Tatarstan President meets volunteers

On 2 December during the ceremony of awarding winners of the regional volunteering award “Kind Tatarstan” held in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with volunteers, where he said: “Your desire to be useful and help is worth the highest appreciation. Volunteering is the state of a soul. I admire your strong will”. 

He paid attention to the fact that the volunteers’ movement mainly formed during the Universiade and currently comprises 125 thousand people in the republic. “The volunteers’ movement in the republic is the most prepared and professional. You are a serious force”, he said. 

After some volunteers told about their activity during the pandemic and in children’s recreation camps, special attention was given to volunteers-participants of humanitarian missions in Donetsk and Lugansk. 

There are also about 6 thousand volunteers in the republic, who take part in the “Help is nearby” project and some of them regularly go to the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. 

Rustam Minnikhanov attracted special attention to courage of this people who, despite all risks, do not refuse from the idea of helping those who need it.