Five years ago exactly, in February 2007, the Campaign “Give Life to Children” was launched jointly by the Dom Foundation and the Saby Charitable Foundation.
Today, having passed a five-year milestone and summing it up, we may state that the arrangement of this Campaign was a logical step in the development of the Kazakh society. A great number of children requiring urgent surgical treatment abroad, and insufficient state quotas allocated for this purpose, especially in the field of cardiac surgery and oncology, became a starting point at that time. And proposed method of providing charitable assistance through short messages gave an opportunity for almost every citizen of Kazakhstan to participate in saving the children’s lives. Over these years the amount remitted to a special account amounted to more than $2 million. 345 children from all the regions of Kazakhstan have received assistance in the medical treatment.
Now the Campaign “Give Life to Children” has also other ways of fundraising – online-transfers, bank transfers and donation boxes, but the most simple and accessible way is SMS. ACTIV, KCELL and BEELINE mobile phone subscribers can send a number “1” or a request to the short number 8099 and the amount of KZT 280 will be deducted from the account of their mobile phone in favor of a strange, but so close child.
We thank all those who extended a helping hand to our children!
