Gulzhanat Muratbai is known as 'the young woman with a big heart'. Since the age of 19, she has helped thousands of children with problems and earned the love of their parents. The organisation, which she started herself, is called Urpak Next Generation. It is one of the many NGOs (non-government organisation) that have started in Kazakhstan in the last few years. They are independent and they do not make a profit. Each NGO has a clear social purpose. People work for these organisations because they want to help other people or to improve society. Some people work for them as a job, but many people work in their free time without pay. These people are called volunteers. In 2005 an American volunteer Angela Davis and Gulzhanat Muratbai discovered a group of 2,000 disabled children with mental or physical problems, who were kept mostly indoors - away from contact with the world. It was sad to think of their lonely lives, so Davis and Muratbai decided to organise activities for them. The first activity was a New Year's party in 2006. Most of the children had never been to a party before. Their faces began to light up as they played games together, ate cake and received little presents. Muratbai kept doing this kind of work. She had help from friends, volunteers and the Civil Alliance of Kazakhstan. The Civil Alliance (a group for NGOs and volunteers) helped her to set up an NGO and then Muratbai asked the regional government for a room in Aktau for educational and social activities for disabled children. She also asked an oil company for $7,000 to buy equipment such as educational games Since then, Urpak Next Generation has grown much bigger. With the help of local businesses, many more activities are organised - sports competitions, a performing arts festival, parties, trips and visits. Her kindness, strength and energy have improved the lives of many children and parents. And her organisation is a model for other NGOs.
dear boss,
Robin MacWizard is in Obninsk with his pen friend Misha. I usually watch the boys from a big tree in the garden. I start at 6 o'clock every morning and finish at 11 o'clock every night. At 8 o'clock the boys get up. I sit in the tree. At 8.30 Misha mother gives the boys a hot breakfast. I eat my cold sandwich. Misha mother does not cook for me. At 9 clock Misha's father goes to work, but Misha's mother stays at home. She works in the evenings. She tidies up the flat and the boys go to school. In the afternoon they come home and have lunch. I sit in the tree. After lunch the mother leaves and the boys do very strange things. They walk the cat. Most boys walk dogs. They speak English and read History books. Most boys watch TV and play computer games. They do not go out with Misha's friends. Most boys go out in the evening with their friends. At 7 p.m. the boys have dinner with the family. And I am still in my tree. At 11 o'clock the boys are in bed and I can finally go home. I am always cold and tired. Please, help me, Boss. I don't understand these boys.
Отчет агента Кьют. Уважаемый босс,Робин МакВизард в Обнинске со своим другом по переписке Мишей. Я обычно слежу (наблюдаю) за мальчиками с большого дерева в саду. Я начинаю в 6 часов утра и заканчиваю в 11 часов каждую ночь. В 8 часов мальчики встают. Я сижу в дереве. В 8.30 Мишина мама дает ребятам горячий завтрак. Я ем холодный бутерброд. Мишина мама не готовит для меня. Мишин отец в 9 часов идет на работу, но Мишина мама остаётся дома. Она работает по вечерам. Она прибирает квартиру, а мальчики идут в школу. Вечером они приходят домой и обедают. Я сижу на дереве. После обеда мама уходит, а мальчики делают очень странные вещи. Они выгуливают кошку. Большинство мальчишек выгуливают собак. Они говорят по-английски и читают книги по истории. Большинство мальчиков смотрят телевизор и играют в компьютерные игры. Они не выходят на улицу с друзьями Миши. Большинство мальчиков ходят гулять в вечернее время со своими друзьями. В 7 часов вечера мальчики ужинают с семьей. И я до сих пор сижу на моём дереве. В 11 часов дети уже спят, и я могу, наконец, пойти домой. Я всегда замерзаю и устаю мне, Босс. Я не понимаю этих мальчиков.
- Hello. Café Viktoria. Can I help you?
- Hello. I would like to book a table, please.
- What day and what time do you want to come?
- Next Tuesday at 6 p.m. My father will have a birthday at that day. Do you have any free tables?
- Yes, we do. How many people are there in your party?
- I think there will be ten or eleven of us.
- OK. A table for eleven then. Would you like smoking or non-smoking table?
- Non-smoking, please.
- Right. Can I get your name, sir?
- Viktor Ivanov.
- Is there anything else I can do for you, Mr. Bond?
- No. That’s all I think.
- So you have a reservation for Next Tuesday at 6 p.m.
- Ok
- Thank you for calling. See you later.
- Good bye!