Within the project “Service to Society”, members of the school community of the Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Ust-Kamenogorsk held the IV traditional Winter Charity Ball.

The school has been cooperating with the “Baby Orphanage”, the boarding school for disabled children “Ak-Niet”, the social service center “Ulba”, and the Nursing Home for more than 10 years. The main purpose of the ball is charity, helping those in need.

Honorary guests, the Board of Trustees of the school, as well as parents of participants, and teachers, were invited to the charity ball as spectators.

Students and faculty danced the fun “Dating Polka,” the solemn “Polonaise,” the gentle “Waltz” and the energetic “Quick-step,” thereby creating a real atmosphere of the ball. 

The theme of the event was revealed by the song ” Адамзатты сақтар мейірім ғана” performed by a group of vocalists of the Zhas Orken school together with Sabina Azamat from the Ulba Social Service Center and children of the Ak-Niet boarding school for disabled children Zhannur Nurlanova and Islana Bashirova.

Another participant whose dream “to speak to the public” came true at this ball is Aikyn Tursynbekov, from the Ulba social service center. Despite sitting in a wheelchair, Aikyn danced a beautiful waltz with NIS student Dilnaz Muratkanova. The song “Asyl Arman” was performed by school teachers Aliya Sakigozhina, Gauhar Kairbaeva and a trio of school students.

The flow of beautiful songs was continued by Honored Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan, holder of the Order of “Kurmet” Vyacheslav Tkach and teacher of fine art of the school Almira Daniyarova with the song “Eternal Love.”

At the culmination of the event, disabled children – Sabina Azamat, Alikhan Pazylagzam, Yegor Shelkov, Aikyn Tursynbekov and Diliar Darkhanuly were presented wheelchairs, which was the main purpose of the charity event.

The principal of the school, Zhupat Yerniyazova, made a speech and presented letters of thanks to parents and teachers who provided sponsorship.

Parents of students shared their impressions about the ball:

I would like to say words of gratitude to the organizers of the charity ball. What a great job has been done! What a large-scale event: a ball of beauty, youth, grace, mercy! What happiness it is to be involved in helping children! — says Svetlana Pashina from “Zhetysu” Shanyrak.