Save the children’s life

Perpetual Charitable SMS Campaign “Give Life to Children”

Providers and Executors of the Project:
Saby Private Charitable Foundation Non-Profit Organization,
DOM Charitable Foundation

Project Objective:
To raise funds for surgical operations and treatment at foreign hospitals of children suffering from diseases which cannot be cured in Kazakhstan.

Terms of the Project Realization:
Constantly operative project

Problem Definition:
Having started its activity in 2002, Saby Charitable Foundation faced the problem which is not often heard but which, as it had been revealed, exists in our country.
This is the problem of rendering high qualified and effective medical assistance to patients with diseases which, for some reason or other, cannot be cured in Kazakhstan. It turned out that such people are not just few. A great percentage among them is children. Many people cannot afford expensive treatment abroad. State quotas exist but not all can receive them, often you have to wait for your turn several years losing your precious time and sometimes even your life.
Parents are rushing about incapable to help their dying children. They sell all they have: flats, cars, furniture. But even such victims are insufficient to make an operation or take a complete course of treatment at an overseas hospital. It is good if families have what to sell, because hard life situations often occur to people from economically disadvantaged families.

Ways of Solution:
The Foundation has always been responding to severe cases of hopeless parents. There were times we had to raise money from our acquaintances, friends and relatives to find a required sum in a short term. Having thoroughly analyzed the situation, Saby came to a decision to form a permanent fund and to search for a resource of its refilling thanks to which aid to people in need could be scheduled and hasteless, taking into account the sequence of petitions and urgency of surgical or another intervention.

Project History and Realization Plan:
In February 2007, Saby Charitable Foundation united with Mercy Volunteer Society (DOM) Foundation to realize this idea. Jointly they developed the Project ‘Give Life to Children’ to raise funds from citizens using mobile phones and wishing to give aid by means of SMS messages.

A colossal work was carried out with the personal participation of the President of Saby Foundation Assel Tasmagambetova. For the first time, two main competitive telecommunication companies such as Cartel, representing Beeline and K-Mobile trademarks, and GSM Kazakhstan Kazakhtelecom JSC, representing K-Cell trademark, united to create the unified short SMS number 8099, to which a message can be send, and after that money in the amount of 280 tenge will be transferred from the sender’s balance to the specially opened operating account of the Campaign.

It was the first campaign of such kind in Kazakhstan, and it attracted much attention. Tens of thousands of Kazakhstan people unanimously responded to this appeal for help. For 6 years already, the interest to the Campaign ‘Give Life to Children’ has not been decreasing either from the part of mass media or from the part of society. Unfortunately, the number of children with diseases which cannot be cured in our country is still large. But happily, a generous man will prosper.

INTERMEDIATE PROJECT REALIZATION RESULTS AS OF JANUARY 1, 2017:

Milestones:
The Project has been existing for 9 years, all cities of Kazakhstan have been involved, the total amount of fees on December 20, 2016 amounted to 2 216 378 454 KZT, 1447 children from different cities and regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan received aid.

The partnership relations of the Saby Charitable Foundations with the Voluntary Charity Society under the permanent action “Save Children’s Life” is continuing.

As of September 15, 2011, 327 children from all regions of Kazakhstan received assistance at the cost of money transferred by citizens of the country. The total amount paid fro surgical operations was 1,968,299 USD. You can review a report of money application at detdom.kz, as complete transparency is the main principle of the Action.

Dear friends! You may also take participation in saving our children. Send a message “1” from your mobile phones to a short number 8099, for Activ and Kcell users, or blank messages to the same phone number for Beeline users. The cost of one SMS is 280 tenge.

Absolutely all receipts are accumulated on our special account and will be used solely for medical treatment of children, the assistance for whom may be rendered in foreign hospitals only.

We are grateful to all people who transfer money for this good action as well as mass media for the assistance in dissemination of information.

On June 30, 2011 the “Saby” Foundation and “Mercy” Voluntary Society held a reporting press-conference in MEGA Shopping Mall and presented the interim results of the project “Give Life to Children” aimed at collection of money for kids suffering from diseases that are not treatable in Kazakhstan.

The event was confined to a remarkable event – the “Saby” Foundation received from its sponsors the largest donation for the whole period of the project – 26,500,000 tenge, which was transferred by the Foundation to the “HOUSE” Foundation to finance surgical operations that are performed abroad for children suffering from severe congenital heart defects.

The warm atmosphere of the meeting gathered together organizers, sponsors and representatives of mass media, as well as young patients, who had previously received medical assistance under the project, and families who have yet to go through this hard way.

Welcoming speech was made by Aruzhan Sain. She thanked a company, which had made such a generous donation, and shared the results of our work: since 2007, when the project was launched, individuals and organizations had donated 2,036,000 US dollars in total and 315 children had been given assistance. And each new contribution would increase chances of small children to recover.

Many of our countrymen are involved in charity, and we do hope that the society of our country will always be compassionate.

Dear Friends, we would like to remind you that our Foundation continue its SMS-action “Save the Children’s Life” organized together with the Mercy Volunteer Society. More than 303 children’s lives were saved to the date! As of March 01, 2011 total receipts being collected under the auction have amounted to USD 1 754 876.

If you want to take part in SMS-action, please, send your SMS-message with “1” by dialing 8099 – if you are an “Active” or “Kcell” subscriber, and an empty message by dialing the same number – if you are a “Beeline” subscriber, as a result your money will be directly transferred on the special account being opened for the purposes of the SMS-action. The cost of SMS-action is remained the same – 280 tenge.

Thank you for your participation!

At the beginning of 2011 the amount of receipts and surgical operations paid under the joint action “Save the Children’s Life” organized by the Mercy Volunteer Society and the “Saby” Charitable Foundation was equal to US$ 1,640,538.

Due to efforts of a great many people and organizations the assistance has been rendered to 288 children from various cities and regions of Kazakhstan.

We remind to everybody who wants to take participation in the Action that you can send a SMS containing a figure 1 to a short number 8099, thereby you will make a contribution in the amount of 280 tenge to a special account opened for the purpose of treatment of children in foreign medical institutions.

We express our cordial thanks to all people who have responded to our action!

We proceed to publish reports prepared by the Foundation “HOUSE” on our joint unlimited SMS-Project “Save the Children’s Life”, under which every person may, through SMS – messages, transfer a small payment to a special account accumulating funds intended for the treatment of the Kazakhstan children abroad.

On May 23, 2010, due to the efforts of responsive people, the amount of USD 1,169,673 was collected and 215 children were operated on.

Those, who wish to help, should send a message with the figure «1» to the number 8099. And KZT 280 will be remitted from the phone balance to the account of the Campaign “Save the Children’s Life”.