«Eco-club in our life» - presentation of certificates

On November 5, 2019, with the assistance of the Department of Educational, Social Work and Youth Policy, within the framework of the project «Ecological Clubs», the event «Eco-Club in Our Life» was organized by the volunteer club «Meyirim» and the «Posadi Derevo.kz» Republican Public Association within State social order of the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Management of Almaty.

The purpose of the event is the presentation of certificates to student volunteers who have completed training on the Ecological Clubs project on four main topics: Water, Waste Management, Biodiversity and Personal Hygiene.

All supervisors for two months (September-October) conducted weekly environmental workshops on improving knowledge and practical skills for student volunteers at the institutes of Pedagogy and Psychology, Natural Sciences and Geography, Philology and multilingual education of Abai KazNPU.

Opening the event, the representative of the Akimat of Almaty, Akhinova Nazia and the head of the «PosadiDerevo.kz» RPA Zholdasbaev Dauren welcomed all participants of eco-clubs and thanked the organizers of the project.

Then the representatives of Abai KazNPU - vice-rector for scientific work and international cooperation Aktolkyn Kulsariyeva, director of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology Berikzhan Almukhambetov, dean of the faculty for foreign citizens and pre-university training (Foundation) Galia Taubaeva, head of the club «Meyirim» Gulbakhira Shirinbaeva. They emphasized the social significance of the environmental project implemented in the Year of Youth, which gives students a huge opportunity to gain social and pedagogical experience in collaboration with the school-university system.

Students by lot chose the schools in which they have to work. Together with the certificate, each new volunteer received an eco-bag with the necessary thematic materials. Certificate holders will pass pedagogical practice from November 6, 2019 to May 6, 2020. in 200 schools of Almaty, where they will create eco-clubs and conduct practical classes in ecology.

The event was completed with the greetings of volunteers from the Almaty ecological clubs and dance performance by the creative team of the club «Meyirim».

Volunteer club «Meyіrіm»