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‘Road to school’ campaign: About 2 mln children got welfare assistance

11 August, 2014 15:51
“Near two million children got welfare assistance in the amount 8 billion 300 million tenge within the “Road to school” campaign over six years. This was announced during the briefing devoted to the republican campaign on Monday, August 11.

The campaign is held over the long period of time. The welfare assistance  for children from low-income families, children without parental care, children who have fallen into the category of "Orphans", were also in difficult situations total sum is equal eight billion tenge," Vice Minister of Education and Science Yessengazy Imangaliyev said.

“By the way, sponsors responded valuable assistance totaling more than 3.3 billion tenge,” he noted.

 In addition, according to him, the small and medium business also granted financial aid in the  amount of  3.5 billion tenge.

It should be noted that the purpose of the action is to help pupils from poor and large families, orphans and children left without parental care to prepare for the beginning of the school year and prevent absenteeism in school children for social reasons. 

Indira Kaumetova