The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin announces measures to support the families of mobilized Kazan citizens

To date, the employees of the Executive Committee have visited almost all the families of the mobilized and compiled social passports.

Today, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin held a meeting on supporting families of mobilized citizens and announced measures of support. In addition, Kazan businessmen suggested to establish a fund to support families of those mobilized for providing targeted assistance.

I.Metshin noted that work is underway with every family of mobilized Kazan residents. The employees of the Executive Committee met with almost every one of them and compiled social passports. All issues requiring immediate solutions will be considered at the city headquarters, the Mayor said. “This work is important to keep the spirit of soldiers, they must feel our support and be sure that their families, spouses, children, parents, are all surrounded by care, and that any problems that arise for their families will find solutions. And we will do everything possible and even more to help them”, - he stressed.

The Mayor announced that, the children of the mobilized will be provided with free hot meals at municipal schools from October 10 until the end of the school year. Public transport, visits to municipal, republican and state museums and theaters, a zoo, cultural centers, concerts in state concert halls and philharmonic halls will be free for them as well. Children of the mobilized will be able to visit municipal swimming pools, athletics arenas and gyms free of charge. From November 1, families of the mobilized will be exempt from fees in municipal kindergartens.

The Doverie Center for Psychological and Pedagogical Assistance to Children and Youth is ready to provide psychological assistance to families of the mobilized around the clock by phone: +7(843)277-00-00. In person consultations with psychologists are available from 9:00 to 17:30 there.

“Dozens of businessmen have already responded to our call and turned to me with a proposal to provide direct assistance to the families of the mobilized. At the Good Kazan, we are organizing a fund to help families of the mobilized, where everyone will be able to transfer money, as well as provide specific support. From this fund, we will allocate funds for targeted assistance – this is to provide medicines, unscheduled medical examinations for family members or children items”, - the Mayor stressed.

Bulat Aleyev, the Chief of Staff of the Executive Committee of the city, informed about the work carried out with the families of the mobilized. He reported that as part of the first wave of partial mobilization, more than 800 soldiers and officers were drafted from Kazan.

“When going to the military service, everyone wants to have confidence that the family is protected and surrounded by care. We have developed a family social passport with 16 basic questions. Starting from Saturday, about 300 employees of the Kazan City Hall and employees of social institutions visited the families and talked to parents, wives, children of the mobilized. 70% of the passports have been compiled”, - B.Aleyev said.

According to him, following the results, questions were grouped into several main blocks. The first one includes issues that require legal clarifications. The second set of issues is related to children, it concerns their care, payment for kindergarten and meals at school. “Parents of the mobilized also need care. Targeted assistance is required with treatment, medications, medical examination, social services at home, paying taxes or in housing repairs. For some wives of the mobilized, the issue of employment, retraining, the need for flexible working hours is relevant. Every problem is taken under control”, - B.Aleyev noted

The Mayor instructed to take control of the employment of family members of the mobilized and the social patronage of the elderly.