Since
September 2012 URALCHEM has sent 260,000 Euros for ill children in
Latvia.
Riga,
Latvia (October 8, 2013) – URALCHEM
and the charity fund Ziedot.lv
today summed up the results of joint charitable programmes and
announced the continuation of their cooperation.
The
Riga schools assistance program launched in February 2013, when
URALCHEM and Ziedot.lv entered into an agreement with two schools in
the Vecmilgravis district of Riga. Under the agreement, URALCHEM
agreed to provide funding of more than 70 000 lats (about 100,000
euros), to be equally distributed between the schools. With this
money both schools equipped modern chemistry classrooms, purchased
interactive whiteboards and other necessary equipment and furniture,
and carried out general renewal and improvement works. In addition,
one of the schools equipped its assembly hall and technology
classroom, and the other school purchased new equipment for the
kitchen. Fund Ziedot.lv provided organizational and administrative
assistance with the implementation of the project. All the work was
completed as planned. On 4 October, both schools held tours for
specially invited guests and members of the media to show off the
work that had been done.
At
the event, URALCHEM and Ziedot.lv announced the start of the second
phase of the joint programme of assistance for seriously ill
children. Its first phase began in September 2012. URALCHEM paid 80
million euros to help seriously ill children who needed specific
treatment or rehabilitation using leading Russian clinics. In the
first phase, assistance was provided for 22 families with children
who needed help in the treatment of conditions such as autism, visual
recovery, cerebral palsy and developmental delay. URALCHEM's
financing covered the costs for accommodation and treatment in 13
different clinics in Russia, including leading hospitals such as the
Children's Clinical Hospital in Moscow, the Bekhtereva Institute of
the Human Brain in St. Petersburg and the Kirov Clinic of
Ophthalmology in St. Petersburg.
The
second phase of the program will ensure that help to seriously ill
children continues. URALCHEM is to fund this phase to the amount of
80 thousand Euros. Ziedot.lv has already started selecting
participants for the programme and the appropriate courses of
treatment for them, based on the recommendations of doctors and
parents requests for financial assistance. It is planned that 23
families will receive help during the second phase of the programme.
Dmitry
Konyaev, CEO of URALCHEM, OJSC:
"URALCHEM
continues to follow its principles and support social and charitable
programmes in the regions where the company has a presence. We
started cooperation with the Ziedot.lv fund a year ago, initially
helping seriously ill children and soon afterwards expanded our
programme into assistance for schools. We can see that both of these
programmes are being successfully implemented, bringing real
benefits. We want to thank the Ziedot.lv fund and the schools
authorities for their work and we are pleased to continue our
collaboration."
Ruta
Dimanta, Head of the Fund Ziedot.lv:
"Fund
Ziedot.lv is a long-established charitable organization in Latvia
with a lot of expertise in solving real-world problems and providing
its partners with confidence that their efforts will lead to positive
changes. We are happy to work with URALCHEM and we are glad that our
experience allows us to jointly achieve real results. We will
continue to cooperate, making every effort to ensure that our
projects stay successful."
Iveta
Stivrinya - Headmaster:
"We
have completed all the planned work before the start of the school
year and we are already seeing great interest in the new
installations. For example, students like to take tests using the
remote voting system with its immediately visible results. The newly
equipped chemistry laboratory now allows students to perform a
variety of practical work that was previously impossible. It helps to
diversify the learning process, and children learn with great
interest and pleasure. New desktops with special machines in the
technology classroom are also very popular. Interest in renewed
classrooms is shown not only by students, but also alumni of the
school who participate in various clubs. We hold school events, drama
and dancing clubs in the assembly hall with its new lighting and
stage design systems. The concerts and other cultural events in the
hall are attended not only by the students, but also by residents of
the Vecmilgravis area. Therefore, the work that has been done is
important not only for our school, but for the entire district."
Boris
Antonov - Headmaster:
"The
new chemistry laboratory will give a good impetus for laboratory work
and chemistry research in school. The students' interest in chemistry
will increase, especially in high school. We expect that this will
lead to good results at scientific competitions. In addition, the
interactive whiteboards, projectors and colour printers have made it
possible to conduct lessons on a modern, technical level. New
equipment in the kitchen has come in handy already in July, during
the National Song and Dance Celebration, and is now being actively
used. The help from URALCHEM and the Ziedot.lv fund is a good example
how support can be provided for educational institutions."
--Ends--
Reference
Information
School
No31 opened in 1952. It is located at 11 Skuyu St, Riga. The school
has 50 teachers and more than 500 students. The teaching is conducted
in Latvian.
School
No46 was founded in 1954. It is located at 28 Skuyu St, Riga. The
school has 56 teachers and more than 500 students. The teaching is
conducted in Russia.
URALCHEM,
OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate
fertilisers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over
2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 2.8 million tonnes of
ammonia, 0.8 million tonnes of MAP and DAP, 0.8 million tonnes of
complex fertilisers and 1.2 million tonnes of urea. URALCHEM, OJSC is
the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and number
one in Russia, the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilisers in
Russia. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot Branch
of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia, Perm;
MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk,
Kirov region; Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk,
Moscow region.
Contacts:
PR
department
URALCHEM,
OJSC
Tel:
+7 (495) 721 89 89
Ilze
Oshane
Ziedot.lv
Fund
Head
of communications
Mobile:
29400422
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