Ilsur Metshin: “The projects launched in Kazan allowed the citizens to engage in charitable activities from an early age”

(KZN.RU, April 18, Ksenia Shvetsova). Today more than 50% of Kazan citizens of working age participate in the activities of charitable organizations in various forms, from monetary donations to personal volunteer work. Such results were achieved thanks to the project “Good Kazan” and the support of non-profit organizations. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, said this today at the meeting of the XXXIII session of the Kazan City Duma, which is taking place in the City Hall.

Over the past 2 years, the number of citizens participating in charity has grown by more than 10%, said Rustem Gafarov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, in his report on the activities of non-profit organizations (NPO). “The request for solving problems not only by the state, but also by NPOs with each wave of research is getting higher. The number of people involved in charitable activities has increased, about 74%. They participate first of all financially and in the form of volunteer activity, and this is becoming the norm for Kazan citizens”, said R. Gafarov.

The issue of supporting socially oriented non-profit organizations was and remains one of the priorities for Kazan, said Ilsur Metshin. “The activity of NPOs is increasingly entering the life of the city. Those projects that were launched in the city, in the first place the project “Good Kazan”, allowed the citizens to engage in charitable activities from a very young age”, said the Mayor. “The activities of non-profit organizations are aimed at solving a wide variety of social problems in many spheres of life”. The Mayor added that the increase in the number of Kazan citizens who support charitable projects and participate in volunteer activities shows that the citizens are gaining confidence in this area of social development.

According to R. Gafarov, the Kazan Charitable Foundation “Day of Good Deeds” measured public and economic sentiment in Kazan last year. The survey showed an increase in the share of citizens who believe that social issues should be addressed, including charitable foundations and non-profit organizations (NPO).