deepest blooming Spring? Abai, famous Kazakh poet “Would you be able to help me?” Behind the calm quiet exterior, embarrassed at having to ask the question, you could […]
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