November 2010

Yesterday we had Thanksgiving Day celebrated in all our Orphan Homes. This day we usually invite all our friends, philanthropists and sponsors who during the whole year provided their charity support to those children living in orphan homes to celebrate Thanksgiving Day together with them.

To say thanks and express their deep gratitude to all the guests, our children had prepared a number of wonderful performances and plays, presented their hand-made gifts and cooked various delicacies.

This day the Fund “Saby” has visited the Orphan Home No.1 in Almaty. It is a tradition for us to come not empty-handed: this day we had two heavy bags full of different presents and gifts including the new sportswear for children to have their out-of-door classes on the sports grounds built by the Fund.

Today the Kazakhstan Confederation of Disabled Persons (Astana) using 6 cars of Invataxi service, 4 of which were presented by our Foundation at the beginning of this year, renders free transport services to 2,500 citizens and guests of Astana city having specific difficulties of movement.

However, according to our practice, even such quantity of transport vehicles is insufficient to perform all requests received by the dispatcher service. This problem is particularly typical when some public events are held in the city, as a result of which there is a necessity for simultaneous transportation of a great number of people.

The situation can be rectified with the help of a specialized Volkswagen Crafter bus gifted additionally by “Saby” Foundation to disabled persons of Astana city. Like any other Invataxi cars this bus is equipped with hydraulic elevators for wheelchairs; however it has greater interior space for 3 wheelchairs and 6 seats.

Announcement of the Contest
The Poetic Contest of Child Poesy in the national language of the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Contest”) will be held from January 1, 2011 till May 1, 2011.

Organizers of the Contest
Non- Commercial Organization “Saby Charitable Foundation”

Open participation in the Contest
Authors writing their works in the Kazakh language may take participation in the Contest. Place of residence, citizenship and age are of no importance.

Term of the Contest
The Contest will be held from January 1, 2011 till May 1, 2011. 
Announcement of the results of the Contest will be published at web-sites of the Contest on June 1, 2011

Purpose of the Contest
1. Drawing of public attention to modern child poesy
2. Revelation of intensity, beauty, clarity and depth of the Kazakh language to public
3. Promotion of the Kazakh language as a literary and ethical basis of the Kazakh culture
4. Discovery of talented modern Kazakh-speaking poets, and introduction of their works to public, theorists of literature and publishers
5. Financial support in publishing their works in the Book of child poems, assistance in their creative development and awareness

Awards
The main winner will receive a right to free publication in the paper Book of Child Poems on 5 pages; winners taken place from 2 to 5 will be entitled to free publication in the Book of Child Poems on 2 pages.
The editorial staff of the Book of Child Poems may, at its own discretion, select poems for free publications out of poems received from different authors, for which purpose authors shall give their written consent in the Application.

Conditions of the Contest
Poetic works written in the Kazakh language of any genre, both previously published and never published, of a reasonable duration are allowed for participation in the Contest. All poems must be of child themes.
Each poem will be considered separately, therefore, one participant is entitled to two or more top places according to a number of his/her works sent for the Contest
Ethical requirements to material submitted by a participant of the Contest
It is prohibited to publish materials that:
Contain uncontrolled vocabulary;
Are of extremist nature;
Affect honor and dignity of particular people;
Are of pornographic and sexual nature;
Cause psychological traumas to children;
Are of nationalistic, racial or any other similar nature;
Are of antireligious and extremist nature;
Are of depressing nature
Participants of the Contest bear individual responsibility for violation of third parties’ copyright

Application of a participant
A participant of the Contest shall send a letter by email addressed to Organizers. A letter shall contain:
An Application, which represents an absolute consent with gratuitous publication of his/her works at web-sites of the Contest or in the Book of child poems;
A brief curriculum vitae (not more than 300 signs);
Poems of an applicant
Upon receipt of a participant’s letter his/her Application and works will be considered preliminarily by Organizers and by the editorial staff of the Contest, after which a participant will receive a confirmation from Organizers of the Contest if his/her works are accepted for the Contest

Executive bodies of the Contest
Organizers undertake to execute directly measures for organization and holding of the Contest.
Organizers may form jury and editorial staff of the Contest at their own discretion.
Editorial staff of the Contest may: 
Carry out preliminary selection of poems for the Contest.
Editorial staff of the Contest does not take a right to edit poems sent for the Contest.
Editorial staff of the Contest is not responsible for content of poems sent for the Contest.
Organizers of the Contest have a right to:
Publish at Organizers’ web-site selected works of each author, for which purpose authors shall give their written consent in the Application.
Use materials of the Contest in the working activity of Organizers

A participant is provided with an opportunity to:
Publish his/her works selected by the editorial staff of the Contest at web-sites of the Contest, which is open for any Internet user.
Be represented, as a winner of the Contest, by his/her works in the Book of child poems free of charge

Results of the Contest
The results of the Contest are as follows:
Publication at web-site of the Contest;
Determination of winners of the Contest by jury;
Publication of the Book of child poems, in which case separate book may be published on a step-by-step basis as far as the necessary volume of material is accumulated;
Informative announcement of the results of the Contest and transfer of participants’ contacts to publishers;
Organizers of the Contest reserve a right to make additional incentives to outstanding works at all stages of the Contest

To benefactors:
We accept help from any individual or legal entity with the aim to expand the prize fund of the Contest and enhance the sphere of the Contest as well as for the purpose of increase in volumes and circulation of the Book of child poems

Contacts
Official web-sites of Organizers: thebig.kz, www.alemthebig.kz
E-mail addresses for filing of applications and sending works: saby@thebig.kz, erbaev@thebig.kz
All necessary information can be obtained by phone: +7 (727) 311 29 38

Children from orphanages receive the most severe psychological traumas and extremely negative experience during their non-durable life. Their world perception is extremely distorted and their social skills are not formed adequately. Such children do not know anything about life in the civilized society but they are familiarized well with customs of the difficult environment where they have been living for a long time.

Children are dreaming of normal life, they want to be good people, so they use their best efforts for that, however, after leaving an orphanage or a boarding-school they have to return to the problem atmosphere; they have some money to start their individual life but they cannot spend money in a proper way.

Having spent many years using full state support leavers of boarding-schools and orphanages are often not ready for individual life. Children do not know and cannot protect their rights; they are unable to make individual responsible decisions and achieve the set goals.

The “Saby” Charitable Foundation has been working on this serious problem for a long time.

We organized consultations given to children from orphanages by such specialists as doctors, teachers, psychologists. Besides, we organized meetings with interesting people, successful businessmen and professionals recognized in relevant spheres. They shared their life experience and secrets of their success with children. Certainly, it was very important to hold psychological seminars and trainings for employees of children social institutions, who deal directly with teenagers in the process of their preparation for adult life.

In the course of important activities aimed at social adaptation, in October of this year the “Saby” Charitable Foundation started the psychological correction programme for orphanage and boarding-schools leavers. During a period of 7 months a highly qualified practicing psychologist will hold theoretical and practical lessons with elder children of orphanages No 1 and No 2 of Almaty city and No 1 of Almaty region. A specially developed programme covers various aspects of life formation of young people: it forms variations of living situations and offers teenagers right ways of their solving.

According to the data submitted by the Mercy Volunteer Society, our Partner under the “Save the Children’s Life” SMS’-action, as of October, 2010 we have 262 children from all regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan who, thanks to numerous efforts of many people and organizations, have been successfully operated outside the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Total sum collected: USD 1.466.830.

Reminder: You can take part in SMS-action and make your contribution to the amount of 280 tenge by sending your SMS-message with “1” by dialing 8099.

Zhasulan Sydykov – the participant under “Alem” Program about whom we have wrote earlier – has successfully passed preliminary exams at the Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy. Mr. Kenzhebekov U.M., the Head of Vocality Department (Faculty of Vocal and Conducting), together with the other teachers of the Kazakh National Conservatory have really evaluated Zhasulan’s excellent vocal skills.

Zhasulan’s dream finally came true – beginning November 1, 2010 a young vocalist from Kostanay is to be enrolled in a pre-entry course at the Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy.

Welfare Fund “Saby” will pay Zhasulan’s tuition and housing fees while his education at the Kazakh National Conservatory.