Omsk Region joins the World Charity Day

Omsk volunteers, social entrepreneurs and NGOs will take part in the #Generous Tuesday campaign.

In the Omsk region, the idea of holding a Philanthropy Day has been promoted by the Omsk CIS for the second year in a row. Last year, the Campaign was coordinated by Gulnara Mukasheva, head of the NGO Center for Social and Environmental Initiatives. Social entrepreneurs and NGOs supplied food to poor families, collected gifts and supplies for the creativity of the residents of the Pushkin Neuropsychiatric boarding school, and they, in turn, made New Year's gifts with their own hands for the pupils of the Kirov orphanage.

The project of Anna Gaas, a graduate of the Omsk CISS, who organized the inclusive theater "Special View" at the Pushkin National Research Institute, received a grant from the Vladimir Potanin Foundation. The funds were used to create a "social workshop of virtues." Mentally disabled people are learning needlework, and this year, by Generous Tuesday, they will knit cozy gizmos for children from the Rainbow Palliative Center. And on December 1, on the eve of the Day of the Disabled, "special actors" will present the online premiere of their new play.

Omsk regional public organization for the disabled "Human Rebirth" holds creative gatherings for active pensioners, where they also craft gifts for their infirm peers. Contributions are collected for tea parties and visits to the disabled, grant funds are invested and everything necessary is purchased.

The Phoenix Resource Center in Lyubinsky district has a Vector crisis unit to support families in difficult situations. As part of the "Well done Casket" project, volunteers collect things and distribute them free of charge to those in need. Over the past six months, 250 families have received targeted assistance. And in the village of Krasny Yar, local craftsmen launched the project "The Second Life of things." Workshops are currently being held on making fashionable bags from out-of-fashion and worn jeans.

In our country, the "Generous Tuesday" campaign has been held since 2016, and during this time more than 4 thousand organizations of the country have joined it, and the amount of donations to charities has doubled. The organizer is the KAF Foundation for the Support and Development of Philanthropy, whose activities include managing charitable programs, organizing grant competitions, conducting consultations and research.

In mid-November 2021, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation approved a concept for the development of charitable activities for the period up to 2025 and developed an action plan to promote volunteerism. It includes the #Generous Tuesday information campaign for the development of a culture of charity based on cooperation between representatives of the non-profit sector, business and the media. This year it is held from November 20th to December 4th.

At the same time, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia has prepared materials on countering fraud in making charitable donations and invited the authorities to join the explanatory work. It is recommended to avoid promoting opaque charity fees and transferring funds to personal cards.