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28 April 2006 Assistance to Chechen Youth in Professional Orientation
There is no question as to what profession to choose for many school graduates in Sunzhenski region. These youngsters were helped in this matter early on in school, while attending amateur trade clubs in the regional Center of childrens technical creativity.
The Center was set up in 2001 and today more than 700 children attend one of 21 such clubs in the region. All such clubs are set up in keeping with the childrens interests, such as Young Technician, Learn and Do It, decorative application, photo design, technical modeling, etc.
Most youngsters go for computer literacy in school-based clubs attended by four groups of children from all over the region. The principal of Assinovski school 1 let a whole classroom for computer studies. Rustam Suleimanov the club instructor is a young computer literate specialist with a higher education background. He works individually with each person. His only problem is lack of access to the Internet.
According to Saidulla Azhigov the Centers director its purpose is to instill in children a knack for technical creativity, open up their personal capacities, help in their guidance and make the right choice of their future profession.
Childrens works from the Sunzhi Center were frequently displayed at various Republican and All-Russia exhibitions of childrens technical creativity. A functioning wind-mill model was recently displayed at an exhibition in Grozny. And the All-Russia exposition center in Moscow will feature this year wood-carving works from Chechnya, including a box, carved in the form of a star.
Saidulla Azhigov went on to say that the Centers great importance is to keep children occupied in those clubs, keep them from the deleterious influence of the street. A major effort is undertaken at the Center by its amicable employees to prevent alcoholism and drug addiction among Chechen youngsters.
Those who wish to attend courses at the Center need to be interviewed to determine their interests and creative proclivities. Each study session at the clubs lasts for two academic hours. The time of studies varies from the morning, day-time and evening attendance so that each pupil can find for himself the most convenient time span. The schools where the clubs operate have snack rooms where children can get something to eat. The parents neednt worry about their children when they are attending our Center,
its director is convinced.
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27 April 2006 Project Interplast is Realized at the Republican Childrens Clinic
Project Interplast was worked out by Save the Generation regional public organization. It is realized in Grozny with the involvement of German physicians and surgeons who have carried out over 100 operations and treated 84 Chechen children who were affected by mines or handicapped ones. These children are under 21 and from the families with low income. All surgeries were carried out free-of-charge a group of prominent surgeons headed by Professor A. Borsche, president of the Interplast world famous Association
of Plastic Surgeons. According to Professor Borsche, Chechen colleagues did an enormous work during the surgeries. A. Borsche spoke highly of the professionalism of Chechen doctors.
The chief physician of the childrens clinic in Grozny Sultan Aliakhmadzhiev and his colleagues visited Germany in response to an invitation by the German consul, Alex Jacob, sponsor of the project as a part of preparations for realizing it. They showed the German doctors the medical reports of their future patients. When German doctors arrived in Grozny they were supplied with necessary medicines and equipment. The German specialists, on their part brought with them advanced medical equipment, instruments
and medicines. They presented all this to the clinic.
Several patients included in the programme will under go surgeries free-of-charge in Germany. Moreover, six Chechen children who lost eye sight as a result of mine explosions and fires will be operated at the Svetoslav Feodorov eye hospital in Moscow. German side will bear the expenses.
When the Germen doctors worked in Grozny President Alu Alkhanov visited the clinic and on behalf of the Chechen people expressed gratitude. He presented German doctors letters expressing gratitude and watches with dedicatory inscriptions.
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26 April 2006 Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov Invites World War Two Veterans and Their Widows who Left the Republic to Celebrate the Victory Day
Representatives of the Russian-speaking community who celebrated Russian Orthodox Easter in Chechnya appealed to Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov to invite World War Two veterans and their widows, who had left the Republic involuntarily, to celebrate Victory Day in Chechnya.
According to an ITAR- TASS news agency report from the Chechen government, the Prime Minister of the Republic has supported this appeal and invited war veterans to Chechnya to observe the 61st Victory anniversary.
For this purpose, the Chechen government set up an organizing committee to prepare for Victory Day celebrations.
All veterans and their widows, who wish to arrive in Chechnya on May 9 will be welcomed at Grozny s public bus terminal. More detailed information on this action is available through contact telephones in Grozny : # # 8-871-222-30-45; and 8-928-889-56-21.
The governments press office noted that more than 800 Russian-speaking people, who had left Chechnya previously, arrived in the Republic at the governments invitation to celebrate Russian Orthodox Easter there.
The organizing committee also noted that the government of Chechnya has elaborated a concept of nationalities policy, which among other things calls on ethnic Russians to return to the Republic. In the early 90s , according to some estimates , more than 300,000 people had to leave the Republic involuntarily.
Implementation of this concept could help Chechnya become a multi-ethnic entity of the Russian Federation , ITAR-TASS was told.
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