I. Metshin on charitable projects that received grants from the President of the RF

Thanks to the President of the country that such projects are supported. All this helps to develop our public institutions and speaks about the maturity of society.

It is difficult to imagine a modern city without such projects. This year, 58 projects from Tatarstan, including 32 projects submitted by Kazan public organizations, won the first contest of socially significant projects in 2018. It's really valuable!

One of such projects is the “Good Wave”. A unique project of its kind that helps children in a difficult life situation to make dreams come true. There is a state program for medical support for disabled children, for rehabilitation. But there are no such measures of state support to develop the creative potential, to implement their dreams. The grant allocated for the development of the festival is a good example of how we can work together in this direction.

The project for the visually impaired “See and hear with the heart”, presented by the National Islamic Charity Fund “Yardem”, the social shelter “Kolybel” of the Center for Protection of Maternity and Childhood “Umilenie”, the festival of the debut documentary “Rudnik” from the Center for Contemporary Culture “Smena”, The Kazan hospice of A. Vavilova are among the other winners. The victory in the contest of our Kazan funds is largely due to the city project “Good Kazan”. We specially conducted forums and invited and venerable funds, public organizations. Our colleagues, who are only taking their first steps in this direction, can find new ideas in these forums. But the most important thing is coaching, within which they can learn how to properly apply for grants and organize work.

The grants received is the result of a common effort. Our motto is: “Not instead of, but together”, we say it from the start. We organized a systematic joint work with active, concerned Kazan citizens, public organizations, funds, which today together create a “Good Wave” in Kazan. Now the capital of Tatarstan is experiencing a new stage in the development of charity. It becomes part of the way of life. Thanks to the project “Good Kazan”, city residents can get accurate information about which funds they need to address in difficult situations, what they specialize in and which of them can be trusted.