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DEARS 💝TOGETHER FUNDRAISER
Dimash Qudaibergen is a worldwide famous singer songwriter from Kazakhstan who supports various charity works. He is known for his exceptionally wide vocal range and sings across all genres. Dimash affectionately refers to his fandom as 'Dears' 💖🙏
Dimash Qudaibergen UK&Worldwide.FC (fan club on facebook and instagram) are fundraising with the help of 'dears' around the World for children and young people at SOS Villages in Kazakhstan.
SOS Children's Villages of Kazakhstan is a non-governmental social organization that has been protecting the interests, rights and needs of children for more than 25 years. The organization's focus is on children who are left without a family, parental care and care, as well as dysfunctional families.
SOS Children's Villages and SOS Youth Homes have helped 4 million children on all continents. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world receive assistance through pedagogical, medical and social programs and emergency actions of SOS Children's Villages. SOS Children's Villages give children in trouble a family, help them build their own future, and contribute to the development of local communities. SOS Kazakhstan website
(video cr BBC interview, Jill Beecham discussing the project with Venera Koichieva, SeniorJournalist BBC), (video Dimash's visit to SOS Village, Astana), (video about SOS Villages, Kazakhstan).
£1000 GOAL
Our first goal, is to raise £1000 to buy musical instruments for aspiring and talented children in the Villages who are interested in learning to play an instrument in particular, the Kazakh traditional Dombra. To reach the Goal of £1000 you can help by taking part in our walking challenge and find family/friends/work colleagues etc., to sponsor you to complete the challenge, then submit the final amount collected by you here (just click the 'Give Now' button and follow the instructions. Alternatively, if you prefer not to do the challenge, you can just make a one off donation using this platform.
IMPORTANT
JUSTGIVING CHARGES - there are no platform charges however, Justgiving state that a 2.9% transaction fee will be charged per donation to cover credit/debit card costs this is deducted by Justgiving not ourselves, it will be taken at the end of the fundraiser from the total amount raised in payment for credit/debit card issuers. We've also noticed that when you go through to payment, Justgiving have an option to charge you a 'voluntary donation' and depending on what you are donating this can be quite high. If you don't wish to also donate to Justgiving please change this to 0 or other amount by clicking on 'enter custom amount'.
Future projects may also support educational needs for example, cost of tutors and support workers, help with musical education costs, well being and mental health, learning English through an online platform, plus more..!! We'll keep you informed about these via social media and our group page. 🪕🎻🎹🎤🎵🎵 Dimash Facebook Group
We'd like to thank the Kazakhstan Embassy London, UK for supporting us with this initiative. You can see their posts about it on their twitter, facebook and instagram pages.🙏🤝💞 Kazakhstan Embassy London
Dimash showcasing the Dombra
📣GETTING STARTED 💥⬇
DEARS🧡TOGETHER
💥WALKING/STEP CHALLENGE💥 STARTS 16.1.23 to 25.2.23!! 👨🦽👩🦯🚶♀️🚶♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️
ANYONE IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE INVITE YOUR FRIENDS/FAMILY/COLLEAGUES/GROUPS/CLUBS TO JOIN IN. IF YOU PREFER TO JUST MAKE A DONATION, YOU CAN DO SO HERE BY CLICKING ON THE 'GIVE NOW' BUTTON AND FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS.
NEXT!! If you decide to do the walking challenge, you'll need to decide how far you'd like to walk or how many steps you want to do between the Start and End dates of the Challenge 16.1.23 to 25.2.23. You can do this on your own or in a group. Ask friends/family/work colleagues etc., to sponsor you an agreed amount of money and when you've completed your Challenge, submit your donations anytime here or by 28.2.23. All donations will be used to buy musical instruments for SOS KZ at the end of the Challenge.
Don't forget to share your journey and story to our socials and your own social media, it'll be fun to see how you're getting on during the challenge and when you've completed it. The more people that know about the initiative the better!😍🤗🚶♀️🚶♂️
Finally, we thank all Dears in the UK and around the World for supporting these projects. Your contributions, will make a real difference to the lives of those we wish to nurture and support. Dears are a wonderful caring family and I'm very grateful to be part of the fandom.
Dimash is the bridge that brings together peoples from different nationalities, cultures, faiths and backgrounds in an inclusive and respectful way that makes him truly unique, we are very proud of him and happy to be able to support children and young people in his homeland. 💕
photo credit: Dimash Qudaibergen, Kazakhstan
