Christine Asmus, currently located in interesting position, donated her outfits and things of her husband, Garik Kharlamov, for a charity sale, the proceeds from which will go to help homeless children. Among the things - expensive watch Christina, Garik’s things in which he appeared at the premiere of the film “The Best Film” and other items. All money raised at the sale will be donated to charitable foundation. In addition, Kharlamov and Asmus promised that they would give their autographs to everyone who purchased their items. Many celebrities are involved in charity work in Russia, and some even create their own foundations. Today we decided to remember a few more important people who help people.
Gosha Kutsenko. In the summer of 2011, the actor founded the Step Together charity foundation, which supports children suffering from a disease such as cerebral palsy. Twice a year, Kutsenko organizes special holiday concerts for sick children, as well as various charity events, to which he invites pop, theater and film stars. Currently Charitable organization deals in several directions at once: legal assistance, consulting assistance, purchases medical equipment and medicines, and also sends targeted assistance to children in special need.
Egor Beroev and Ksenia Alferova. This married couple established a special fund “I Am!” just over a year ago. Just like Kutsenko, the actors help children with disabilities. Special attention The foundation pays attention to children with Down syndrome, autism and cerebral palsy. Alferova and Beroev regularly introduce new programs and try to make the lives of sick children brighter and happier. They try to provide all possible assistance to parents and create educational programs aimed at teaching children.
Photo: Egor Beroev and Ksenia Alferova
Olga Budina. This actress created the “Protect the Future” foundation three years ago. The charitable foundation supports children who grow up without proper upbringing. Those who do not find mutual understanding with adults can especially count on help. Budina tries to help such children find their way in life and discover all sorts of talents in themselves. In addition, the foundation is developing special psychological programs for child development.
Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova. These actresses created the “Gift of Life” foundation in 2006, which is currently being written and talked about a lot. The mission of the foundation is to support children with hematological and oncological diseases. Khamatova and Korzun help specialized clinics by purchasing the necessary drugs and equipment, create volunteer groups, provide psychological and social assistance sick children, find blood donors and try to attract public attention to children with cancer. In addition, girls often organize charity concerts, events, and auctions right on the premises of the children's clinical hospital.
Photo: Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova
Konstantin Khabensky. Like Chulpan Khamatova, the actor created a charitable foundation that supports children suffering from severe brain diseases. The fund was established in 2008. Its motto is “One life saved is one life saved.” Khabensky helps with the purchase of medicines, organizes psychological support and rehabilitation programs for sick children, and helps in organizing treatment. In addition, the tasks of the charitable foundation include assistance to Russian medical institutions that treat and diagnose brain diseases.
Maria Mironova, Igor Vernik and Evgeny Mironov. In 2008, these actors established the Artist Foundation, which supports orphans, disabled children and the elderly. The Foundation supports two programs at once. The creators are trying to help elderly actors who are left homeless or without a livelihood, and also support orphans and disabled children, helping them get on their feet and live independent life. Actors organize events, the proceeds of which go as targeted assistance to disabled children and stage veterans.
Charity and help from famous people have long ceased to be rare. Many celebrities lead an active social life, open foundations and centers that support projects in various fields of activity.
Charity and help from famous people have long ceased to be rare. Many celebrities lead an active social life, open foundations and centers that provide support to projects in various fields of activity. Pop singer, People's Artist of the USSR Joseph Kobzon is the chairman of the board of the regional charitable foundation "Shield and Lyre", created by the Public Council and the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the city Moscow.
The fund was formed in October 1992 on the initiative of Joseph Kobzon, who at that time was the chairman of the Public Council at the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, with the aim of providing social protection to Moscow internal affairs employees, assistance to the families of employees killed in the line of duty, veterans and disabled people, cultural and moral education of personal composition and increasing the prestige of the service for the protection of public order and the safety of citizens.
Kobzon is actively involved in charity work: he made donations for restoration St. Elias Church in Krasnodar and the cathedral in the city of Chasov Yar. Joseph Kobzon donated two icons to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Podolsk. He donated significant sums for the restoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. In the village of Aginskoye, Aginsky Buryatsky Autonomous Okrug Kobzon took part in the restoration of the datsan and the Church of St. Nicholas, at the same time he regularly provides humanitarian assistance to the entire district.
Since the mid-1980s, Joseph Kobzon has patronized two orphanages - in Yasnaya Polyana and in Tula. It provides financial assistance to these institutions, their employees, and students.
The famous violinist and chief conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the State Chamber Orchestra “Moscow Virtuosi” Vladimir Spivakov created the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation in 1994, which is a co-organizer and permanent participant of the International Music Festival in Colmar, France.
The Vladimir Spivakov Foundation helps young talented musicians, dancers, and artists by organizing master classes, concerts, tours and exhibitions for them. The Foundation provides ongoing support to music schools in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Siberia, the Urals, Ukraine, Belarus, as well as art schools and art schools. Fellows take part in international and All-Russian competitions and festivals.
The Spivakov Charitable Foundation supports many social programs related to education, science, art and culture, provides support in the field of children's health, helps orphans, disabled children, orphanages and hospitals.
In 1999, the Oleg Mityaev Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives was organized in Chelyabinsk. This is a charitable organization that seeks money to organize art song festivals. The Foundation supports: the Ilmen Art Song Festival, the “Bright Past” folk award, the “Summer is a Little Life” festival, the “Discoveries” youth program. The Foundation provides assistance to organizers of other events, and also finances, co-finances and assists in organizing the publication of audio, video recordings and books various authors and performers. Oleg Mityaev’s Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives is also a co-founder of the association “Everything Present is for Children,” a non-profit voluntary association of teachers and volunteers. The association's object of concern is children who find themselves in difficult life situations.
Artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater, chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra, dean of the Faculty of Arts of St. Petersburg state university On December 5, 2003, Valery Gergiev created the Valery Gergiev Foundation with the aim of organizing charitable activities in the field of art, culture, enlightenment and education.
The main activities of the foundation are: creation of social and cultural facilities; support creative projects and tours of the Mariinsky Theater; targeted charitable assistance in the field of education, culture and art; support for young performers and musical groups.
A significant part of the foundation’s activities is supporting young artists, musical groups and talented Russian performers, assistance in vocational training and organizing free events for children and students in order to attract new young audiences, as well as charity concerts to provide targeted humanitarian aid those in need and people in trouble.
Top model and actress Natalia Vodianova has been actively involved in charity work around the world for many years, in particular, she runs the Naked Heart fund for children.
The Naked Heart Charitable Foundation was created by Vodianova in 2004 with the goal of helping children in Russia and abroad. The impetus for the creation of the fund was the tragic events in Beslan.
Today, the foundation works in two main areas: the construction of playgrounds and play parks and the support of children with special needs.
The philosophy of the Foundation’s “Play with Meaning” program is that for a child, play is a necessity, not a luxury. Since its founding, the foundation has built 90 play facilities, including in a number of orphanages and hospitals, cancer and rehabilitation centers. The geography of the Foundation's sites and parks includes 68 Russian cities. The goal of the fund is at least 500 gaming facilities in places where there would simply be no one to build them.
As part of the “Every Child Deserves a Family” program, Naked Hearts is trying to break the current tradition in Russia of abandoning children with special needs. During the year of the program's operation, the foundation opened a Family Support Center in Nizhny Novgorod, the first Lekoteka in the Tula region, financed the publishing and legal projects of the Center for Curative Pedagogy in Moscow, as well as summer and autumn camps for hundreds of children with developmental disabilities. In addition, the foundation is actively involved in promoting legislative amendments and initiatives integral to the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Theater and film actress People's Artist In 2006, Russia, Chulpan Khamatova and actress Dina Korzun created a charitable foundation to help children with oncohematological and other serious diseases “Give Life”.
The goals of the foundation are: raising funds for the treatment and rehabilitation of children with cancer and hematological diseases; assistance to oncology and hematology clinics where children and young adults are treated; attracting public attention to the problems of sick children; promoting the development of free blood donation; providing social and psychological assistance sick children; facilitating the work of volunteer groups at children's oncohematology clinics.
A charitable foundation usually buys medicines or medical equipment directly for a hospital or department using donations, but there are situations when assistance is provided not to the hospital, but to a specific patient.
The mission of the Artist Foundation is to attract public attention to the problems of important and most vulnerable people - the elderly and disabled orphans.
The fund operates in two directions: “Actors for Actors” and “Actors for Children.” The goal of the first direction is to help veterans and artists meet old age with dignity and happiness. Within the framework of the “Actors for Actors” direction, two programs have been developed: “SOS Help Cash Fund” and “ Social life" The goal of the second direction is to help disabled orphans get on their feet and move through life independently and confidently. As part of the “Actors for Children” direction, the “I Want to Walk” program has been developed.
To achieve its goals, the Artist Foundation implements charitable events and projects aimed at providing targeted assistance to stage veterans and disabled children, as well as events to attract public attention to problems.
Actress Olga Budina in 2010 created the Charitable Foundation for Spiritual and physical development of the younger generation "Amulets of the Future".
The purpose of the fund is to help children who are not cared for by their parents; help them understand themselves, forgive their offenders and try to find their way in life; to reveal the beauty that is inherent in children; instill faith in yourself and hope for happiness.
The foundation is engaged in the development and implementation of psychological programs for children - art therapy and fairy tale therapy.
The first brainchild of the foundation was the festival “Amulets of the Future”, held in May 2010 in Adygea. the main objective review - support for gifted children from orphanages.
Actor Gosha Kutsenko became the founder of the Step Together charity foundation for children, which began work on August 1, 2011.
The Foundation provides all possible assistance to children suffering from cerebral palsy (CP).
Now the fund works in the following areas: targeted assistance to especially needy children with cerebral palsy (purchase of medicines, medical equipment); consulting assistance (on the basis of Children's Psychoneurological Hospital No. 18); legal assistance.
Twice a year, the Step Together charity foundation holds holiday concerts for its beneficiaries, inviting actors, musicians and friends of the foundation, and organizes various charity events.
It was founded by actors Ksenia Alferova and Yegor Beroev in May 2012.
Angelina Jolie is one of the embodiments of Dostoevsky's saying about beauty saving the world. Her interest in charitable work awoke in 2001 during the filming of the film “Lara Croft - Tomb Raider” in Cambodia. The actress saw with her own eyes the plight of the people of this country and went on a humanitarian trip to third world countries. Soon the idea of the first adoption came - the artist brought Maddox to the USA from Cambodia.
Jolie's activities allowed her to become a Goodwill Ambassador for Refugees at the UN in 2001. The star was very afraid that her scandalous reputation, associated with numerous affairs and drug use, could negatively affect the image of the heroine, which such a serious organization needed. However, the world happily accepted the updated Angelina, and gradually she herself began to improve: in 2006, her affair with Brad Pitt began, who supported the ideas of new adoptions.
Jolie has created several charities dedicated to helping children in Cambodia and those affected by man-made disasters. In 2013, the celebrity received a humanitarian Oscar for her services.
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Chulpan Khamatova
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In 2006, actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun co-founded the Give Life foundation, which helps children with cancer and hematological diseases. Khamatova turned all her popularity towards this project: be it participation in “Ice Age” (the actress, paired with Roman Kostomarov, took first place), the honor of carrying the flag at the Sochi Olympics, or the comic Ice Bucket Challenge, calling for Russian celebrities transfer funds to the fund.
“I hope that I have become smarter, wiser, and, most importantly, it’s easier for me to live thanks to the fact that I have the Gift of Life Foundation in my life: employee-friends, children, their parents, doctors, volunteers. How funny it was, how ridiculous it was that I didn’t know this before, and how I was robbing myself. If it had been earlier, I would have been like this for much longer. happy man“, the actress confesses in an interview with Novaya Gazeta.
Today in Russia they have learned to help 85-90% of children with a terrible diagnosis, and domestic doctors admit that without Chulpan’s help this figure would be lower. The star’s merits are also recognized by journalists: in 2014, Ogonyok magazine placed Chulpan in 14th place in the ranking of “100 Most influential women Russia."
Madonna
Few people know how great Madonna's desire to be useful is. The singer decided that she had the power to improve the lives of children in African countries. Madonna's initiative was the creation of the Rising Malawi organization, which fights poverty in this small African state. Funds received by the organization's fund go to help orphans and HIV-infected children. In addition, the star wanted to use her own money to build an academy for girls in Malawi - she was concerned that in the country only 33% of girls receive secondary education.
Charlize Theron
The actress, who was born in South Africa, also believes it is necessary to help African children. She heads the charity Africa Outreach Project, which supplies local health centers with medicine and helps young people get education. Theron became a participant in a program to build football fields outside cities South Africa. In addition, Theron is an active member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). The actress happily agrees to take part in the organization’s events and photo shoots to remind people of a simple truth: fur looks best on its rightful owners—animals. In her interviews, the actress has repeatedly emphasized that she sees no point in the suffering of living beings for the sake of whim and fashion.
Egor Beroev and Ksenia Alferova
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“It was not a business project, but a spiritual impulse - we just couldn’t help but do it,” said actress Ksenia Alferova in an interview with Hello! about the decision, together with her husband, to found a charitable foundation “I am!” in 2012. The goal of the foundation is to help children with disabilities: with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and autism. The acting couple does not only medical care wards of his foundation, but also the creative realization of children, their socialization and even employment: children with Down syndrome and wheelchair users work as waiters and cashiers in the Coffeemania cafe under the patronage of Alferova.
Oprah Winfrey
Good deeds American TV presenter Oprah Winfrey is also famous, who in 2011 also received a special Oscar award for her charitable work. Her net worth is approximately $2.7 billion, so spending $50 million on helping others is not that significant for Oprah. With this money, Oprah decided to support the development of education and healthcare. Winfrey herself often takes part in charity events. For example, Oprah visited the island of Haiti after the earthquake and tried to provide all possible assistance to the victims.
Stella McCartney
Beatle Paul McCartney's daughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney, often uses her design talent to raise funds for good causes. Stella periodically releases collections, the proceeds of which are donated to charitable organizations. She once created a series of Red Nose T-shirts, depicting celebrities with red clown noses for originality. Sales were in full swing, and the money earned was donated to help African orphans, as well as elderly British victims of violence.
Konstantin Khabensky
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On December 1, 2008, actor Konstantin Khabensky lost his wife, who became a victim of cancer: Anastasia died of a brain tumor. In the same year, shortly before the woman’s death, the Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation was founded, which began helping children with cancer and other serious diseases of the brain. The foundation marked the first five years of its work with the number 130—that’s how many children’s lives were saved by 2013. Then the actor, in an interview with the Moscow News publication, spoke about his personal feeling from doing charity work: “I just remember those eyes. Not the eyes of a child, because he is not yet afraid of death - he has not acquired anything yet to be afraid of losing it. I remember my mother’s eyes, especially when there was a complete transition from negative to positive. At such moments, something settles in you and your colleagues. Something so important appears that it stays with you forever.”
Elton John
The musician has always been convinced that helping others is within his power. Back in 1992, he became the founder of the AIDS Foundation and continues to develop it today. Elton directs all proceeds from sales of his compositions in the UK and the USA to organize research into the problem of AIDS. Since then, he has organized charity concerts more than once (including in Moscow), as well as parties under the name of his foundation - in order to raise additional amounts.
Gisele Bundchen
The supermodel never refuses to participate in charitable initiatives. She started by selling her jewelry at charity auctions. After the earthquake in Haiti, she donated $1.5 million to victims. In January 2012, Gisele visited Kenya as a UN Ambassador to learn about the quality of life in the country's remote villages. Bundchen also pays attention environmental problems and helps environmental protection funds.
Gosha Kutsenko
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The Gosha Kutsenko Foundation “Step Together” helps children diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The artist founded the foundation in August 2011 and since then twice a year he organizes charity concerts for his clients and auctions, where he invites star friends. “Step Together” provides legal assistance, consults families with diagnosed children, purchases medical equipment and medicines, and provides targeted assistance.
Leonardo DiCaprio
In September 2012, actor Leonardo DiCaprio was a UN Ambassador for Peace. As part of his position, Leo promotes humanity's global efforts to preserve the planet's climate. According to experts, due to negative impact human climate is changing significantly, and global warming has long become a reality that threatens natural disasters and disasters. The choice of DiCaprio for this position is not accidental: Leonardo is considered the main adherent of the “green” lifestyle among celebrities. The actor takes an active part in actions to protect animal rights. In 2010, at the Tiger Forum, the actor stood up for tigers, and a year later, Leo became the leader of the IFAW international campaign to protect elephants. In addition, in 1998, Leo founded a conservation fund wildlife and building harmonious relationships between people, animals and flora Earth. Leo not only spares no effort and time for his life’s work, but also regularly makes large donations. For example, a couple of weeks ago, a 40-year-old philanthropist sent $15 million to organizations that protect wildlife in Africa and tropical forests Amazonia.
Natalya Vodyanova
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The supermodel’s charitable activities are known throughout Europe - her Naked Hearts Foundation has made hundreds of children from the Russian outback smile. And the impulse to create the fund was, according to Vodianova herself, a terrible tragedy: “For me, the events in Beslan in 2004 were a big shock. I realized that I wouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully if I didn’t do at least something. This is how the Naked Heart Foundation was created. We started with construction. I am familiar with the situation when children have nothing to do in the yard. In Nizhny Novgorod, for example, there were two benches where the older kids drank beer, and a sandbox where the kids played. I know that the problem of playgrounds is still relevant in many cities. We are trying to solve it to the best of our ability,” Natalya told her story in an interview
“Rus' is not without good people!” Russian people can easily be considered one of the most responsive peoples in the world. And we have someone to look up to.
Okolnichy Fedor Rtishchev
During his lifetime, Fyodor Rtishchev, a close friend and adviser to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, received the nickname “gracious husband.” Klyuchevsky wrote that Rtishchev fulfilled only part of the commandment of Christ - he loved his neighbor, but not himself. He was from that rare breed people who put the interests of others above their own “wants.” It was on the initiative of the “bright man” that the first shelters for beggars appeared not only in Moscow, but also beyond its borders. It was common for Rtishchev to pick up a drunk on the street and take him to a temporary shelter he organized - an analogue of a modern sobering-up station. How many were saved from death and did not freeze to death on the street, one can only guess.
In 1671, Fyodor Mikhailovich sent grain convoys to starving Vologda, and then money raised from the sale of personal property. And when I learned about the need of the Arzamas residents for additional lands, he simply donated his own.
During the Russian-Polish War, he carried out not only his compatriots, but also Poles from the battlefield. He hired doctors, rented houses, bought food and clothing for the wounded and prisoners, again at his own expense. After Rtishchev’s death, his “Life” appeared - a unique case of demonstrating the holiness of a layman, and not a monk.
Empress Maria Feodorovna
The second wife of Paul I, Maria Fedorovna, was famous for her excellent health and tirelessness. Starting the morning with cold douches, prayer and strong coffee, the Empress devoted the rest of the day to taking care of her countless pupils. She knew how to convince moneybags to donate money for construction educational institutions for noble maidens in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Simbirsk and Kharkov. With her direct participation, the largest charitable organization was created - the Imperial Humane Society, which existed until the beginning of the 20th century.
Having 9 children of her own, she especially cared for abandoned babies: the sick were cared for in orphanages, the strong and healthy were cared for in trustworthy peasant families.
This approach has significantly reduced child mortality. With all the scale of her activities, Maria Feodorovna also paid attention to the little things that were not necessary for life. So, in Obukhovskaya psychiatric hospital In St. Petersburg, each patient received his own kindergarten.
Prince Vladimir Odoevsky
A descendant of the Rurikovichs, Prince Vladimir Odoevsky, was convinced that the thought he sowed would certainly “come up tomorrow” or “in a thousand years.” A close friend of Griboyedov and Pushkin, the writer and philosopher Odoevsky was an active supporter of the abolition of serfdom, worked to the detriment of his own interests for the Decembrists and their families, and tirelessly intervened in the fate of the most disadvantaged. He was ready to rush to the aid of anyone who turned to him and saw in everyone a “living string” that could be made to sound for the benefit of the cause.
The St. Petersburg Society for Visiting the Poor, which he organized, helped 15 thousand needy families.
There was a women's workshop, a children's shelter with a school, a hospital, hostels for the elderly and families, and a social store.
Despite his origin and connections, Odoevsky did not seek to occupy an important post, believing that in a “minor position” he could bring “real benefit.” The “Strange Scientist” tried to help young inventors realize their ideas. The main character traits of the prince, according to contemporaries, were humanity and virtue.
Prince Peter of Oldenburg
An innate sense of justice distinguished the grandson of Paul I from most of his colleagues. He not only served in the Preobrazhensky Regiment during the reign of Nicholas I, but also equipped the first school in the history of the country at his place of service, in which soldiers’ children were educated. Later, this successful experience was applied to other regiments.
In 1834, the prince witnessed the public punishment of a woman who was driven through a line of soldiers, after which he petitioned for dismissal, saying that he would never be able to carry out such orders.
Pyotr Georgievich devoted the rest of his life to charity. He was a trustee and honorary member of many institutions and societies, including the Kyiv Home for the Poor.
Sergey Skirmunt
Retired second lieutenant Sergei Skirmunt is almost unknown to the general public. He did not hold high positions and failed to become famous good deeds, but was able to build socialism on a single estate.
At the age of 30, when Sergei Apollonovich was painfully thinking about future fate, he received 2.5 million rubles from a deceased distant relative.
The inheritance was not spent on carousing or lost at cards. One part of it became the basis for donations to the Society for the Promotion of Public Public Entertainment, the founder of which was Skirmunt himself. With the rest of the money, the millionaire built a hospital and a school on the estate, and all his peasants were able to move to new huts.
Anna Adler
The whole life of this amazing woman was devoted to educational and pedagogical work. She was an active participant in various charitable societies, helped during the famine in the Samara and Ufa provinces, and on her initiative the first public reading room was opened in the Sterlitamak district. But her main efforts were aimed at changing the situation of people with disabilities. For 45 years, she did everything to ensure that blind people had the opportunity to become full-fledged members of society.
She was able to find the means and strength to open the first specialized printing house in Russia, where in 1885 the first edition of the “Collection of Articles for children's reading, published and dedicated to blind children by Anna Adler."
To produce the book in Braille, she worked seven days a week until late at night, personally typing and proofreading page after page.
Later, Anna Alexandrovna translated the musical notation system, and blind children were able to learn to play musical instruments. With her active assistance, a few years later the first group of blind students graduated from the St. Petersburg School for the Blind, and a year later from the Moscow School. Literacy and vocational training helped graduates find jobs, changing the stereotype of their incapacity. Anna Adler just barely lived to see the opening of the First Congress of the All-Russian Society of the Blind.
Nikolay Pirogov
The whole life of the famous Russian surgeon is a series of brilliant discoveries, practical use which saved more than one life. The men considered him a wizard who attracted higher powers for his “miracles.” He was the first in the world to use surgery in the field, and his decision to use anesthesia saved not only his patients from suffering, but also those who lay on the tables of his students later. Through his efforts, the splints were replaced with bandages soaked in starch.
He was the first to use the method of sorting the wounded into those who were seriously injured and those who would make it to the rear. This reduced the mortality rate significantly. Before Pirogov, even a minor wound to the arm or leg could result in amputation.
He personally carried out operations and tirelessly ensured that the soldiers were provided with everything they needed: warm blankets, food, water.
According to legend, it was Pirogov who taught Russian academicians to conduct plastic surgery, demonstrating the successful experience of implanting a new nose on the face of his barber, whom he helped get rid of deformity.
Being an excellent teacher, about whom all the students spoke with warmth and gratitude, he believed that the main task of education is to teach how to be human.
Sergei Belogolovtsev with his family. Photo: Global Look Press
Belogolovtsev, together with his wife Natalya, visited all kinds of doctors and tried all kinds of treatment methods for their son Evgeniy (diagnosed with cerebral palsy). And one day they put him on skiing. Parents realized that this sport is the most effective method rehabilitation of cerebral palsy and other similar diseases. Thanks to the Dream Ski program, children and adults with various health problems, such as a diagnosis of cerebral palsy (cerebral palsy), autism, Down syndrome, visual and hearing impairments, had the opportunity to engage in effective rehabilitation and socialization through skiing.
Director Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Bekmambetov with his wife. Photo: East News
The famous producer and film director, together with his wife, artist and film producer Varvara Avdyushko, created the Sunflower charity foundation in 2006, which helps children with primary immunodeficiency.
At first, when there was no fund yet, Varvara Avdyushko with Timur Bekmambetov and her friends organized holidays for children in the children's clinical hospital, in the immunology department. But over time, they realized that the problem was broader, and it was decided to create a fund that would provide sick children with the necessary medicines. The funds - about 118 million rubles were collected over ten and a half years - go directly to each child. The Foundation supported and guided each ward until adult life. And since 2017, “Sunflower” began helping adults.
Actress Evelina Bledans
Evelina Bledans with her son Semyon. Photo: Global Look Press
Evelina is an ambassador for the Downside Up Foundation. Knowledgeable english people They will immediately understand that the wards of this fund are sunny children with Down syndrome. This topic is very close to Bledans: in 2012, she gave birth to a boy, Sema, with this syndrome. And in 2016, a subsidiary fund of Downside Up, “Love Syndrome,” appeared, where Evelina became the chairman of the board of trustees. The actress not only performs charity concerts, but also educates parents of children with this syndrome in every possible way. And now many mothers of sunny children do not leave their children in maternity hospitals, but take them home to raise and educate them.
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Top model Natalia Vodianova
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Vodianova’s charitable activities and her Naked Heart Foundation are known not only in Russia, but also in Europe. The decision to create such a fund came to Vodianova after the tragedy in Beslan in 2004. Today the fund works in two directions. “Every child deserves a family”: creating a system of free services for vulnerable families raising children with special needs. “Play with meaning”: construction of inclusive children's play parks and playgrounds.
Stylist and showman Sergei Zverev
Few people know, but Sergei is actively involved in charity work: he often visits orphanages, and his visits are remembered by children for a long time. The showman was even awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus for his constant help and services to the children's charity center Children of the World. Zverev believes that you should always help, but not shout about it at every corner. He helps not only financially, but also morally. In various rehabilitation centers, Sergei organizes parties and masquerades. Dresses up, cuts hair, does hair, sings and organizes shows.
Football player Alexander Kerzhakov
Alexander Kerzhakov with his wife Milena. Photo: instagram.com
The famous ex-Zenit striker created a fund in 2015 to support children from socially disadvantaged sections of the population, and his wife Milena helps him in this difficult matter. In addition to the fact that the funds of Alexander and his foundation are used to provide a decent future for orphans and children living in dysfunctional families, Kerzhakov helps children's hospitals and hospices purchase expensive equipment.
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Actresses Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova
Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova. Photo: Global Look Press
In 2006, Chulpan and Dina opened the Gift of Life foundation. This is probably the most famous charitable foundation in our country. It helps and supports children with hematological and oncological diseases. Khamatova and Korzun purchase equipment and drugs for specialized clinics, provide psychological and social assistance to sick children, find blood donors and try to attract public attention to children with cancer. In addition, actresses organize charity concerts, events, and auctions right on the premises of the children's clinical hospital.
Actor Gosha Kutsenko
In 2011, Gosha founded the Step Together charity foundation after a woman once approached him and asked him to help her seriously ill child suffering from cerebral palsy. The foundation supports children suffering from this disease. Twice a year, Kutsenko organizes special holiday concerts for sick children, as well as various charity events, to which he invites pop, theater and film stars. Currently, the charitable organization is engaged in several directions at once - legal assistance, consulting assistance, purchases medical equipment and medicines, and also sends targeted assistance to children in special need.
Artists Tatyana Lazareva, Mikhail Shats and Alexander Pushnoy
Mikhail Shats, Tatyana Lazareva and Alexander Pushnoy. Photo: East News
Artists take an active part in the work of the Creation Foundation and are members of its trustees. This fund provides assistance to orphanages, children's homes, shelters and boarding schools, hospitals, as well as children and adults undergoing treatment in clinics. The Foundation itself purchases and controls the necessary things (from dresses and abs to medical equipment and technology).
Actor Maxim Matveev
Maxim Matveev. Photo: Global Look Press
Maxim is actively involved in charity work. He became one of the first organizers of the hospital clownery movement in Russia. Since 2007, the actor has been working as a clown at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital. In 2013, Matveev joined the board of the Doctor Clown charitable foundation and became its artistic director. He teaches at the School of Hospital Clowning created by the foundation, whose graduates work with children in hospital. for a long time in the hospital.
Actresses Yulia Peresild, Yulia Snigir, Lyanka Gryu, showman Dmitry Khrustalev, musician Petr Nalich
Yulia Peresild, Lyanka Gryu, Dmitry Khrustalev, Yulia Snigir, Petr Nalich. Photo: bf-galchonok.ru
These famous people- Trustees of the Galchonok Foundation. They are the guarantor that all funds raised will go to statutory purposes, namely to newborns who fall ill before birth or suffer during premature or difficult births; children of any age who have suffered traumatic brain injuries; children diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP).
In addition, the stars help promote this fund and attract additional funds.
Actor Konstantin Khabensky
Konstantin Khabensky. Photo: Global Look Press
The actor, like Khamatova and Korzun, created a charitable foundation to help children with cancer and other serious diseases of the brain. The fund was established in 2008 and helps in organizing examination and treatment of children, purchasing medicines, organizing rehabilitation programs, and assisting specialized departments of Russian medical institutions.
Other celebrities who have opened relief funds
Actors Ksenia Alferova and Egor Beroev
Egor Beroev and actress Ksenia Alferova. Photo: East News
In 2017, their foundation “I Am!”, which supports children with developmental disabilities: cerebral palsy, autism and Down syndrome, celebrated its fifth anniversary.
Actress Olga Budina
Olga Budina. Photo: Global Look Press
In 2011, Budina created the charitable foundation “Guard the Future,” which provides material and other assistance to gifted children, orphans, children without parental care, and graduates of orphanages.
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev. Photo: Global Look Press
In 2003, the artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater created a Foundation named after himself to support young and adult talents and musical groups.
Singer Joseph Kobzon
Joseph Kobzon. Photo: Global Look Press
The legend of the national stage in 1992 organized the Shield and Lyre Foundation, which provides assistance to the families of fallen military personnel and social protection to internal affairs employees. Joseph Davydovich also takes care of two orphanages.
Actors Evgeny Mironov, Maria Mironova, Igor Vernik and producer Natalya Shaginyan-Needham
Igor Vernik, Natalia Shaginyan-Needham, Maria Mironova, Evgeny Mironov. Photo: fond-artist.ru
In 2008, these famous people established a charitable foundation to support artists, “Artist”. The goal is to help financially and morally support older generation theater and film actors.
Bard Oleg Mityaev
Oleg Mityaev. Photo: East News
In 1999, he organized the Oleg Mityaev Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives, which organizes social and cultural projects aimed at the education and upbringing of the younger generation.
Conductor and violinist Vladimir Spivakov
Vladimir Spivakov. Photo: Global Look Press
In 1994, he created and became president of the International Charitable Foundation, which helps young talented talents - musicians, dancers, artists. It also provides support in the field of children's health, helping orphans, disabled children, orphanages and hospitals.
Singer Anita Tsoi
Anita Tsoi. Photo: Global Look Press
In 2001, Anita created a charitable foundation supporting children with disabilities with cerebral palsy, orphans, children affected by armed conflicts, children from low-income and large families, as well as gifted children.