“Alem” Programme – 1 year!

The “Saby” Charitable Foundation celebrates a small but very significant event - a year has passed since the start of the “Alem” Programme the purpose of which is to support young talents, and we are summing up the first results:

During the year our committee has processed over 160 applications from candidates from more than 20 cities and villages of our country. We have organized visits of the Foundation’s employees to 8 populated areas in order to inform young people about the conditions of the Programme.

Specialists have held 8 creative auditions in the field of vocal, as a result of which two young singers having unique voices Zhassulan Sydykov from Kostanay and Timur Aldybergenov from Almaty oblast have received grants to study in the Kazakh National Conservatory.

Another two participants, Assanova Shamshyrak from Aktobe region and Lushnikova Yelena from Petropavlovsk have received educational grants under the "Alem" Programme and entered prestigious educational institutions: Yelena – the University of Medicine, and Shamshyrak - College of Music.

In anticipation of our little anniversary we have organized a personal exhibition of the youngest participant of the “Alem” Programme" - Roman Kuznetsov from Petropavlovsk. His works have been presented to the visitors in the Directorate of Art Exhibitions in Almaty.

We also provide our support to strong-willed children who, for some reason, have not become participants of the “Alem” Programme but who have made their best efforts for that end. Thus, Khametov Anuar, a novice sculptor, and a young poet Soltanov Beknur, both from Semey, have received gifts from the “Saby” Foundation - laptops - as a reward for their creativity.

Significant work has been carried out in collaboration with Timur Bekmambetov on the implementing a joint project – Scenario Competition to seek and select talented writers from all over Kazakhstan, the winner of which was our compatriot Bakhtior Kadyrov.

We believe that each of the children will meet expectations of the Foundation and will become an excellent specialist in a chosen field.

Good luck, the first participants of the “Alem” Programme!