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03 April 2019
ARMZ Uranium Holding Co.: Best Projects of Social Entrepreneurs Presented in Krasnokamensk
Let us remind you that the social entrepreneurship development program has been implemented in Krasnokamensk for five years. Every year ARMZ Uranium Holding Co., the city administration and the Small and Medium Enterprise Support Fund hold a competition for social project grants. The anniversary 5th contest was held in 2018 as a part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the city-forming enterprise: E.P. Slavsky Priargunskoye Mining and Chemical Union, PJSC. Following the contest, 25 socially oriented projects were implemented. All of them were presented at the city forum of social entrepreneurs. «Good deeds merge into one big river. The funds allocated by ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. make an important contribution to the development of the territory, help to solve environmental issues in the city, support the people in need, help to develop children’s creativity, create new jobs. Among the projects implemented following the competition last year, I would like to especially note the creation of conditions for the leisure of people with disabilities, the holding of holidays in the children’s sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis and regional hospital No. 4, the purchase of educational materials for children with speech development problems and many others,» said the head of Krasnokamensk Yuri Didenko.
The contest fund amounted to RUB 2 million. At the forum, representatives of Arbagar Trans-Baikal Regional Public Environmental Organization told about the held art festival; Ucheny Zhiraf NPO for additional education of children told about LEGO-robotics competition festival; the head of the individual enterprise Ararat Arutyunyan told about garbage collection at the entrances to Krasnokamensk. Nina Kirimova presented the implemented project of free hairdressing services for children from social institutions and pensioners, and the local organization of the National Society of the Blind presented the «Movement without barriers» project. Volunteers installed 11 sports simulators in the courtyard of the building number 308 and on the territory of secondary school number 1, and also implemented the Food for Life program, as part of which people in need receive free hot meals. A promising project: Health Platform in the regional hospital number 4.
ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. has a consistent policy to support social entrepreneurship in Krasnokamensk. It is important that it is in demand. People are actively looking for interesting areas of application of their forces, new opportunities for the development, to help those in need. The implementation of social projects makes life in the city more comfortable," said Alexander Burutin, Deputy Director General for Strategy, ARMZ Uranium Holding Co.
The final phrase of the holiday sounded like a call not to stop there: «Be happy, love the world created by your hands!»
