Ilsur Metshin visited a large family of Osokins

(KZN.RU, September 7). Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, visited one of the large families of the Kirovsky district within the framework of the Good Week, which started in the city on September 4. The Mayor visited Roman and Natalia Osokins, who raise four children. The head of the family works as a rescuer in the EMERCOM of the RT, and his wife is on leave for caring for a small child.

Ilsur Metshin congratulated the children on the new academic year and presented gifts. First-grader Yaroslav received a bicycle from the hands of the Mayor. Eldest daughter Anastasia, a college student at the TISBI, a fourth-grader Arseny, and a baby Ilya also received the gifts.

Having gained courage, Yaroslav asked Ilsur Metshin to sign in his Diary of Good Deeds. All first-graders of the city received those bright illustrated books on September 1. The project is being implemented since 2016 and teaches children to start the day with a good deed. Ilsur Metshin told Osokins in detail about the projects “Good Kazan” and the Diary of Good Deeds. “Adults are difficult to re-educate. And we want to instill a culture of good through children. If children do good things from school, we will have a completely different society and another city. I'm sure of it”, said I. Metshin and cited as an example positive feedback of other parents about the project. “Parents say about their child: he will take out the garbage, sweep the floor, then do some other things to paste the sticker into the Diary”, said the head of the city and added that children are more likely to help their parents in the form of a game.

They also talked about lessons of good, which are conducted these days in the city's schools by well-known media personalities, sportsmen, representatives of charitable foundations, the City Hall staff. The Mayor of Kazan held such a lesson on September 5 at the lyceum №83 of the Privolzhsky district. According to Sergey Mironov, the head of the Kirovsky and Moskovky districts’ administration, the lessons of good passed in 29 educational institutions of the districts.

The children told that they are preparing various crafts for charitable school fairs of good. Such fairs will be held in Kazan on Saturday, September 9 at the sites of city parks: the Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, the Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky Forest, the “Kontinent”, and the “Sosnovaya Roscha”, and on the pedestrian street of Kayum Nasyri in the Staro-Tatarskaya Sloboda.

They talked about children's hobbies as well. All the older Osokins’ children are engaged in karate. They showed the Mayor their medals, won at the competitions. The children also shared with the head of the city their plans for the future, who they would like to become in adulthood. Arseny said that he wants to learn the automobile business, and Yaroslav wants to become a driver.

Ilsur Metshin noted that a large family is a great responsibility but also a great happiness. “You are great fellows! I wish happiness and health to your family, let all your children grow up like you, wonderful and loving”, wished the Mayor.