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MAY 17: THE CHARITY RESULTS OF OUR UNIVERSITY IN ACTION
Thanks to the lectures of the Charitable University in Moscow project, we managed to help the back worker, a resident of Pskov, Evgenia Petrovna Stepanova. She did not have a refrigerator, and the summer was approaching, and the food was becoming harder to store. 17000 rubles were aimed at buying a new refrigerator, which was delivered on the Victory Day.
Eugenia Petrovna is 86 years old. She spent her childhood in difficult military years, she worked equally with adults, helped her parents and raised two younger sisters. In her youth she moved to Pskov. She worked as a gardener in the City Summer Garden named after A.S. Pushkin, and then she found a job as a shipping agent, in this position she worked until retirement.
Recall that the funds collected at the lectures of the "Charitable University in Moscow" are divided equally between the «Lifestyle» and «AdVita» funds and are spent on programs to help the elderly people.
MAY 16: PROFLAB PROJECT FINISHES IN YUZHNOE BUTOVO
The "PROFLAB" project in the TSSSV Yuzhnoe Butovo is nearing completion. Last week, the last seminar was held within the framework of the course «The birth families of orphans. The value of a birth family». The lesson was given by Julia Kurchanova, an employee of the «Volunteer for Orphan Children» Fund (www.otkazniki.ru), a specialist in working with families in a difficult life situation, a supervisor of the work of specialists in the sphere of adoption and socialization of graduates of orphanages.
The participants discussed in detail the general problems of interaction between the institution and birth family and the inclusion of relatives in communication with the child. Particular attention was paid to private problem cases of establishing contact between the emploee of the institution and the birth family.
At the end of the course each participant will have to defend the project.
Students are divided into groups of 3-4 people, they choose the most congenial topic, related to their professional activities, from all the material they have covered. With the help of the project the participant tells about what new useful information he plans to implement and already applies in the work, what changes the participation in the "PROFLAB"project has brpoght. The employees of the «Lifestyle» fund consult on writing of works. On May 15 a meeting on the projects defence took place. Anna Savelyeva, deputy director of the "Lifestyle" Foundation, and Aliya Martynova, the coordinator of the "PROFLAB" course, answered questions from the participants, gave advice on projects and gave psychological training.
In 2017 the "PROFLAB" course is implemented with the support of the Public Relations Committee of Moscow.
MAY 12: ROUND TABLE AT THE PUBLIC CHAMBER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Among the programs of our foundation, a special place is occupied by the «School of Charity». This is a social and educational project for children and teenagers.
Its goal is an organic, consistent introduction of the ideas of charity and the need to do good deeds in the life of the child. The project is implemented in the form of classes in educational institutions. Themes of the programs concern, among other things, the creation of a friendly environment for children and young people with disabilities.
On May 12, the director of the foundation Elena Beregovaya and press attache Olga Stukalova took part in a round table on giving kindness lessons in general educational institutions. The event was held in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. Representatives of the department, public organizations and foundations discussed methodological recommendations for the lessons of kindness on understanding disability and the formation of tolerant attitudes.
The developed recommendations provide for 12 sessions on 37 topics for students from 1 to 11 year. Authors consider it expedient to give at least 1-2 lessons per month. The chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for the support of family, children and motherhood Diana Gurtskaya noted that "today no one doubts the advisability of holding such lessons at school."
MAY 10: YOUNG VOLUNTEER FROM THE «DOM ROSTA”
Every morning from the window of his house Seryozha Sokolov sees 5 birches planted by him in memory of the soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War. Serezha is a pupil of the family center for orphans "Dom ROSTa". Together with other children, he lives in a professional family in the village of Petrovsky in the Ivanovo region. In honor of the Victory Day this year, 12-year-old Serezha took part in planting trees in the Birch Grove public garden. He took care of the trees, watered, cleaned up old branches and garbage. Tatyana Mikhailovna Prokhorova the inhabitant of the village came up with the idea to organize such an event. It is by her efforts that the garden is transformed: she beautifies the flower beds, grows flowers. I collected the lists of all fellow villagers, participants of the Second World War: those who died, went missing, those who returned and who are no longer alive. There are tags on each tree that distinguish it from ordinary birches in the park: a red bandage and a tag with the name and title of the defender of the Motherland.
On May 9, Sergei together with his sister Christina and Vika Ilyina, his sworn sister, took part in a festive meeting. The guys read poems dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
Family center for orphans "Dom ROSTa" ,the project of our "We are at home!" program for support of foster families
MAY 9: HAPPY VICTORY DAY!
Happy Victory Day! Let the sky over your head be peaceful!
The delegation of our children paid tribute to the memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War, who fought for their homeland in Voronezh, the city of Russia's military glory.
A group of children, the graduates of the «Dom ROSTa» family center and participants of adaptation programs for orphans. They became friends in summer camps and together with the fund's employees visit important cities of Russia every year as part of the Putesharium project, and on the Victory Day - places of military glory.
MAY 5: DONATION OF BLOOD - EXCELLENT RESULTS
In April we held 6 shares in 4 Moscow universities. Thanks to students and staff of MGMU named after. Evdokimov, Moscow State University of Food Production, MGPPU, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas for the past month we have replenished blood banks for 195 liters of blood. The events were attended by 613 people, 432 became donors.
We have celebrated the national donor day with an action at the MSMSU, where 16 regular donors were thanked and received gifts from the «Lifestyle» Foundation.
MAY 4: THE PRACTICAL COURSES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROFLAB PROJECT
The specialists of the Center for Curative Pedagogics and the “Doroga v mir” Interregional Public Organization for assistance to children with special needs in psycho-speech development and their families held seminars for participants of the PROFLAB project.
Training on the course follows practical programs. Recognized experts in working with children with severe multiple developmental disabilities and limited health opportunities were involved as the lecturers and trainers. The PROFLAB project allows us to disclose new areas of interaction with "special" children for employees of orphanages, centers for the promotion of family education, and learn to see the prospects for the development of such children.
At the end of April, the employees of the Center of Communication (IPO "Doroga v mir"): the head of psychological and educational work Anastasia Ryazanova and the teacher-psychologist, the leader of groups for children and teenagers with severe and multiple developmental disabilities Ruslan Vyalitov together with assistants gave two-day seminar " Communication with a child with disabilities "for our students from the "Yuzhnoye Butovo" Center for the Promotion of Family Education.
During the theoretical block, the participants discussed the functions and goals of communication, its types, the features of alternative and additional communication. The practical part was devoted to the analysis of special cases of problem behavior among the students of the “Yuzhnoe Butovo" and ended with the writing of an essay on the topic "What changes can we make to our work?"
Anna Bitova, the director of the Center for Curative Pedagogics, a member of the Government of the Russian Federation Board of Patronage in the social sphere, gave a seminar on the topic "Individual development program for children with different syndromes". The listeners got acquainted with the methods of work of the center, the principles of active learning, analyzed the examples of solutions of particular cases from the practice of the CСP. Anna Lvovna paid attention to the peculiarities of the child, which must be taken into account when drawing up an individual development program. Based on the results of the training, students practiced writing and developing individual rehabilitation programs for their wards.
In 2017 the course "PROFLAB" is implemented with the support of the Public Relations Committee of the city of Moscow.
MAY 2: DIGEST OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Every day the specialists of the "Lifestyle" Fund attend professional events in the field of work of the fund. Our employees receive up-to-date information at the conferences, round tables, councils and share their knowledge, participate in the discussion of contentious issues and make important public decisions.
Let's note the most significant events of the past week:
● On April 26, the scientific and practical conference "Comfortable coexistence of people and animals in urban and specially protected natural areas: international and Russian practice" was held at the MGIMO Educational Complex in Odintsovo. Two round tables in the framework of the event were devoted to the themes given in the title of the event. At the sectional meetings, the role of the third sector and social entrepreneurship in solving animal protection problems, the formation of an ecological culture, the human impact on the animal world of natural ecosystems were discussed. The conference was attended by the Deputy Director for Educational Programs Maria Lezhneva.
● On April 27, 2017, a meeting of the Public Council under the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of the Russian Federation was held. The results for the first quarter of 2017 were summed up. The Chairman of the Council, Andrei Kochenov, expressed special gratitude to several members of the Council, including the director of the "Lifestyle" Fund, Elena Beregovaya. The most significant issues of the reporting period are: solving the problems of taking children away and unnecessary interference with the family, information security of the child on the Internet. The leaders of the Working Groups spoke about the progress of the consideration and resolution of the issues, shared the results achieved and outlined complex issues.
● On April 28, a seminar-workshop "Granting of the President of the Russian Federation Grants for Civil Society Development in 2017" was held in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. This time 2 competitions will be held. Ilya Chukalin, General Director of the Presidential Grants Fund, talked about key innovations of the contest, the criteria for evaluating projects, the procedure for preparing and submitting applications for participation, and answered questions from listeners. The event was attended by Olga Stukalova, the press attaché of the foundation.
MAY 1: THE "WHEEL OF KINDNESS" PROJECT IS OPEN BY OUR GRADUATES
The end of the school year is not far off, and the participants of our project "The School of Charity. Lifestyle" are launching the "Wheel of Kindness". After completing the educational program, children come up with good deeds, and we help them to translate ideas into reality.
The pupils of School №1357 "The multi-profile complex Bratislava" have been collecting dog food for the animals from Father Peter's shelter.The shelter is located at the Ilyinsky temple in the village Lemeshovo near Podolsk.
Father Peter is sincerely grateful to the children for their help, his pupils liked the gift to taste.
"School of charity. Lifestyle "- a social and educational project for children and young people, from preschoolers to students.
Mission - moral and civic education of children and youth. The goal is an organic, consistent introduction of the ideas of charity in the life of the child.
APRIL 30: OUR LITTLE RESCUED ONE
Targeted assistance is quite new movement in our fund. Recently we have been told that 4-year-old Vika Tarabukina needed an operation. Today we would like to share a happy story of recovery.
Vika Tarabukina was born a premature seven-month-old baby, weighed only 1 kg and 400 grams. Her mother had difficult pregnancy and delivery, it’s all fault of hard working conditions: Svetlana has been working as a nurse in the hospital. The baby was diagnosed with: congenital heart disease, defect of the interatrial septum, stenosis of the pulmonary artery. In this case, the patient has a hole in the septum separating the right and left atrium into two separate chambers. Fetus needs this opening for normal blood circulation, but immediately after the birth, it must be closed. Having stenosis of the pulmonary artery lengthens the time of discharge of the blood into the pulmonary artery, which breaks the whole cycle of the heart’s work.
During the first year Vika was followed up by a cardiologist, parents were giving her necessary medicamental treatment hoping, that all will grow by itself. But when the girl was 3 years old, the ultrasonography of the heart showed that the surgery was extremely necessary. The correction of pathology by the endovascular closure of DMPP method costs 273 644 rubles. There are two more children in the family. The father works as a cattle farmer in the state farm, and the mother is a nurse in the hospital, and the family does not have any money for the treatment of the daughter.
Svetlana reached out to our fund. And on April 6, 2017 in Syktyvkar the surgery was held and it went very well. The girl is already at home. We would like to thank dear donors! This smiling little girl's life was saved.
We wish Vika to grow healthy, strong and happy!
Photos are provided by Tarabukiny family.
