«I hold your hand»

On January 22, in Almaty Management University was organized meeting with representative of Charity fund “Dara” Sholpan Baibolova.

The fund of "Dara" realizes an interesting project "Mentorship" which aims to help orphan children and children deprived of parent care in disclosure of the life potential and forming of skills of independent life through communication with adult volunteers mentors. In the role of mentors can act every indifferent person, who went through the procedure of selection by psychologists of fund. Sholpan Baibolova, who directly supervises this project, told about progress of the program to employees and teachers of AlmaU. “Every child should have his special adult. That adult for whom this child is important, for whom his grief and happiness, his mistakes and success, his fate is important”-said Sholpan Baibolova.

The project caused interest and discussion among participants of a meeting, and some of attendees became interested in possible participation. By the legislation of Kazakhstan, the citizen of Kazakhstan who reached 21 years can act as the volunteer mentor. Mentors pass special training. Throughout the entire period of the project they receive the professional help with the organization of effective cooperation with the child.

Besides, mentors can receive necessary information from special methodical guidance for project coordinators "I hold your hand" which gives the chance to the organizations and volunteer groups wishing to realize the similar project in the regions, to do it independently.