Campaign status

Campaign Completed: The campaign has achieved successful funding, raising $10,000 through online and offline donations via kazakh diaspora, donations from businesses, support from Kazakh bloggers.

Summary

Bereke aims to build a playground serving168 underprivileged children.

Challenge

According to World Bank figures, more than 15.5% of Kazakhstan's 19.7 million population live in poverty. The poverty line is set at 70% of the living wage -– about $80 a month in 2022. To tackle this, BerekeCity also provides social services and assistance through government programs to support the families after they leave their accommodation to eventually break the cycle of poverty within their community. 

Currently, the government’s assistance for families at risk is either hard to access or insufficient to raise people out of poverty. Moreover, there is a lot of distrust among people towards the government.

Solution

With its new playground and workout center, BerekeCity now empowers children through sports, providing them with a space for play. BerekeCity also offers martial arts classes as a way to engage children and support their development. Without BerekeCity, these children would not have access to sports classes. The team sees the immense value of providing recreational spaces and activities to children because of the positive impact it can have on them when they’re young. 

By covering the basic necessities of these vulnerable families, BerekeCity is able to offer them a stable environment where social workers can work with them directly to address concrete problems or concerns arising from their precarious situation. Following this intervention, people are more capable of taking steps to improve their life by finding long-term accommodation and economic opportunities, as well as applying for the right government programs, with the support of BerekeCity.