Care Archives - Salem Social Village https://salemsocialvillage.org/category/care/ A place where Global Citizens grow through learning and serving together Mon, 21 Sep 2020 08:56:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://salemsocialvillage.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Tree-only-32x32.jpg Care Archives - Salem Social Village https://salemsocialvillage.org/category/care/ 32 32 Having fun with friends https://salemsocialvillage.org/having-fun-with-friends/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:45:27 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1516 This little video of the World Without Limits social club was put together when our good friends from Almaty, the talented and popular musicians Amal Tokhtabakiev, Ruslan Kupobaev and Tomas Tomasov (known together here as the group ‘Synthbat’), recently visited Shymkent. They dropped in at the social club to give the guys another great little […]

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]]> Nauryz at Salem https://salemsocialvillage.org/nauryz-at-salem/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:52:23 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1472 Here we went again – Nauryz (Kazakh New Year) at Salem: 400 portions of plov 30 litres of tea 20 litres of kvass Over 50 cups of coffee On 20th March, Salem Social Village once more hosted the traditional party to welcome Spring and enjoy the normal fun and food of this ancient local festival. […]

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]]> International Women’s Day https://salemsocialvillage.org/international-women-s-day/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 09:59:17 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1474 It’s great when former staff members continue to carry a vision for reaching out to those in need, beyond their time with us at Salem. Recently, two of our friends in the city, Beate and Dina, both of whom worked for a number of years at Salem Social Village and with whom we currently continue […]

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]]> The Wonderful World Without Limits! https://salemsocialvillage.org/the-wonderful-world-without-limits/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 09:54:16 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1451 Since the start of the year, the World Without Limits social club has had visits from many famous and talanted people! Professional models from a fashion agency, Miss Shymkent herself, photographers, cameramen, the winner of X-Factor Kazakhstan, novice directors, actors, sportsmen and women, the famous accordian player Makhmud Urumbaev, and lots of other musicians! All […]

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]]> Friend or Volunteer? https://salemsocialvillage.org/friend-or-volunteer/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 09:05:46 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1437 Ulbosin first heard of the World Without Limits social club from Vlad Kudinov, the young man with cerebral palsey who these days co-ordinates the club, when he came up to her in his wheelchair in the park. He introduced himself to her, told her all about himself, and invited her to Salem Social Village. From […]

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]]> Good traditions https://salemsocialvillage.org/good-traditions/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:14:13 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1372 In December, Salem Social Cafe at the Social Village hosted a great event! As is now an annual tradition, Salem hosted a bit of a party to draw attention to two key dates: the International Day of People with Disabilities, 3rd December, and the sincere thanks that need to be said on the International Volunteer Day, […]

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]]> Providing DeFacto help https://salemsocialvillage.org/providing-defacto-help/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 08:00:46 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1355 You may remember the story recently about the donation of surplus unsold clothing made to us by a local retailer. In November, we were able to distribute the quality modern items from DeFacto to 11 families in varying situations of significant need. These included children from significantly disadvantaged low-income families, young people leaving orphanages, people […]

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]]> Helping a desperate mum https://salemsocialvillage.org/pomoshh-mame/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 05:07:11 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1327 Recently, help in the form of sets of baby clothes, children’s pyjamas, blankets, children’s beds and sterilizors for baby bottles was provided by Salem Social Village to a young mother who is coping with the serious responsibility of being a parent to a five month old baby who has been diagnosed with hydrocephalus (fluid on […]

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]]> When studying becomes social action https://salemsocialvillage.org/when-studying-becomes-social-action/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 04:56:44 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1324 It was all there: 15 boxes filled with unused shirts, winter coats, sweaters and cardigans, sports and winter footwear, trousers, jewellery, bags and many other items of outerwear and underwear. The kind of items that many in great need come to us asking for, the type of things we’re readily able to distribute. And so […]

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]]> Culture and education https://salemsocialvillage.org/culture-and-education/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:03:56 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1313 Last month, Salem Social Village put on a special event to help families in difficult circumstances as the school year, with all its associated expenses, began. In grand local style, the event was entitled ‘Culture and education is of decisive importance for the prosperous future of our children!’ We were able to help 25 kids […]

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