Today, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Andriy Khudyk visited the Simonichskaya Nursing Hospital as part of the republican charity event for the elderly “From the Heart”.
During the event, the head of the environmental protection agency got acquainted with the organization of work in the institution, met with the hospital patients – elderly residents of the Lelchitsy district, disabled people suffering from chronic diseases and in need of medical supervision and care.
For grandparents, the Lelchitsy District Center of Culture and Folk Art organized a colorful New Year’s performance, which ended with communication in a warm, friendly atmosphere. Each patient of the nursing hospital received a sweet gift from the hands of the Minister.
“On the eve of 2023, the President also proposed organizing a campaign – “From the Heart” to surround our elderly citizens with attention and care. It is symbolic that this campaign is taking place in the atmosphere of New Year’s holidays, where warmth, faith in miracles and the fulfillment of desires reign,” he noted.
The Minister warmly congratulated the representatives of the “golden age” on the New Year and Christmas holidays and expressed words of gratitude for their honest work throughout their lives, which serves as a worthy example for the youth and the younger generation of the region.
In turn, Andrey Khudyk, on behalf of the entire system of the Ministry of Natural Resources, promised in the coming year, declared by the Head of State the Year of Quality, to make every effort for the benefit of our citizens and our country.
The Republican charity event for the elderly “From the bottom of my heart” is being held in Belarus for the second time (from December 26, 2023 to January 15, 2024), but it has already been dubbed a people’s event, and it has rightfully become a worthy continuation of the traditions of the charity initiative “Our Children”.
A kind of marathon of good deeds was organized on the initiative of the Head of State with the aim of showing maximum care and attention to the older generation, as well as involving schoolchildren and students in issues of providing assistance and support, developing the intergenerational format “from children to the elderly”.
Among the participants are not only young people and the younger generation of Belarusians, but also representatives of the leadership of state governing bodies, local authorities and other organizations, deputies. Anyone can join this good initiative.
This event was first held last year from January 3 to 14. Then almost 150 thousand elderly people were covered. Congratulations and gifts were not limited. Volunteers helped to prepare firewood, deliver food, and clear snow from courtyards. Almost 50 thousand lonely and elderly citizens living alone received such practical assistance. During the campaign “From the Heart”, about half a million rubles were spent on strengthening the material and technical base of social service institutions, nursing hospitals and hospices, purchasing medical equipment, sports equipment, household and computer equipment, as well as gifts for the lonely.
