How do you combine earning money and helping the community? Well, one answer is: social entrepreneurship. The term ‘social entrepreneurship’ is one mostly familiar to those working in the charitable world. Conferences and seminars within the small but steadily growing non-profit sector here are increasingly discussing examples of the development of social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan […]
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Recently a group of active students from the South Kazakhstan State University in Shymkent took part for the first time in our AIDS Xperience – an installation dedicated to helping in the fight against HIV/AIDS and challenging discrimination against people who have the HIV virus. These young people were very positive about this innovative project. […]
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It’s just over a year since we began the campaign to raise funds to replace the roof of our unique charitable project Salem Social Cafe – a place which has become like a second home to many. Over the years its roof reached a dangerous situation and needed some significant capital expense to fix it. […]
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We all, at least sometimes, have to visit a new part of town, probably following a map or satnav to find the right place. Into the neighborhood, get the right street, see all these houses or apartment buildings – but all these people who live here, who are they? What do they do? What do […]
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Sometimes it’s helpful to take a step back and notice the things that have become normal. When the remarkable becomes unremarkable, that’s a sure sign that genuine change has taken place. Recently in the Salem Social Cafe, a young member of our World Without Limits social club for people with disabilities celebrated his 20th birthday. […]
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