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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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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Volunteers being proudly photographed with a respected veteran, whose chest was covered with medals. In Abai Park each 9th May, Victory Day is a big event with veterans of WWII being particularly honoured. It was ordinary people who heroically fought to bring freedom and independence to this land in the Second World War, known here […]
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