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Being a socially responsible company PetroKazakhstan Kumkol Resources actively participates in the development of social sphere of the oblast, as well as in charity and sponsorship actions. One of PKKR’s priorities is to increase the efficiency and social importance of charity and sponsorship activities aimed at improving the welfare of the society and development of the social infrastructure. The main criterion of this work is a targeted help and special attention is paid to long-term programs, assistance to the unprotected categories of population, children, veterans of war and labor, handicapped people, healthcare system, cultural and arts institutions.

Since 1998 the Company supports and since 2001 fully finances Shapagat rehabilitation center for handicapped children in the city of Kazalinsk. Also, since 2001 the Company has been providing full financial support (nutrition for the children and maintenance of the kindergarten) for Baldauren kindergarten (for 50 persons) – for the children from large and poor families, as well as orphans.

In 1999, on the basis of Arai-Sunrise camp a pilot project of the Youth Achievements public fund was initiated in the form of 6-day seminars not only for school children but also for the teachers of Kyzylorda oblast interested in the economic program. In 2000, upon initiative of the Company a Youth Achievements Regional Center public fund was opened, which has been operating fully at the expense of PetroKazakhstan. Since the opening of the Youth Achievements Regional Center Public Fund an enormous job was done to spread the knowledge of economics among the teachers and school children of the city and oblast. First of all, trainings on applied economics among the teachers of the city were conducted. The interactive training forms, availability of all textbooks of methodics, up to visual aids including audio and video cassettes, colorful exercise books for school children in Russian and Kazakh languages – all this was presented to the attention of teachers. The economic program became so popular that the Management and Economics subject on the basis of this program was included in the school program as official hours since 2002. Now, there is no school in the city which is not aware of this subject and the Youth Achievements Regional Center.

Now the teachers, on their own, prepare their students for the competitions on EMM (economics and management modeling), and the annual fair of school companies. City competitions on EMM and fairs of companies became a sort of launch pad for conducting similar activities at a higher level. The Company also provides full support to the Orphanage named after Makarenko, Orphan house and secondary school No.2 Murager.

Traditional projects of the company:
• Food parcels for 250 Oblast residents – these are underprivileged families, handicapped people, and families of the victims of Afghanistan and Chernobyl disaster, being registered in corresponding institutions. The food parcels contain the most vital products for each family– flour, rice, sugar, tea, butter, pasta. The event is arranged twice a year – on the New Year and Nauryz.       

• The New Year and Nauryz children matinees for 300 children from underprivileged families and orphans. The Company organizes festive performance and presents.
• Celebrating the Child Protection Day on 1st of June. The Company fully sponsors the festival, prepares 7000 ice-cream portions and prizes for all children’s competitions, organized by the City Department of Education.
• “The First Grader” campaign:  250 school sets for the children from underprivileged and large families of the oblast.
• Support of the Veterans. The annual subscription for republican and local newspapers. Providing the vouchers for free treatment at the Kazakhstani health resorts.