I. Metshin: “We are already seeing a whole army of people who are willing to engage in this work”

(KZN.RU September 3). The “Good Week” starts with lessons of good in schools on September 5 in Kazan. Representatives of volunteer movements, renowned athletes, well-known media personalities and a number of Kazan businessmen supported the initiative charities and Kazan City Hall. Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the Kazan Executive Committee, said this today at the staff meeting.

Artem Kosov, the participant of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Anastasia and Sergey Sherstnev, anchormen of the “Efir’ channel, are among those who will communicate with students. Alexandra Babkina, our compatriot, the head of the All-Russian project “Dobro.Mail.ru”, will conduct a lesson of good in the school №39.

“Children are our main helpers, all of them very quickly absorb”, said Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan. He reminded that the charity school fairs are regularly held in the city, and on September 1 Kazan first graders were presented “Diaries of good deeds”, where they can write their success and therefore strive to be better.

The International Charity Day is celebrated in Kazan this year for the first time on a large scale by the proposal of the heads of charitable funds of the city. It was decided not to limit the festivities in one day and spend the whole “Good Week”, giving it the official start on 5 September. Dozens of events will be held daily throughout the city as part of the “Good Week”. According to D. Fattakhov, the program “Good Week” program is specially formed so that each day will present a specific format of charitable activities to residents.

Restaurant network “Bulatov Group”, “Tatinter restaurant” and “Sofra-kebab”, restaurant complex “Tatar Manor” and the medical complex “Korl” expressed a desire to join the marathon of good and transfer part of the revenue to charity.

Logo of the “Good Week” is also appeared free thanks to the company “Lorien”. Social advertising “Good Kazan” has appeared on the streets’ billboards of the city.

According to the Mayor, “Good Week” is just the beginning for Kazan. “It is necessary to step into the river before you will know the depth of it. We are still on the river bank, but would like to streams of kindness, attention, responsiveness flows into a sea. Of course, it is a long way, but we must take the first step. I really want us to do it together with the people”, said I. Metshin, adding that the whole plan on the way to the main goal - the formation of good Kazan - is planned in conjunction with the charitable organizations of the city.

The Mayor marked that participation in charitable activities should be on a voluntary basis, at the behest of the soul. “No obligation, in any yard, nor in any school! Nothing should be done to display the check mark that you took part. Man must mature, it must be a state of mind, his need, not “organized event”. Moreover, we see a whole army of people who are willing to engage in this work, we rely on them”, said I. Metshin.