Benefactors in Tatarstan donate 31.5 million roubles within Help Get Ready for School drive

A total of 31.5 million roubles had been raised in Tatarstan within a campaign called Help Get Ready for School, Tatarstan Deputy Education and Science Minister Svetlana Giniatullina told a today’s briefing at the House of Tatarstan Government.

“Over seven months, more than 1,000 sponsors have given financial support to 458 comprehensive educational establishments in the republic. The total sum of sponsor help has been 31.5 million roubles,” she told the meeting.

According to the reporter, the effort was the most intensive in Naberezhnye Chelny, Kazan, as well as in Almetievsk, Menzelinsk and Tukayev regions.

The Help Get Ready for School drive is held in Tatarstan for the second year in a row at the initiative of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The main purpose is to attract school graduates, prominent businessmen and executives to giving financial assistance to schools they graduated from.

This year the campaign will run until 1 September.