The Almaty Marathon is a sporting event, one of the goals of which is charity. Part of the funds from registration fees for the Almaty Marathon are directed to create the necessary sports infrastructure for children with special needs.
The Almaty Marathon not only promotes a healthy lifestyle and running, but also performs one of the most important social functions, attracting society to social responsibility and providing every person with opportunity to contribute to a good cause.
Beneficiaries of the Almaty Marathon 2022:
“Courage to be the First” Corporate Fund implemented its first charity project for 2022 in Kaskelen, where a workout ground was built at the Boarding School for children with intellectual disabilities. This specialized ground is designed to support physical development and activity in children. The ground is used for sports and exercises to facilitate physical development of children with special needs.
The second charity project was implemented at the Almaty Regional Sanatorium Boarding School in Talgar, where a workout ground and fencing were built to create a comfortable environment for sports and entertainment for children.
“Courage to be the First” Corporate Fund implemented its third charity project at the Solnyshko Orphanage, a private institution. A modern football ground was built as a charity project. Now the orphanage students can spend their time actively and develop their physical skills.
The Rehab Team Rehabilitation Centre was chosen as the fourth charity project to implement. The Centre specializes in innovative rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy. The charity programme helped the Centre receive valuable equipment, including an electric treadmill with handrails, an electrically driven children verticalizer for walking and restoring leg functions, therapeutic loading suit Adeli, pneumatic suit Atlant, and a lower limb and trunk brace (orthesis) SWASH. This innovative equipment has significantly improved rehabilitation processes and provided optimal conditions for the development of children with cerebral palsy.
The fifth charity project for 2022 - ten Flying Start Racing Wheelchairs handed over by “Courage to be the First” Corporate Fund to the Maxim’s Eleven team. Maxim took an active part in the Almaty Marathon and other runs for six years, but was the only low-mobility participant. This project is mainly aimed at involving as many disabled people as possible for the social adaptation and development of inclusive sports. These racing wheelchairs will help to provide people with limited mobility with more opportunities to participate in sports events.
A total of KZT 45 500 000 has been spent on the 2022 charitable goals. For information, funds to build the facilities are not transferred directly to the beneficiaries. It is “Courage to be the First” that fully implements the projects and officially hands over the commissioned facilities to the selected institutions.
The Almaty Marathon 2021 beneficiaries:
- Kovcheg Organization (a multifunctional ground (football, volleyball,
streetball)
https://www.kovcheg.org/en/
- Center for Children Support in Difficult Life Situations (work-out
ground)
- LA-155/6 Republican State Institution (football ground)
The total charitable fund amounts to KZT 40 000 000.
Beneficiaries of the Almaty Marathon-2020 are the following:
- Public Association of People with Disabilities “Kenes” (Center for Social Adaptation and Labor Rehabilitation) (equipped playground). https://www.almaty-marathon.kz/en/news/680/
- Regional special boarding school for children with intellectual disabilities of the town of Yessik (construction of a football field). https://www.almaty-marathon.kz/en/news/673/
- Non-government educational institution "SOS Children’s village Almaty" (construction of a training ground). https://www.almaty-marathon.kz/en/news/675/
- Center for Habilitation “Amaliya” for children with special needs (equipment for sensory integration). https://www.almaty-marathon.kz/en/news/674/
- Family orphanage “Nur” in Talgar (Construction of a sports ground). https://www.almaty-marathon.kz/en/news/676/
The total amount of charitable assistance is 27 000 000 KZT.
Beneficiaries of the Almaty Marathon-2019 are the following:
- The boarding school No.15 for children from low-income families of Almaty region (construction of a sports ground)
- The Kirov Red Banner cruise Military-patriotic club of young army soldiers (construction of a climbing wall)
- The city program “Adaptive alpine skiing and snowboarding for children with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and other developmental features in high-mountain conditions”, implemented by the Pioneer Concept Private Foundation. (construction of a multi-functional sports ground).
The total amount of the charitable assistance is 25 527 310 KZT.
Funds were allocated for the construction of two sports grounds in boarding schools and one playground for a children’s hospice:
1. The first “I am with you” hospice for children with cancer
2. Regional special boarding school for children with visual impairment in Yessik town
3. Special (correctional) boarding No.6 for children with intellectual disabilities.
The total amount of charitable assistance is
16 380 500 KZT.
The funds were allocated for 6 children’s facilities:
1. Special (correctional) boarding school No.1 for children with hearing impairment;
- construction of a sports ground
2. Special (correctional) boarding school No.2 for children with disorders of the musculoskeletal system;
- Purchase of sports equipment
3. N. Ostrovsky Special boarding school No.4 for blind and visually impaired children;
- Purchase of sports equipment
4. Special (correctional) boarding school No.9 for children with severe speech impairment;
- construction of a climbing wall for children
5. Sanatorium-type special boarding school No.15 of the Education Department of Almaty for children with tuberculosis;
- Purchase of sports simulators
6. Correctional nursery school NO.13 for children with visual impairments.
- Purchase of equipment for the sensory room.
The total amount of charitable assistance is 13 028 500 KZT.
The funds were used to purchase medical equipment for the ARDI rehabilitation center: four apparatuses for the rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal system.
The total amount of charitable assistance is
12 295 000 KZT.
The funds were used to build a sports complex for the special boarding school No. 9 for children with severe speech impairments.
The total amount of charitable assistance is 7 828 600 KZT.
Funds were raised for the treatment of a child with cancer, namely, 3-year-old Darina Lik.
The total amount of charitable assistance is
10 000 000 KZT.
In the framework of the Almaty marathon, the general partner of 2014, Astana Motors, presented an ambulance to the oncology department of the Research Institute of Pediatrics and Children's Surgery in Almaty.
The funds were transferred to the ARDI rehabilitation center for the construction of a mini-water area for the adaptation of children with cerebral palsy.
The total amount of charitable assistance is 2 752 000 KZT.
The funds were allocated for the program of support and rehabilitation of children with CP (cerebral palsy)
The total amount of charitable assistance is 292 500 KZT.