The last date for acceptance of applications for participation in Timur Bekmambetov’s contest of scripts started on the 24th of March, has passed over. And since May 01 we have already can see the working of the Contest Headquarters on selecting semifinalists.
This year, the number of participants from Kazakhstan has significantly exceeded the number of participants from other countries – and we think it took place mainly because the Organizers have offered special conditions to “kazakhstani” participants. The “Saby’s” staff being responsible for data accumulation and sorting, as well as contacting with the kazakhstani candidates, for the period of acceptance of applications have processed 620 letters, and selected 130 synopsis for their further consideration. All the contestants’ scripts will be scored by the International Jury consisting of filmmakers and producers well-known all over the world.
Both the semifinal results and additional privileges for kazakhstani script writers will be declared on the 25th of May during the Press-Conference which will take place in Astana.
The results of the psychological correction programme, the completion of which we reported earlier, are summarized by a professional psychologist, AA Shevchenko, who was engaged for a few months with graduates of sponsored orphanages standing on the way to adult life.
Implementation of the project “Decent Life for Disabled Persons” is continuing in regions of our country. Another batch of specialized vehicles has been bought: unique technique will arrive to Almaty in five months and will be distributed to societies of disabled persons in three cities of Kazakhstan.
Given the previous successful experience we continue to form a pair of cars of Volkswagen Caddy and Volkswagen Transporter models for each city as the most rational variant of transportation of disabled persons.
A positive public response and appreciation of regional administrations are the result of two-year work of the “Saby” Foundation in this direction.
The programme of psychological correction and social adaptation of graduates of orphanages launched by the “Saby” Foundation in last November has been completed. The last exercise has been held, and we can say that theoretical and practical trainings conducted within six months in three sponsored orphanages have shown their results. Children, who worked hard and really wished to get skills of homemaking, searching for housing, successful communication, professional orientation, employment and many other things required independent living, were able to master such skills in full.
Experience shows that children, who are under guardianship of the state, do not think about their future “adult” life. Professional psychologist working under the psychological correction programme said: “… the vast majority of children, especially those who have spent in orphanages for 3-4 years or more, have a vague idea of ordinary life. Sometimes they do not have basic independent living skills. In some cases we can even talk about partial social disability. “
Psychological trainings have helped children see themselves from outside, assess soberly their possibilities, think about the future and learn to make independent decisions, which was the basic idea of completed trainings.
See interview of a professional psychologist on pages of our website in the near future.
A surprisingly athletic and strong-willed boy from Semei, 14-year-old Anuar suffering from a serious illness and having the second disability group has applied for the “Alem” Programme of support of young talents organized by the “Saby” Foundation.
Anuar is enthusiastically engaged in drawing and modelling, and his favourite subjects are math and physics. And he succeeds in this work. Unfortunately, due to a severe illness the boy has to learn at home, and he really wants to communicate with the outside world to find new friends and share his creativity with them.
The candidacy of the young applicant was reviewed by experts of the “Alem” Programme but he could not receive a grant from the Foundation. However, permeated with a deep sympathy to the boy, the Foundation’s management has decided to reward his efforts and present him an excellent Apple laptop so that Anuar could communicate with millions of users around the world through the Internet.
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