Training Centre Archives - Salem Social Village https://salemsocialvillage.org/category/training-centre/ A place where Global Citizens grow through learning and serving together Mon, 04 Jun 2018 05:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://salemsocialvillage.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Tree-only-32x32.jpg Training Centre Archives - Salem Social Village https://salemsocialvillage.org/category/training-centre/ 32 32 An Xperience for SalemYouth https://salemsocialvillage.org/an-xperience-for-salemyouth/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 05:11:08 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1526 Recently the young people from our new club SalemYouth took part in Salem’s AIDS Xperience simulation. This project develops empathy and compassion towards people suffering with HIV/AIDS, and enables a deeper understanding of the experience of someone at risk of contracting this virus. Along with the SalemYouth guys, a journalist from the newspaper ‘South Kazakhstan’, […]

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]]> Presenting the right information well https://salemsocialvillage.org/presenting-the-right-information-well/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 06:53:17 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1348 Four full days in the comfortable warm atmosphere of the charitable Salem Social Cafe. Training in journalism. Practical classes. A debating tournament. Tasty lunches, interesting games. New acquaintances and lots of socially active young people. Those taking part in the workshop for media and debate were kept busy. Using the British format of parliamentary debate […]

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]]> Social entrepreneurship under the spotlight https://salemsocialvillage.org/social-entrepreneurship-under-the-spotlight/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:47:57 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1309 In September, Salem Social Village was again chosen to host the annual Kazastkhani conference for non-profit organisations and the social sector. ZhasCamp, as it is known, takes place in numerous locations around the country each year, and last month we welcome many active members for a day and a half of presentations, training courses and […]

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]]> Learning to think critically https://salemsocialvillage.org/learning-to-think-critically/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 06:30:31 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1302 It’s hard to understand another culture, to really get inside the mind of people who have grown up with completely different assumptions about life, the world, priorities, values, principles. But in order to bring genuine and lasting change, it’s important to take time to learn and identify not just the immediate needs, but the deeper […]

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]]> Welcome to Shymkent! https://salemsocialvillage.org/welcome-to-shymkent/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:09:34 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1122 Every year, the Salem Social Village staff, their families, volunteers, people from the World Without Limits social club for people with disabilities, partners, guests and good friends gather with a giant steaming pan of plov in order to celebrate the arrival of Spring. The grass was fresh and green, and the sun was shining (well, […]

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]]> Progress report https://salemsocialvillage.org/progress-report/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:27:20 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1044 Last year was a busy one for us, but here’s a feel for some of the things that we were able to do at Salem Social Village during 2016 – some you’ll have read about previously, others you might not have. It does demonstrate that we’ve been busy! Social Work and Charitable Activities: Our staff […]

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]]> Towards a goal of zero https://salemsocialvillage.org/towards-a-goal-of-zero/ Tue, 27 Dec 2016 05:51:08 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1027 According to experts at the World Health Organization, Kazakhstan is a leader in Central Asia of the implementation of progressive programs to address the problem of AIDS. The living proof of this in action is Salem Social Village’s interactive AIDS Xperience project. The task of the AIDS Xperience is to draw public attention towards HIV/AIDS issues, […]

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]]> #GivingTuesday at Salem https://salemsocialvillage.org/givingtuesday-at-salem/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:40:18 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=1001 This year, November 29th was marked as the worldwide day of generosity, Giving Tuesday! This new concept, originating in the US as a way of combatting the post-Thanksgiving consumer indulgences of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, has begun to arrive in the post-Soviet world over the last couple of years. It’s really just a day […]

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]]> Meeting the Mums and Dads https://salemsocialvillage.org/meeintg-the-mums-and-dads/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 03:43:40 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=988 There are around 100 children aged 8 to 14 who take our English for kids courses each semester, but we often have very little contact with their parents. So when we decided to change that and put on a meeting with them, what were we to do? Maybe you remember something like it – the […]

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]]> Business isn’t the same as personal gain https://salemsocialvillage.org/business-isnt-the-same-as-personal-gain/ Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:48:55 +0000 https://salemsocialvillage.org/?p=958 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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