The Decade of Disabled will be held in Kazan in early December

(KZN.RU, November 28, Alsu Safina). Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, spoke about the program of the Decade of Disabled at the staff meeting. The decade opened on December 2 by the concert with participation of creative collectives of the city in the Great Concert Hall named after S. Saidashev.

Each year, financial aid is allocated from the city budget for single mothers and single mothers with disabilities, bringing up children with disabilities, as well as for families with disabled children. 322 families will receive one-time financial assistance this year.

Particular attention during the decade will be paid to health issues. According to D. Fattakhov, district medical team will visit the family with non-transportable disabled at home. Traditionally, charity dinners, events, job fairs, round tables, concerts and meetings with interesting people will be held in all districts of the city, hairdressing and clothes repair will be provided.

Lessons of kindness, essay competitions and exhibitions of children's art works on relevant topics will be organized within the framework of the Decade of Disabled in the city schools. Also, students will hold a charity concert for pupils of special correctional education institutions.

The gala-concert of the festival “Vozmemsya za ruki, druziya!” (Rus. “Let's join hands, friends!”), which is attended by 20 specialized correctional schools and boarding schools of the republic, will be held in the Puppet Theater “Ekiyat” for the first time this year. Damir Fattakhov reminded that the festival was born in the Sovetsky district of Kazan, and in 2013 received the republican status. This year, students of institutions from Arsky, Pestretsy, Elabuga, Chistopol and Nizhnekamsk regions of Tatarstan have joined the festival. The gala concert will take place on December 8.

On the same day, the competition “Strong spirit” will be held at the sports complex “Ak Bure”. In addition, cultural activities for people with disabilities will be held in the capital of Tatarstan.

Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, said that more than 90 thousand people with disabilities for some diseases live in Kazan today; more than 4500 among them are children.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, expressed the hope that no one will be left out of participation in charitable events, devoted to the decade. He reminded that all those who wish to help can visit the Kazan page of the service “Dobro Mail.Ru” and learn about those who need help.

The Mayor stressed that now it is important to pay attention to educational projects. According to him, it is important to raise sensitivity, attention and desire to help in children.

A decade is dedicated to the International Day of Disabled Persons, which is celebrated worldwide on December 3.