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Celebrities and charity in Russia. Stars and charity: who does real help?

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.

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 of 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 assistance to the entire district humanitarian aid.

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.

Famous violinist and chief conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosi" Vladimir Spivakov in 1994, the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation was created, 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 Charitable organization, which is looking for money to organize art song festivals. The Foundation supports: the Ilmen Art Song Festival, the people's award "Bright Past", the festival "Summer is a Little Life", the youth program "Discoveries". 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. Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives Oleg Mityaev He is also a co-founder of the association “Everything is real for children,” a non-profit voluntary association of teachers and volunteers. The association's object of care 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 Valery Gergiev On December 5, 2003, the Valery Gergiev Foundation was created 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 assistance to those in need and people trapped in trouble.

Top model and actress Natalya Vodyanova For many years now he has been actively involved in charity work around the world, in particular, he runs a fund to help 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 existing 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 Russia Chulpan Khamatova and actress Dina Korzun was created in 2006 charitable foundation helping 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.

Theater and film actor Konstantin Khabensky in 2008 there was

The delight of fans, the applause of the audience, the first roles on stage and in films - for these men, this is not the main thing. They are convinced that an artist must bring good to people. And they do it personally - in charity projects.

The press and audience call him a sex symbol of Russian cinema, but the status of actor Danila Kozlovsky is far from limited to this. Almost nine years ago, he began actively helping the work of Ksenia Rappoport’s Children of Bel Foundation, which cares for “butterfly people” suffering from a rare incurable disease, and this year he became a member of its board of trustees. Also, since 2013, Danila has been an official of the “Exit in St. Petersburg” foundation, which works with autism problems, helps Maxim Matveev’s “Doctor Clown” foundation, visits children in hospitals, and participates in numerous charity events and auctions.

The Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation was created in 2008, after his wife tragically passed away famous actor Anastasia. His motto is: “One life saved is one life saved.” The foundation's activities are dedicated to children who suffer from cancer and other serious diseases of the brain. Here they provide assistance in organizing treatment and purchasing medications, provide rehabilitation programs and provide psychological support to the families of young patients. In addition, the fund helps medical institutions that specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases.

Gosha Kutsenko

An ironic look and brutal appearance do not tell everything about the star actor. The charity foundation “Step Together”, founded by him in 2011, helps children suffering from cerebral palsy. “In this world, what makes us rich is not what we get, but what we give,” it is written on home page his website. The foundation specifically takes care of the neediest little patients, provides consulting and legal assistance, purchases medicines and necessary medical equipment. And twice a year, Gosha Kutsenko gathers movie, theater and show business stars to please children undergoing treatment and their parents with festive concerts.
Together with actress Maria Mironova, two selfless knights of stage and silver screen created the Artist charity foundation in 2008 to provide full support to elderly people who have devoted their entire lives to art, as well as orphans and disabled children. Numerous projects and cultural events organized by the foundation allow us to collect funds and direct them to help the most vulnerable.
Together with his wife, actress Ksenia Alferova, Egor Beroev in 2012 became the founder of the charity foundation “I am!”, which helps “special” children - with Down syndrome, autism and cerebral palsy. Egor and Ksenia are convinced: to learn and develop, to live fully, joyful life and communicate with other children - every child should have this opportunity.
Together with his wife, producer Varya Avdyushko, film director, screenwriter and producer Timur Bekmambetov in 2006 created the Sunflower charity foundation for children. Here they provide targeted help to children suffering from congenital immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases: they find funds to buy expensive but necessary medications, conduct creative activities with children, and organize holidays and concerts for young patients.
The main one of the “Moscow Virtuosi”, a famous violinist and conductor, created his own foundation in 1994 to help young talented artists, music and art schools, and art schools. Also, the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation takes care of child health programs, helps orphans, disabled children, orphanages and hospitals.

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, 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.

Charity is very popular among celebrities. Especially in the West - almost everyone donates to good causes, the only difference is in the amount of contributions - for some it is more, for others it is less. Perhaps some of the benefactors there can be accused of looking for extra reasons for PR in this way, but the very meaning of their actions does not change from this - their money helps someone survive, and someone gets better. Unfortunately, with rare exceptions, domestic stars prefer to promote themselves through love affairs and scandals.

Michael Jackson

The most generous star benefactor was, who acted on the principle: you cannot help everyone, but you can and should strive for this. He was even listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most endorsing pop star. a large number of charitable foundations - he had almost four dozen of them. Among the organizations Jackson championed were the Los Angeles AIDS Project, the American Cancer Society, the Fraternal Burn Center, the Children's Fund of the United States, and many others. And it’s impossible to count how many people he helped individually. Thus, Jackson donated almost $300 million to victims of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also donated money to the Sick Children's Fund and supported schools for African Americans.

Now the work of the King of Pop is continued by his children, in particular, they support the Foundation for the Fight against Alcohol and Drugs among Youth, founded by their father.

Lady Gaga

Today, Lady Gaga replaced Michael Jackson. Shocking singer confidently takes first place in the ranking of philanthropic stars. Firstly, she not only actively helps children. Secondly, she fights for gay rights - the singer came to the MTV awards ceremony accompanied by an escort of military personnel who had been discharged from the army for their non-traditional sexual orientation. For the same purpose, Lady Gaga organized her own charitable foundation, Born This Way Foundation, the goal of which is to instill self-respect in homosexuals and tolerance towards them in everyone else. . Thirdly, it eradicates, telling young women about the possibility of infection and safety methods; proceeds from the sale of its own line of Viva Glam lipstick are used for this. By the way, it was not by chance that the singer chose lipstick for this purpose. “When you go to someone's house for the night,” she says, “put a condom in your purse next to the tube of lipstick.” Lady Gaga also takes part in one-time events. So, after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, she donated a total of more than 500 thousand dollars to the victims.

Justin Bieber

Canadian pop singer Lately is working hard and has already succeeded so much in this that he has risen to second place in the ranking (last time he was tenth), giving way only to Lady Gaga. And Bieber acts unconventionally, like everyone else, but with invention. In fact, donating royalties from concerts or selling CDs to those in need doesn’t require much intelligence, or putting up for auction a suit that he had previously worn for the whole (!) day or a lock of his hair. Justin also collects a lot of money on the Internet with the help of user votes. He donates the proceeds to people with cancer, animal shelters, and even just to buy food for Christmas dinner at the House of Blessing in his hometown Stratford, in the province of Ontario. The singer believes that donating to charity is part of his creativity. “If I don’t give back some of the money,” he says, “I feel like I haven’t done my job.”

George Clooney

In third place in the ranking of philanthropic stars is. The main bachelor of Hollywood actively supports Christian humanitarian organizations that provide assistance to the population in hot spots of the planet. One of the places under Cluny's special patronage is the Darfur province in Western Sudan. According to the UN, genocide of the local population is taking place there, organized by local authorities - since 2003, more than 300 thousand people have died there. The actor not only regularly visits Darfur, not alone, but with a film crew, but also organizes events to draw attention to this problem. During one of them - a rally near the Sudanese Embassy in Washington - he and his father were arrested for refusing to stop this very rally. On it, Clooney called for “to provide humanitarian assistance to Sudan before the situation there reaches its limit, and to stop the killing of men, women and children.”

In early May, the actor organized a charity dinner in support of US President Barack Obama. To put it mildly, the tickets were not cheap (in total, Clooney managed to collect $12 million) and were sold out in a matter of hours.

Eva Longoria

"Desperate Housewife" is concerned about the problems of people with disabilities- mentally retarded and deaf-mute. The fact is that the actress has an intellectually disabled sister, Lisa, so she takes everything connected with such people to heart. Eva not only opposes the reduction of social programs for the needs of the disabled, but also makes charitable contributions to support boarding schools for the mentally retarded. To this end, Longoria even created her own charitable organization.

Leonardo DiCaprio

One of the highest paid Hollywood actors also spares no money for charity. DiCaprio heads the charitable foundation he created, the main task of which is to protect environment. The actor helps victims of natural Disasters(earthquakes and floods), makes all possible contributions to the protection of rare animals (for example, tigers), participates in programs to ensure drinking water countries in distress and preserving the ocean biosphere. Well, since the fund’s treasury needs to be replenished, the actor recently decided to produce environmentally friendly coffee “Lion”, the raw materials for which are planned to be grown in Peru, Brazil, Ethiopia and Haiti. Proceeds from the sale of this miracle drink will be used for charitable purposes.

Shakira

The famous singer is also no stranger to charity. The amount of her donations is simply amazing: in 2007, Shakira donated 40 million dollars to help victims of the earthquake in Peru and the hurricane in Nicaragua, in 2010 - 660 thousand dollars, fees for filming in a champagne advertisement, for the construction of two schools - in Colombia and Haiti .

The singer also founded the charity Fundación Pies Descalzos, which helps children from low-income families, both in her native Colombia and in other countries Latin America. The UN even awarded Shakira a medal for her many years of helping Latin American children from poor families. The singer, who is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, travels around the world encouraging girls from poor families to get an education so that as adults they will not be financially dependent on their husbands. She recently went on a humanitarian mission to the Indian state of Rajasthan, where only 5 percent of women can boast of education. Shakira is confident that after her visit the situation will change in better side. In an interview, the singer admits that she is one of those people who cannot sit idle - she must do something.

Chulpan Khamatova

The star of Russian cinema, actress of the Sovremennik Theater is one of those who is involved in charity work in the post-Soviet space. The mother of three daughters founded the Gift of Life fund to help sick children. When Chulpan is asked in an interview what prompted her to do this noble cause, she replies that it was meetings with doctors who do not leave children alone with terrible diseases, and volunteers who help them. On the website of her foundation you can read how much money was collected and donated to sick children; to date it is almost 162 million rubles. Moreover, there is also a detailed report - “Give Life” can account for every penny of donations.

Khamatova calls herself... selfish, because doing charity work gives her incomparable pleasure: “When I see how recovered children are discharged and go into life, when I look into their eyes and the eyes of their parents, who know that they were not abandoned "When I'm in trouble, it lifts my spirits. It gives me so much love and happiness that no acting tinsel in the form of fame and success can compare with it."

Natalia Shvachko

"Miss Ukraine-96", now living in the USA, organized the Cancer Control Fund (UCDF). Natalya has a special problem with cancer - her father and first husband, millionaire Charles Kotik, died from it. Shvachko repeatedly organized charity evenings and fashion shows in New York, to which she invited the American elite. With the money she managed to collect, her foundation bought medical equipment for the Donetsk Regional Antitumor Center.

Now Shvachko has taken a short break from charitable activities. The fact is that in January of this year her daughter Polina was born, and now Natalya pays all her attention to her.

Vlada Prokaeva (Litovchenko)

“Miss Ukraine-95”, and now helps children with special abilities, who in the future will be able to glorify our country, for which she organized the charity foundation “Gifted Children - the Future of Ukraine”. It has existed for the fifth year, and Vlada says that every event organized by the foundation, every undertaking, is passed through her heart and soul.

Taisiya Kondratyeva

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 alpine skis. Parents realized that this sport is the most effective method of rehabilitation for 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.