Charity — project archives

2009

• In November, Raiffeisenbank sponsored the SAMU Social Moscow Foundation. The Foundation provides assistance to homeless children and adolescents on the streets of Moscow. These children are constantly exposed to the dangers of big city streets, which is an alarming phenomenon that exists throughout the world. The mission of the Foundation is to help deprived people who are in need. The Foundation trains ‘social rescuers’ out of professionals and volunteers. All of them work towards a common goal — to help people rejected by society, to provide accommodation for them, to give them hope, to create the conditions for their social integration. The Foundation cooperates with local institutions — welfare institutions, hospitals, asylums, the authorities, NGOs and simple people of goodwill.
• An autumn charitable mini-football tournament was held at the Dynamo football stadium on November 8 to raise funds for the benefit of Russian children with Down’s syndrome. The tournament was organised by Downside Up, a foundation which supports children with Down’s syndrome in Russia. Raiffeisenbank’s corporate football team took part in the match and won the main prize of the tournament — the challenge Cup. All funds raised at the tournament will be used to support children with this disease.
• In October, Raiffeisenbank gave 5 Adelie costumes to severely sick children suffering from cerebral palsy, as part of the Special Cars to Special Children motor marathon. 130 motley-coloured mini cars belonging to private car owners participating in the MINIpeopLе motor club gave the children a ride around Moscow. These costumes are based on active, directed action on the affected motor cortical centres to restore their impaired functions, the breakdown of the existing movement disorders and their replacement with normalised ones. This enables efficient recovery to occur and facilitates the elimination of the child’s impaired motor function as quickly as is possible.
• In September, Raiffeisenbank funded the maintenance of an art studio for disabled children. The studio was established by Prospects, a St. Petersburg-based Charitable NGO, and operates in three fields: the art studio where young people paint pictures; the theatre studio that helps to create the conditions for the actualisation of the creative abilities of the children using theatrical art. Regular musical classes for disabled children were also arranged, both in groups and on an individual basis. Guided by a teacher, the children familiarise themselves with different musical instruments and learn to play some of them. Professional teachers and psychologists work with the children who visit the studio. It is important to us that every single person, including those with numerous developmental disorders, are able to express himself or herself as a personality.
• In August. The Red Square charitable bicycle race for the benefit of Russian children with Down’s syndrome finished at the Vassilievsky Slope of the Red Square on August 30, 2009, as part of the Year of Equal Opportunities. The event was arranged by the Downside Up charitable foundation, based on which the Early Care Centre has operated since 1997. The Centre provides free-of-charge psychological and pedagogical assistance to families with children suffering from Down’s syndrome. At present, some 1,200 families from Moscow and 80 regions of Russia and the CIS receive care at the Centre. 170 people, including bicycle racing professionals and amateurs, including Raiffeisenbank’s team, raised money for this charity: they not only raced 100 km in the Moscow Region but also contributed to the total of RUB 6 million to early care programmes for children with Down’s Syndrome. The event was supported by the Committee of Public Relations of Moscow, the Moscow Department for Social Protection and the Cycling Federation of Russia. The festival was crowned by the children suffering from Down’s syndrome, who cycled a lap across the pavestones of the Red Square. Raiffeisenbank’s team received a For Bright Start certificate.
• Raiffeisenbank’s Rostov-on-Don network bank arranged a celebration on a riverboat for handicapped children. The entertainment programme included fun competitions, entertaining contests, and clown performances. It was the first time that many of the children had been on a river cruise. The organisers were also able to buy more than 200 sets of groceries with the funds granted them by Raiffeisenbank. T. M. Ashagina, chair of the Oktyabrskiy Region Social Organisation for the Handicapped, sent the Rostov network bank a thank-you letter «for the attention, help, and warm-heartedness you gave the children».
• In July, ZAO Raiffeisenbank provided charity assistance to the Vdokhnovenie Children’s Rehabilitation Centre. The bank allotted money for the repair of the electrical generator, as well as for the purchase of a lift truck needed by the Centre for loading and unloading operations in the heating season and during construction and farm work. At the Vdokhnovenie Centre, adoptive parents are sought for the orphans, and these children are assisted with social adaptation. In the five years that the Road Home Programme has been in existence, more than 30 small children have found families. The Centre also helps former residents of boarding schools and orphanages with career counselling and acquiring basic life skills required for independence.
• In June, the Kazan network bank provided material assistance to Residential-Educational Campus No. 11 for orphans and abandoned children. Thanks to this aid, the 55 residents of the Campus attended The Mysterious Hippopotamus and Aladdin’s Magic Lamp of the S. V. Obraztsov Puppet Theatre. «The S. V. Obraztsov Puppet Theatre’s shows are beloved by several generations of the Russian audience. We were very glad to offer the children the chance to go to this legendary theatre’s shows and give them the gift of a real celebration,» commented I. A. Rakhmatullin, director of the Kazan network bank.
• In June, ZAO Raiffeisenbank’s Samara network bank assisted in the organisation of a Children’s Day party for children from Samara City Specialised Boarding School No. 113 and the Radonezh Children’s Rehabilitation Centre. With the support of the bank, a Volga River cruise, an excursion in the city of Samara, and an entertainment programme with animators’ contests, games, and a dance were set up for the children. In addition, the bank employees gave the children from the boarding school a collection of instructional history, literature, and art videos, which will help them in their studies.
• In June, ZAO Raiffeisenbank’s Irkutsk network bank provided funds for a Children’s Day celebration at the Ivanovo-Matrenino Children’s Hospital. Clowns entertained the small patients in the hall of the neurological department. The children participated in all the games and contests; they were especially pleased with the bright yellow balloons with the Raiffeisenbank logo on them. At the end of the event, hospital employees expressed their sincere thanks to the Irkutsk network bank.
• In June, the Perm network bank gave charity aid to the Type VI Special (Correctional) General Education Boarding School No. 4, where children with mental and physical development disorder live and study. In addition to a unique educational programme, the school’s pupils daily require special care: the assistance of medical workers and psychologists. The municipal budget is barely enough to maintain the school grounds and acquire medications. Raiffeisenbank gave the school a laptop, a projector, and textbooks, which were necessary for the organization of the schooling process.
• In May, Raiffeisenbank’s Barnaul network bank conducted a promotion called «Kind Heart.» Over the course of a month, all employees who wished to do so made donations to help the abandoned children living in a department of the City Children’s Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 2. The promotion’s slogan was, «Life is given for the good works.» The funds collected were used to buy necessities for the department. Raiffeisenbank gave the hospital a new sofa for the playroom, cartoons on DVD, children’s toiletry articles, colourful books, vitamins, fruits, and juices.
• In May, as the title sponsor of the 54-th Eurovision contest, Raiffeisenbank gave 500 care recipients from charity funds and orphanages the unique chance to sit in on the rehearsals for the great show, which was taking place in Moscow for the first time. The children were able to see the Eurovision preparation process with their own eyes and experience the unique atmosphere of this large-scale contest’s behind-the-scenes life. The children were very excited to see the contest’s participants in person, and they had never even dreamed that they would end up in the Eurovision’s actual auditorium. The children will remember their impressions from the excursion to the contest for a long time.
• In May, as the title sponsor of the 54-th Eurovision contest, Raiffeisenbank gave 500 care recipients from charity funds and orphanages the unique chance to sit in on the rehearsals for the show, which was taking place in Moscow for the first time. The children were able to see the Eurovision preparation process with their own eyes and experience the unique atmosphere of this large-scale contest’s behind-the-scenes life. The children were very excited to see the contest’s participants in person, and they had never even dreamed that they would end up in the Eurovision’s actual auditorium. The children will remember their impressions from the excursion to the contest for a long time.
• In May, Raiffeisenbank lent support to the EveryChild charity organisation. Special therapy equipment for the handicapped children was purchased.
• In May, Raiffeisenbank provided charity assistance for the purchase of school furniture to the Artem City State-Run Orphanage for orphans and abandoned children. One hundred twenty-four children from ages three to eighteen live in the orphanage. Tables and chairs were bought to re-equip the classrooms.
• In May, a meeting between writers who had been on the front lines and Moscow youth took place with the support of Raiffeisenbank at the Central House of Writers in honour of the 64^th anniversary of World War II’s Victory Day.
• In May, Raiffeisenbank’s Rostov-on-Don network bank donated to Orphanage No. 7 and Boarding School No. 48 for children with hearing impairments or tardive deafness. The children received comfortable furniture (tables, chests, and shelves) from the Rostov network bank for their classes. Thanks to the new furniture, the learning process itself has become more comfortable for the children. At the orphanage, new furniture was also added to the bedrooms and playrooms. The old tables and chairs were replaced in the classrooms of the boarding school. The shelving and cabinets helped the teachers better organise the school’s library.
• In May 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank gave help to the Zheleznogorsk Inter-Regional Centre for Social Assistance to Families and Children. Thanks to Raiffeisenbank’s financial support, a party meal consisting of fruits and sweets was organised for the children at the Centre. Additionally, the children were given albums, paints, pencils, colouring books, and other stationery supplies for classes, and also balls and roller skates for play time.
• In May 2009, Raiffeisenbank gave financial aid to the Illustrated Books for Young Blind Children Fund. As a result of the combined work of teachers, psychologists, artists, and publishers, a series of special books for blind and visually impaired children was produced. The books employ bright, contrasting, three-dimensional illustrations in combination with large-print and Braille texts. This long-term costly project is being funded through charity assistance. This year, Raiffeisenbank provided support to the fund.
• In April, Raiffeisenbank’s Volga Region network bank provided assistance to two orphanages in Nizhny Novgorod. Shelves for the storage of children’s clothing and shoes were bought for Orphanage No. 6. The Krasnobakovsk orphanage received funds for housekeeping necessities, hospital transportation services for the children, toys, a wheelbarrow, and stationery supplies. Ekaterina Kokina, a resident of the orphanage, received charity aid: the Volga Region network bank paid for her to receive medical services. The management of both institutions gave their sincere thanks to ZAO Raiffeisenbank.
• In April 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank gave support to handicapped athletes at the Wheelchair Ballroom Dance World Cup. From 10 through 13 April, the World Cup Wheelchair Dance Competition was held in the Netherlands city of Cuijk. This competition is one of the most impressive and prestigious in the sport of wheelchair dance. This year, about 2,000 athletes from nearly 20 countries participated. Raiffeisenbank funded two athletes: A. Lyapin and I. Gordeeva. Thanks to this help, they were able to participate in the World Cup and won the silver medal after an intense battle.
• In March 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank gave funds to the Haemophilia Society, an inter-regional social charity organisation for the handicapped, for purchase of the needed medical equipment for the Department of Reconstructive and Rehabilitative Orthopaedics for the Haemophiliacs at the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences’ Haematology Sciences Centre.
• In March 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank’s Siberian network bank became a partner in the Karelin Fund’s Olympians for Children project. This is the second year that Raiffeisenbank has been a partner in this project. This year, famous athletes visited Novokuznetsk’s OAO RZhD Boarding School No. 19. Alexander Karelin, Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Viktor Markin, Irina Minkh, and many other prizewinning athletes visited the children at the boarding school under the auspices of the event. A tradition of the Olympians for Children programme is the presentation of sets of sports equipment and gear. Dozens of pairs of skis and skates, footballs, and volleyballs were purchased using the funds donated by ZAO Raiffeisenbank’s Siberian network bank.
• On 20 February, the photography exhibit named «We Live on This Earth» dedicated to the International Childhood Cancer Day was opened in the FotoLoft Gallery of the Vinzavod Centre of Modern Art with the support of ZAO Raiffeisenbank. A total of approximately 250 photography works by children and volunteers from Russian, Lithuanian, Czech, Kazakh, and Ukrainian hospital cancer units were presented. The exhibition’s guests were given the unique chance to see the world through the eyes of cancer-stricken children and see that even inside hospital walls, life goes on.
• In February, Raiffeisenbank provided financial support to the Nastenka Charity Fund for assistance to children with cancer. The funds were used to purchase medications and equipment for the children’s treatment.
• In February, Raiffeisenbank provided support to the Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Cancer Centre fund to buy medication for treatment of children with cancer.
• In February, ZAO Raiffeisenbank lent material support to the ROOF (Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund) educational centre. ROOF, a post-boarding-school educational centre for orphans, is the first organisation in Russia providing complete high-quality education, developing motivation to learn, and helping orphans with overcoming psychological barriers and complexes. The centre has been in operation since 1998.
• In February, a building that was provided by Orenburg Administration to host special workshops where young handicapped people and their parents can obtain new labour skills was repaired with Raiffeisenbank’s participation. Due to the bank’s material support, new plumbing facilities were purchased and installed, walls and ceilings were repaired, and new linoleum was laid. In addition, Raiffeisenbank contributed funds for the purchase of equipment for the workshops, such as sewing machines and other necessary items
• In February 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank helped to set up family job training workshops for disabled youth and their parents as part of the project «New Opportunities» in Orenburg.
• In February 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank donated cash to cover expenses to support orphans and children deprived of parental care who live in the foster home Children Village SOS Tomilino, Moscow.
• In February 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank allocated funds to the Charitable Foundation Nasten’ka to purchase medicine and equipment for children suffering from oncologic diseases who undergo treatment in the hospital of the Scientific Research Centre of Child Oncology and Haematology under the Russian Oncologic Research Centre, Moscow.
• In February 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank supported the educational programme of post-boarding school Educational Centre for Orphan Children ROOF, which is aimed at providing high-quality comprehensive education to orphans and developing their educational motivation by helping them overcome their psychological barriers and complexes.
• In early 2009, ZAO Raiffeisenbank donated funds to the non-profit organisation «Foundation Nizhegorodsky Oncologic Scientific Centre» to purchase medicine for urgent operations on children.
• On January 21, 2009, the Urals branch extended financial support to the All Russia Association of the Blind in arranging the New Year Tree for starblind children. The event included the first performance of «The Snow Maiden» play, and then every child received a sweet present from Raiffeisenbank.
  

2008

• On the eve of the New Year holidays, the Perm branch of ZAO Raiffeisenbank made a charitable donation to the Health State Organisation «Specialised Regional House of Children No. 5», which helped it purchase baby food for infants.
• On December 22, 2008, ZAO Raiffeisenbank, within the Third Awarding Ceremony of the Russian Paralympic Committee «Coming Back to Life», awarded 12 paralympic sportsmen with cash prizes.
• In early December 2008, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Raiffeisenbank transferred money to the Vladivostok public organisation «Children in Need». These funds were used to acquire UV units for physical therapy, mobile four-place compressor inhalant unit NIKO, dual-mode compressor nebuliser, «Mountain Air» chamber and automatic blood analyser.
• During November and December 2008, Raiffeisenbank’s Samara branch provided charity support to the municipal organisation «Social Shelter for Children and Teenagers «Raduga». To commemorate the Shelter’s 9^th anniversary, the branch organised a holiday event for children. The event gathered together families who had adopted children from the shelter, the municipal administration, veterans and Raiffeisenbank’s employees at its Samara branch. In addition to the holiday event, the bank presented the shelter with different household appliances needed in everyday life: a washing machine, wet and dry vacuum cleaner, steam iron, steam generator with ironing board, hair clipper, and a tape recorder. In addition, every child received an individual present.
• On October 9, the showroom Photocentre located at 8, Gogolevsky Bulvar hosted a gala opening of the charitable exhibition of Ilya Maly’s works «This Small Big World». The exhibition is supported by Raiffeisenbank and the charitable foundation Podari Zhizn. Key corporate clients and partners of Raiffeisenbank, cultural figures, celebrities and friends of the Podari Zhizn Foundation were invited to attend the gala opening of the exhibition. Arthur Smolyaninov, a well-known actor, held a charitable auction of the exhibited works. The number of guests exceeded the most ambitious expectations as well as the amount collected at the auction — over 250,000 roubles were transferred to the Podari Zhizn Foundation to support children suffering from oncologic and haematological diseases.
• June 28, 2008 - Raiffeisenbank's Khabarovsk branch pays for 11-year-old Albina Gracheva's attendance at a summer arts camp;
• June 26, 2008 - The bank's Povolzhsky branch provides charitable assistance to the trauma center of Nizhegorodsky Region's City Polyclinic No. 21;
• June 24, 2008 - ZAO Raiffeisenbank's Anapsky branch helps pay for the treatment of 3-year-old Bogdan Komarov, who suffers from a serious form of infant cerebral palsy;
• June 18, 2008 - ZAO Raiffeisenbank's Zheleznogorsky branch helps pay for surgery for 13-year-old Andrey Sorometsky;
• June 8, 2008 - ZAO Raiffeisenbank serves as general sponsor for the All-Russian Charitable Marathon «You are not alone!» The event generated great interest and was widely covered by the media. We are grateful to all who took part in this important initiative. In August, we will provide a report indicating the number of participants and the funds collected, and by the end of the year we will report on how the funds were used.
• June 4, 2008 - ZAO Raiffeisenbank's Severnaya Stolitsa branch provides funding to enable three children with serious illnesses to stay at a special resort.
• May 25, 2008 - Raiffeisenbank makes a charitable contribution for the purchase of medicines for the «Give Life» Charity Fund for children with oncohematological and other serious illnesses.
• May 22, 2008 - The bank's Vladivostok branch pays for the installation of plastic windows at Orphanage No. 80 in the city of Artem.
• May 12, 2008 - The bank's Urals branch takes part in the charitable project «Big music for little hearts.»
• May 4, 2008 — The bank's Perm branch provides charitable assistance to the Council for Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Organizations.
• April 23, 2008 - The bank's Anapsky branch takes part in the All-Russian event «No one and nothing are forgotten,» dedicated to Victory Day.
• April 23, 2008 - The bank's Povolzhsky branch purchases vitamin-enriched and other enriched foods for Orphanage No.3.
• April 21, 2008 - The Southern Urals branch buys medicines for the Chelyabinsk Region Clinical Children's Hospital.
• April 17, 2008 - Raiffeisenbank supports the non-commercial children's charity fund Preodoleniye, which specializes in unique color and musical therapy for the treatment of children with serious illnesses.
• April 16, 2008 - Raiffeisenbank's Perm branch provides assistance to Regional Specialized Children's Home No.5 for children with congenital damage to the central nervous system and psychic disorders.
• March 31, 2008 - Raiffeisenbank sponsors the charitable conference «Hasten to do good.»
• March 25, 2008 - The bank's branch in Blagoveshchensk provides charitable assistance to the city's All-Russian Society for the Disabled and War Veterans in connection with Victory Day.
• March 20, 2008 - Raiffeisenbank supports the Wheelchair Sports Dancing Federation. A Moscow couple took third place in the prestigious World Cup 2008 competition held in the Netherlands on March 22-23.
• March 11, 2008 - The bank's branch in Bryansk provides assistance to Preschool No.136 and the Zabota youth hostel.
• March 3, 2008 - Raiffeisenbank provides funding for the purchase of furniture for the children's room at the Children's Division of the Russian Scientific Center for X-ray and Radiology.
• February 25, 2008 - The Siberian branch donates learning equipment to Boarding School No. 37 for children with hearing impairments.
• February 22, 2008 - Raiffeisenbank's Povolzhsky branch contributes funding for the purchase of medicines for the non-commercial Nizhegorodsky Oncological Scientific Center Fund.