The rich of this world are not always misers and misers, many of them use their financial situation to help other less wealthy people.
The unprecedented generosity of Cesaria Evora was legendary. She gave her money to fund schooling and medical care for her country. Thanks to her efforts, most of the poor compatriots were able to get a decent education and timely medical care, so she can deservedly be called a person involved in charity, with a capital letter.
- protagonist of The Matrix- distributed the fee he received for shooting in parts 2 and 3 of the film to the entire team that took part in the creation of the picture. He easily and without regret parted with 70 million dollars. In addition, studio employees said that the actor was almost the only one from the entire star cast to greet all the employees of the film group. And one of the employees, having learned about his difficult situation, allocated 25 thousand, saying that this was a Christmas bonus.
Some celebrities think that help must be specific. So Zach Galifianakis has been "sponsoring" an elderly woman whom he met in a laundry for many years. There she not only cleaned up, but also lived, leaving her hated husband. Until now, he pays for her apartment, and invites a woman to the premieres of his films. The old woman and Zach's friend Renee Zellweger often visits, bringing her gifts, mostly consisting of food and clothes.
Just after the death of pop star George Michael became aware of his charitable activities. He donated millions to people in difficult and distressed situations, held free concerts, without advertising his activities. Michael's noble deeds can be collected bit by bit, based on the memories of eyewitnesses. So, one day, when he saw a crying woman in a cafe, he left her a check for 25 thousand, once paid for the training of one of the bar workers, gave the woman money so that she could do IVF, which made her happy.
Paul Winker, who died in 2013 also did not seek public disclosure of his actions. Once, according to the story of the jewelry store workers, the actor witnessed how one young couple chose wedding rings. They left with nothing, because they could not afford an expensive purchase. Paul asked the store to send these rings anonymously to the address young man, which they did.
The former President of Uruguay was nicknamed by his fellow citizens, who called him El Pepe. He remained in the memory of the Uruguayans as the poorest president. But this is not because his salary was very low, no - the fact is that he gave most of it to the needs of the people. I lived in modest farmhouse, drove an inexpensive car and visited the same medical institutions as his fellow citizens.
The record holder among philanthropists can be called Charles Chuck Feeney. His merit is the foundation duty free. He spends all his fortune on charity in various countries. At 86, he dreams of using his remaining funds to develop health care and education in those states that need them.
JK Rowling knows firsthand what is poverty. Before the release of the first book, she wrote it, living on welfare. Therefore, she sends from 16 to 20 percent of her fees to charitable foundations, having her own - Lumos.
One of them is royal generosity and doing the right things. He was madly in love with cars and bought them. But it often happened that the singer did not acquire them for himself. There is a lot of evidence that Elvis gave cars to strangers admiring goods in car dealerships. Rumor has it that he definitely gave a hundred Cadillacs, Lincolns and other cars in his entire life. Although some argue that this figure is too low.
FAMOUS WOMEN - CHARITANTS
The whole planet learned their names thanks to television and cinema, but the true purpose of these women was not at all a stellar career. They have saved thousands of lives, hundreds of schools rebuilt, dozens of speeches that have inspired others to become part of the global charitable movement.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Once, already a nun in Calcutta (India), Mother Teresa dozed off and heard a voice: “Go and live among the poor, and I will be with you.” Two years later, having received permission from the leadership of the order to work outside the monastery, she took an accelerated course in nursing and settled in one of the most impoverished areas; slept on straw floor in the hut, helped bathe the children and wash the wounds, and later took up the education of the children. After a year of such a life, her first followers appeared - girls from wealthy families who put on cheap saris and devoted themselves completely to the poor. In 1950, Mother Teresa created the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. Then it consisted of 12 people, now there are thousands. She opened a home for the dying, where the poor could face death in a human way, with kind word and a glass of water, and not on the streets of Calcutta, useless and eaten alive by rats. She helped lepers, founded the "Children's House", a workshop for the unemployed and a nursing home, spiritually supported death row inmates. In 1964, Mother Teresa was introduced to Pope Paul VI. Shocked by her activities, he gave her a limousine. Mother Teresa sold the car and used the proceeds to build a house for the mentally handicapped. She has received numerous awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize. Six years after her death, Mother Teresa was numbered Catholic Church to the face of the blessed.
Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
Audrey's turn to charity coincided with the end of her film career. In 1987, Audrey joined UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund - UN International Emergency Children's Fund), and in 1988, starring in Steven Spielberg's film "Always" (this was Hepburn's last film role), a Hollywood star and everyone's favorite became international goodwill ambassador. As an ambassador, she has been active in drawing attention to the problems of children in the most disadvantaged regions of Africa, South America and Asia. Hepburn recalled: “I saw tiny mountain communities, slums and shanty towns miraculously get water systems for the first time, and that miracle was UNICEF. I saw how children built their own schools with bricks and cement provided by UNICEF.” Together with her husband, they traveled to many disadvantaged and dangerous countries: Audrey accompanied cargoes of humanitarian aid and sometimes, when they were not allowed to pass, as a sign of a guarantor of good intentions, she offered herself as a hostage. In 1992, the President of the United States awarded her the Medal of Freedom, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored Hepburn with the Gene Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her service to humanity. Unfortunately, this prize was awarded to her posthumously and presented to her son.
Raisa Gorbacheva (1932-1999)
The first lady of the USSR, Raisa Maksimovna, was the one who revived charity in the Soviet Union: before her, this concept was abolished along with the royal power. Her starting project was the opening of a department for the treatment of childhood leukemia at the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital No. 20, and the first installment was a fee for the autobiographical book "I Hope ...". The entire Nobel Prize of her husband Mikhail Gorbachev - and this is almost $ 1 million - was distributed among several hospitals. Raisa Maksimovna, within the framework of the Cultural Foundation founded by her, actively supported many museums and libraries. During its activity, more than 50 thousand archival documents and periodicals of the Russian diaspora, priceless works were returned to the country domestic art. She was the honorary chairman of the World Hematologists for Children association, personally patronized the Central Children's Clinical Hospital in Moscow, helped socially disadvantaged families, paying much attention to enhancing the role of women in post-Soviet society. Abroad, the personality of Raisa Gorbacheva was admired. In 1987, Woman's Own magazine named her Woman of the Year, the International Together for Peace Foundation awarded Gorbachev with the Women for Peace award, and in 1991 she won the Lady of the Year award.
Oprah Winfrey (born 1954)
The most successful and most influential woman in the world of media, Oprah inspires a large number of people every day with her example. Raised in poor family Having seen hunger and poverty, having experienced violence and the death of a child she gave birth to at 14, Winfrey knows like no one else how hard it is for girls in Africa.
Having become a celebrity with a billion fortune, she spent more than one million dollars on charity. Oprah, at her own expense, opened a school for gifted girls from poor families in South Africa and several educational institutions. She also regularly participates in a mass run and collects donations for the fight against breast cancer, sells her clothes to raise money to help African children. Once Winfrey visited the island of Haiti after the earthquake and provided all possible support to the victims. In 2012, she received the Oscar in the Gene Hersholt Award category from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding individual contributions to the cause of humanism.
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
This charming and slightly shy woman had an amazing ability to easily communicate with people from different social strata, religions, parties. In the UK, she was very fond of and was called none other than the Queen of Hearts - the "queen of hearts", or the "lady of hearts". With her active participation, hundreds of foundations were created in the world. The princess organized hospices for the terminally ill, helped children with heart disease and those suffering from leukemia. She personally visited hospitals, talked with patients, was present at operations as a nurse. Her latest mission was to ban anti-personnel mines. This movement has received Nobel Prize peace, alas, after the tragic death of the princess.
Chulpan Khamatova (b. 1975) and Dina Korzun (b. 1971)
The first step towards the charitable activities of Russian actresses was the holding of the Give Me Life concert on the stage of the Sovremennik Theater. Shortly thereafter, Khamatova and Korzun founded the Give Life Foundation, which provides assistance to children suffering from oncological and oncohematological diseases. Actresses organize charity concerts, actions, performances, for which they attract famous artists and volunteers. The word "cancer" is no longer perceived as something inevitably tragic: according to Dina, if earlier almost all children died with such a diagnosis, now 70% of cases are treated. In 2012, Khamatova and Korzun were awarded a special prize "For Humanism" by the Council of the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts "Nika".
Angelina Jolie (born 1975)
Hollywood's highest paid actress first encountered the brutal reality of third world countries on the set of the legendary film "Lara Croft - Tomb Raider" in Cambodia. After visiting Sierra Leone and Tanzania, and then Pakistan, Angelina was deeply shocked and donated $ 1 million. The UN Commission proclaimed her its Goodwill Ambassador. Jolie continued to visit countries on a humanitarian mission, even while pregnant. She lived in the same conditions and did the same work as the local commission staff. The actress has created several charitable organizations. The Prime Minister of Cambodia awarded Jolie the title of honorary citizen, and a temple was named in her honor there.
Natalia Vodianova (b. 1982)
One of the most sought-after models in the world, Natalia Vodianova decided to devote herself to charity after the tragedy in Beslan: “My heart seemed to stop then. I realized that I had to do something.” And she kept her word by founding the Naked Heart Foundation in 2004, which builds playgrounds in Russia and abroad. In 2011, Vodianova launched the Every Child Deserves a Family program, aimed at breaking the tradition of refusing children with special needs. According to Natalia, working as a model takes her a maximum of two months a year - the rest of the time goes to charity.
Angelina Jolie is one of the incarnations of Dostoevsky's saying about beauty that saves the world. Her interest in charitable work was awakened in 2001 during the filming of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in Cambodia. The actress saw with her own eyes the plight of the inhabitants of this country, and went on a humanitarian journey to third world countries. Soon the idea came about the first adoption - 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 novels and drug use could negatively affect the image of the heroine that such a serious organization needs. However, the world gladly accepted the renewed Angelina, and gradually she began to correct herself: in 2006, her romance began with Brad Pitt, who supported the ideas of new adoptions.
Jolie has created several charitable foundations 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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In 2006, actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun became co-founders of the Give Life Foundation, which helps children with oncological and hematological diseases. Khamatova turned all her popularity towards this project: whether it was participation in the Ice Age (the actress paired with Roman Kostomarov won first place), the honor of carrying the flag at the Sochi Olympics, or the comic Ice Bucket Challenge, calling Russian celebrities transfer funds to the fund.
“I hope that I have become smarter, wiser, and, most importantly, it is easier for me to live thanks to the fact that in my life there is the Gift of Life Foundation: collaborators, friends, children, their parents, doctors, volunteers. How funny it was, how absurd that I didn't know this before, and how I robbed myself. If it had been before, I would have been such a happy person for much longer, ”the actress confesses in an interview with Novaya Gazeta.
Today in Russia, 85-90% of children with a terrible diagnosis have learned to help, and domestic doctors admit that without Chulpan's help, this figure would be lower. The merits of the star are also recognized by journalists: in 2014, the Ogonyok magazine put Chulpan in 14th place in the ranking of the 100 most powerful women Russia".
Few people know how great Madonna's desire to be useful. The singer decided that it was in her power to improve the lives of children in African countries. Madonna's initiative was the creation of the organization Rising Malawi ("Revival of Malawi"), 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 build an academy for girls in Malawi with her own money - she was worried that only 33% of girls in the country receive a secondary education.
The actress, who was born in South Africa, also considers it necessary to help African children. She runs the Africa Outreach Project, a charity that provides local health centers with medicines and helps young people get an education. Theron became a participant in the program to build football fields outside the 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 promotions and photo shoots of the organization in order 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.
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“It was not a business project, but a spiritual impulse - we just couldn’t help but do it,” actress Ksenia Alferova said in an interview with Hello! about the decision, together with her husband, to establish a charitable foundation "I am!" in 2012. The purpose of the foundation is to help children with disabilities: with cerebral palsy, with Down syndrome, autists. The acting couple is engaged not only medical care wards of their 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.
good deeds American TV presenter Oprah Winfrey is also famous, who in 2011 also received a special Oscar for her charitable work. Her fortune is approximately $ 2.7 billion, so the amount spent on helping others ($ 50 million) for Oprah is not so significant. 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.
The daughter of the famous "Beatle" Paul McCartney, fashion designer Stella McCartney often uses her design talent to raise funds for good causes. Stella periodically releases collections, the proceeds of which are directed 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 transferred to help African orphans, as well as elderly British victims of violence.
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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 death of a woman, the Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation was founded, which started helping children with oncological and other serious brain diseases. The fund celebrated the first five years of its work with the number 130 - so many children's lives were saved by 2013. Then the actor, in an interview with Moscow News, 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 yet gained anything to be afraid of losing it. I remember the eyes of my mothers, especially when there was a complete transition from negative to positive. At such moments, something settles in you and in your colleagues. Something so important appears that it stays with you forever.”
The musician has always been convinced that helping others is in his power. Back in 1992, he became the founder of the AIDS Foundation and continues to develop it today. All proceeds from sales of his compositions in the UK and the US Elton sends to the organization of 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 collect additional funds.
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 the victims. In January 2012, Giselle visited Kenya in her capacity as UN Ambassador to learn about the quality of life in the country's remote villages. Bundchen also pays attention to environmental issues and helps funds for the protection of nature.
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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 has been organizing charity concerts for his wards and auctions, where he invites star friends. Step Together provides legal assistance, consults families with children with a diagnosis, purchases medical equipment and medicines, and provides targeted assistance.
In September 2012, actor Leonardo DiCaprio was UN Peace Ambassador. As part of his position, Leo promotes the global efforts of mankind to preserve the climate on the planet. According to experts, due to negative impact human climate is changing appreciably, and global warming has long become a reality that threatens natural disasters and cataclysms. 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 animal rights campaigns. 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 the conservation fund wildlife and building harmonious relations 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 donated $15 million to organizations dedicated to protecting wildlife in Africa and the Amazon rainforest.
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The supermodel's charitable activities are known throughout Europe - her Naked Heart Foundation has already made more than one hundred 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 would not be able to sleep peacefully if I did not do at least something. This is how the Naked Heart Foundation was created. We started with construction. I know the situation when the children in the yard have nothing to do. In Nizhny Novgorod, for example, there were two benches where the older guys drank beer, and a sandbox where the kids played. I know that even now the problem of playgrounds is relevant in many cities. To the best of our ability, we try to solve it, ”Natalia told her story in an interview.
I have heard more than once that, having done a good deed, it is worth throwing it into the water. Good deeds and public charity are often regarded in our country not as an attempt to change society and the country in better side, but rather as self-promotion and the desire for hidden gain. We all accept the shortcomings of other people, such as bad habits and bad deeds, with ease. However, it is worth someone to do a good deed, as we have mistrust and suspicion. I wanted to find and communicate with people who could prove that the goal of charity is not earnings and PR, but a kind contagious example that helps to become better.
Alexandra Tkach
The idea of doing charity work was not sudden for me. It is not always pleasant to do something only for your own good, I felt great pleasure when I first did good for homeless people. From that moment on, self-realization has consisted in giving a part of yourself to the society in which you live! All people have a different fate and, unfortunately, not everyone has it ideal, but despite this, your support can help to survive, realize someone's dream and just inspire life! Sometimes one smile is enough for a disadvantaged person. Thus, without even setting myself the goal of hearing gratitude, I met like-minded people with whom you bring your projects and ideas to life. Fortunately, in Kyiv there are enough such associations, funds that are engaged in various areas, for example: "Heart in the palms", "Velvets heart", "Lions club", our "Rotary club" and others.
The positive aspects of charity are humanity, understanding and empathy.. Here you come out orphanage, emotionally exhausted, tired, in a word, Sponge Bob, but at the same time full of happiness, freedom, because you inspired the lives of children, if not all, but at least one of them will never forget it! negative trait, of course, is indifference, and the worst thing is indifference to one's neighbor. For those who need it the most.
My most vivid memory is the reporting concert of the school for children with physical disabilities. One of the students had to prepare a dance number. Can you imagine how much effort he had to make? A guy with deformities of legs and hearing must, getting in time, dance in front of a huge audience! As a volunteer, I helped him prepare. Before going on stage, I realize that we are playing a completely different song! I am in despair, I can’t do anything, and Igor confidently takes my hand and assures me: “We will succeed!”. And indeed it was.
It is surprising that many people we do not know respond to our planned projects.(which we report in social network facebook). Strikes trust and desire to join good deeds, no matter how - either financially, or by providing transport, or by personal participation.
Lesya Mironchuk
For a long time I was engaged in music and dancing, so I often had to be surrounded by people who did not think about the amount of money spent on holidays, shopping, etc. But after another glamorous event, going down the subway, I saw a lot of people for whom every penny is precious! This contrast did not leave me indifferent. Once I felt an emptiness that I could not fill either with work, or music, or gatherings with friends, or anything else. I met a friend who was doing charity work at the time. His words are my beginning. The first trip to the orphanage, the first dialogues with the elderly, first aid large families- all this prompted me to reassess my own life. This was the first step towards my charitable work.
I believe that there are several ways to attract people's attention to charity.. One of these is well-known advertising, which usually causes mistrust among people, many perceive it as another way of easy money, in simple words- "swindler". And in general, charity is not done for advertising, it is not needed here at all! The best way to attract people's attention is your own example!
Once, after visiting the orphanage, the girl Yulia called me(I still don't know how she managed to get my number) congratulations on the 8th of March! I remember her voice and sincere children's words to this day.
Charity is hard work from the start(in terms of creating projects, their implementation and, above all, morally). However, this is not a source of our income, we see this area of activity as one where we want not to receive, but rather to give.
Therefore, join, do not stand aside, do not turn away from people, because it is you who can change someone's life for the better!
Evgeny Komarov
While still a student, I participated in charity events, gave money to BlagoBoxes, but it was not systematic, but rather chaotic, I saw it - I took part.
In May 2011, my friend, one of the founders of the Blagomai Charitable Foundation, now our Head of the Board, Tanya Skrygina, offered to join the trip to the Lyubystok orphanage.
We packed a lot of things, food, sweets and vitamins and hit the road. Arriving and talking with the children, giving them a piece of myself, playing with them, I was “infected” with charity. On subsequent trips, and I began to travel almost every weekend, I met Denis Khrulin and Kostya Golubyatnikov, the ideological and spiritual founders of the foundation.
To systematize and legalize all actions, aimed at helping orphans, children deprived of parental rights and parental attention, we registered a non-profit organization - Charitable Foundation "Blagomay", which today has taken care of 14 children's institutions (orphanages, centers for socio-psychological rehabilitation and boarding schools) in the Kyiv region.
I believe that there are several negative aspects of charity. The low level of trust in the activities of foundations generates reluctance on the part of the population to provide support to those in need through charitable organizations. Websites of charitable organizations usually contain a minimum of information about fin. reporting. Also, we all witness when on television they call to save some sick child, tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars are required to provide assistance. It turns out that the money from charity does not so much cure the sick as it helps numerous intermediaries from medicine to buy new villas and yachts.
Today there are a lot of speculative ads on the Internet on the topic:“The child needs a donor: 3rd negative, the child is dying!”. If you really want to help those in need of donors - look at the blood transfusion department of the nearest hospital, you will be welcome.
More and more caring people devote themselves to charity, the needs of this, of course, do not decrease, but there are more opportunities to close them. After all, everyone is able to help, for example, the goal of the Blagomay Team is charity at a new level in Ukraine. Our main position is from people to people, i.e., we help someone to realize themselves in one or another area in charity, and also, in turn, provide assistance to vulnerable children, who are often abandoned not only by parents, but also de facto state.
As I began to do charity work, I began to realize that many are ready to participate, but not to organize charity events. mass events there is an opportunity to attract the attention of the public. Charity auctions have already been repeatedly organized in Kyiv, the first charity match was held (for which you, Ol, special thanks, I got a lot of pleasure by taking part as a fan), the first charity picnic for young people (the idea of \u200b\u200bholding which directly arose from me and was supported by the Blagomay team), etc.
Now I'm with the team "Blagomay» I actively develop projects and programs in which everyone can take part, among which: educational, cognitive and collection programs in orphanages - "Workshop of kindness", "Know Ukraine", "Yoga in orphanages", "Full portfolio for a child", also the project "BlagoRestaurants" (at the launch stage), the project " Blagoshop” (at the launch stage), “Help by Reading” program. Even after a year of active work, I learned that in order to get something, you need to ask for it. So we turned to large companies and received assistance either in financing charitable programs, or in the direct provision of assistance by these companies to orphanages.
One of the brightest memories was after a trip to the Cheburashka Orphanage. Children literally fascinated us with their skills, talents and knowledge. Everyone who was there shared their impressions all the way back, but what is there - everyone who gets there is delighted!
I believe that I have two main jobs - a job as a lawyer (directly by profession) and a job as a Member of the Supervisory BoardCharitable Foundation "Blagomay"
I graduated from the law faculty of one of the best universities in our country, and it would be foolish not to use my knowledge in practice. The Foundation has taken another place of honor in my life. I have to work overtime and on weekends, but I like it. After all, as long as there is energy, opportunities and desire, one must realize oneself in all directions. There are big plans for the future and the desire to implement them.
The indifference of some people and the categorical position regarding charitable activities came as a surprise, but an even greater shock was the refusal to help. So, for example, when contacting one orphanage, we heard the question: “What certain amount can we allocate to them per month?”, having not heard an answer, we were refused a visit and argued that there are already enough sponsors and benefactors, And they don't need our help.
I would like to believe that there will be fewer and fewer unpleasant surprises, and that together with the Blagomai Foundation team I will be able to raise the culture of charity on new level. Hurry up to do good deeds!
October 18, 2014, 11:33 amRussian stars involved in charity are far from uncommon, they just don’t always like to take it out in public and tell everyone how good and wonderful they are. After all, the most important thing is not what you say, but what you do!
Anita Tsoi
One of the very first charitable foundations to help sick children was organized by Anita Tsoi. This fund has existed for many years, during which many children have been helped.
From Wiki: “In addition to working in the show industry, the artist is actively involved in charity work. In 2001, she opened her own charitable foundation, Anita, which helped more than 35,000 children with congenital disabilities in just one year.
In 2010, the singer, together with Universal Music, launched the Show Business with a Conscience charity program: all income received from the album To the East was donated to orphanages.
In 2009, a concert tour was organized in support of the action "Remember, so that life goes on", all proceeds from which were transferred to the victims of terrorists and the families of miners who lost their breadwinners in this dangerous work.
Also in Moscow, in the Barvikha concert hall, a big concert of the singer was held, to which mainly influential people from various fields of activity were invited. The proceeds from this concert amounted to approximately €160,000 - this money was donated to more than 50 children who suffered during the Beslan Tragedy.
Joseph Kobzon
This singer has been doing charity work for over thirty years. In 1992, he organized the Shield and Lyre Foundation. The main areas of work of the charitable organization: assistance to the families of the dead military, social protection of internal affairs officers. However, this fund is not the only thing that Kobzon does. He was engaged in the restoration of the temple in Krasnodar, and also transferred a large sum for the restoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
Since the mid-1980s, Iosif Kobzon has patronized two orphanages - in Yasnaya Polyana and in Tula. It provides financial assistance to these institutions, their employees and pupils.
Vladimir Spivakov
The famous violinist and chief conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos" created the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation in 1994, which helps young talented musicians, dancers, artists, organizing master classes, concerts, tours and exhibitions for them. The Foundation provides ongoing support music schools 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.
Oleg Mityaev
In 1999, the Oleg Mityaev Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives was organized in Chelyabinsk. This is a charitable organization that is looking for money to organize art song festivals. The Fund supports: the Ilmensky festival of author's song, the people's award "Bright past", the festival "Summer is a small life", the youth program "Discoveries". The Foundation assists the organizers of other events, as well as finances, co-finances and assists in organizing the publication of audio, video recordings and books by various authors and performers. The Oleg Mityaev Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives is also a co-founder of the All Things Real for Children association, a non-profit voluntary association of teachers and volunteers. The association's object of concern is children who find themselves in a difficult life situation.
Valery Gergiev
Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, Principal Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra, Dean of the Faculty of Arts of the St. state university On December 5, 2003 Valery Gergiev founded the Valery Gergiev Foundation with the aim of organizing charitable activities in the field of art, culture, enlightenment and education.
A significant part of the foundation's activities is the support of young artists, musical groups and talented Russian performers, assistance in vocational training and organization of free events for children and students in order to attract a new young audience, as well as charity concerts to provide targeted humanitarian assistance to those in need and people who have fallen into trouble.
Probably, many people remember the sensational case of 2013 about embezzlement from the Gergiev fund. Let me remind you. “The former director of the Valery Gergiev Foundation charitable organization, Igor Zotov, was sentenced by the Tver Court of Moscow to eight years in a penal colony. At the trial, he was proven guilty of embezzling 245 million rubles from the fund. In addition, the ex-director was fined 800 thousand rubles.
The second defendant in this case, Kazbek Lakuti, was sentenced by the court to five years of suspended liberty and four years probationary period. The mitigating circumstances were the partial recognition of Lakuti's guilt and partial compensation for the damage caused.
The investigation established how Zotov, together with Lakuti's accomplice, transferred funds in the amount of 245 million rubles to the accounts of a controlled company, and then spent them on the purchase of six elite apartments and six parking spaces in Moscow. "Help for children? No, you haven't heard.
Timur Bekmambetov
The film director, screenwriter and producer is a co-founder (together with his wife Varya Avdyushko) of the Podsolnukh charity fund for children with immune disorders. The foundation was established in 2006 and works to save the lives of infants and children suffering from congenital immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases. The fund helps raise funds to buy expensive drugs for the treatment of children under the age of 18. Payment for treatment occurs only at the official request of doctors for a specific medical history. The funds received on the fund's accounts are used for the treatment of each child specifically. The Foundation conducts creative pursuits with children undergoing treatment in the Immunology Department of the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital, organizes holidays and concerts for them.
Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova
These actresses created the Gift of Life Foundation in 2006, about which they write and talk a lot at the moment. The goal 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 draw public attention to children with cancer. In addition, girls often organize charity concerts, actions, auctions right on the premises of the Children's Clinical Hospital.
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 in 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.
Evgeny Mironov, Igor Vernik, Maria Mironova
People's Artist of Russia Yevgeny Mironov and Honored Artists of Russia Igor Vernik and Maria Mironova established in 2008 a charity fund to support artists "Artist".
The mission of the "Artist" Foundation is to draw public attention to the problems of important and most vulnerable people - the elderly and orphans with disabilities.
There are two directions in the fund: "Actors for Actors" and "Actors for Children". The purpose of the first direction is to help veterans and artists meet their old age with dignity and happiness. Within the framework of the "Actors to Actors" direction, two programs have been developed: "SOS Help Fund" and "Social Life". The purpose of the second direction is to help disabled orphans to get on their feet and go through life independently and confidently. Within the framework of the "Actors for Children" direction, the "I Want to Walk" program has been developed.
To fulfill its goals, the Artist Foundation implements charitable events and projects aimed at providing targeted assistance to stage veterans and disabled children, as well as activities to attract public attention to problems.
Olga Budina
This actress created the Protect the Future Foundation in 2010. The charity fund is engaged in supporting children who grow up without proper education. Especially those who do not find mutual understanding with adults can count on help. Budina tries to help these guys 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.
The Foundation is engaged in the development and implementation of psychological programs for children - art therapy and fairy tale therapy.
Gosha Kutsenko
The actor became the founder of the Step Together charity foundation for helping children, which began work on August 1, 2011.
Twice a year Kutsenko organizes special holiday concerts for sick children, as well as various charity events, to which pop, theater and film stars are invited. Currently, the charitable organization is engaged in several directions at once: legal assistance, consulting assistance, purchases of medical equipment and medicines, and also sends targeted assistance to children in particular need.
The Foundation provides all possible assistance to children with cerebral palsy (CP).
The fund is currently operating following directions: targeted assistance to especially needy children with cerebral palsy (purchase of medicines, medical equipment); consulting assistance (on the basis of the Children's Psychoneurological Hospital No. 18); legal assistance.
Egor Beroev and Ksenia Alferova
Just over a year ago, this married couple established a special fund, "I Am!". Just like Kutsenko, actors help children with disabilities. Special attention The foundation gives to children with Down syndrome, autism and cerebral palsy. Alferova and Beroev regularly introduce new programs and try to make the life of sick children brighter and happier. They try to provide all possible assistance to parents and create educational programs aimed at educating children.
Maria Sharapova
Maria has her own charitable foundation. She organized it to help children who live in the areas affected by the Chernobyl accident, since Maria herself comes from these places.
Sergey Zverev
Sergei Zverev is one of the few who does not talk about charity, but is engaged in it. He often visits orphanages, and his visits are remembered for a long time by children. “Attention is dear to children. We must give such children happiness and love. Because some frivolous parents will give birth and leave, but it’s not the children’s fault that they are not desired,” says Sergey. It is a pity that the focus of journalists is not on these simple but important steps of the star in the field social activities. The press mainly discusses shocking news about Sergei.
He was 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 do not shout about it at every corner. He helps not only financially, but also morally. In various rehabilitation centers, Sergei arranges holidays and masquerades. She dresses, cuts hair, does hair, sings and arranges shows.
Here is an excerpt from an old interview (Vperyod newspaper, Sergiev Posad), 2009:
"...- Tell me, Sergey, why did you decide to help orphanages - is it a fashion for charity or does your worldview require it?
The fact is that my mother is from an orphanage. In 1941, when the war began, my grandmother died of typhus. And the twin sisters - my mother and Dusya - were handed over to an orphanage. And after the war, the older sister Aunt Faya took them from the orphanage, where my mother was brought up. So for our family, this is a completely understandable situation. You know, when I went to a technical school to study hairdressing, I was very lucky with the first mentor who taught me this profession - her name was Marina Ivanovna Kervidar. When we only practiced for a few months and learned how to hold the scissors correctly, the first thing she did was take us to the orphanage. We cut our children's hair, combed them, washed them, made them make-up, some costumes - in a word, we arranged a real holiday. And now I seem to be returning myself to that pure, glorious Siberian childhood...
At the age of 18, I received my first gold medal at the competition, and an opportunity arose to help orphans. Then my professional colleagues joined. Everything must be done so that a whole generation of people offended by fate and society does not grow up. Moreover, it’s not enough just to come with some kind of material thing (put some amount or a box of chocolates and ran on), attention is important, as in an ordinary family.
I don’t write about Natalia Vodianova, everyone knows about her foundation.
Great weekend to everyone! Do good deeds :)
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