Employees of «Kumtor» company visited Mobile Center of the Children's Development on Jailoo

Last Sunday, Kumtor Gold Company employees and their children visited mobile child development center on Ak-Tash jailoo in the Jeti-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region.

 

Preparations for the event started few months ago, when the campaign of toys collection required for the master class was announced among the company's employees. Thanks to well-coordinated teamwork, the Kumtorians managed to teach the children to make a snowball from the collected toys and sparkles. Moreover, the employees made a developing bizybord so that the smallest visitors of the center could safely learn to use appliances and household items that are used every day.

 

One of the staff members held a session on the development of skills in painting, teaching children various techniques used by artists. Some kids were painted aquagrim and turned into heroes of their favorite cartoons. Each child was given a book, issued with the financial support of the company. At the end, the children performed with numbers - they told poems and danced kara-jorgo folk dance.

 

These centers operate within the framework of the project of the "Roza Otunbayeva Initiative" IPF. Over three years, the company helped to equip children's centers of Ton and Jeti-Oguz districts of Issyk-Kul oblast with office supplies and books. Employees of the company has visited the centers from the moment of their foundation. Every year Kumtor members hold various master classes and organize performances for children.

 

For information: The "Centers of Child Development" project provides an opportunity for children of pastoralists, leaving in the mountains in summer, to get prepared for school. Teachers conduct training sessions three hours a day that enable development of speech, counting and other necessary skills. "Child development centers" are aimed at providing equal access to education. The project focuses on hard-to-reach, high-mountain pastures located in remote areas. Mobile centers are based in yurts, equipped with necessary things to provide basic knowledge to preschool children. Due to the lack of electricity, playgrounds, books, toys, computers and most importantly centralized training centers with professional teachers in remote pastures, schoolchildren also began to attend kindergartens. Last year, Kindergardens on Jailoo project expanded its coverage and now position themselves as the "Centers of Child Development".