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BOTA Foundation 2010 Annual Report - IREX

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ment pre-school services were unavailable. <strong>BOTA</strong>’s CCT program provided 66,241,800 KZT ($450,624<br />

USD) to families that enrolled their children in ECD services to assist parents with the costs of attendance<br />

and supplementary educational materials.<br />

Child Protection<br />

The <strong>BOTA</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> supported families to create and maintain healthy home environments for<br />

over 3,000 children with disabilities. These families received over 19,591,200 KZT ($133,273 USD) in<br />

poverty alleviation support. <strong>BOTA</strong> grants totaling 189,453,836 KZT ($1,297,508 USD) supported 22<br />

community-based projects providing at-risk youth with abandonment prevention, foster-care and<br />

behavioral change intervention in order to increase their chances to live safe and productive adult<br />

lives.<br />

Positive Youth Development and Livelihoods<br />

From 2009 to <strong>2010</strong>, the <strong>Foundation</strong> provided four-year higher education scholarships to 312 young<br />

Kazakhstanis from households with incomes 20% lower than the subsistence minimum on average.<br />

The program is intended to promote youth as a community asset to be nurtured and educated, and<br />

to encourage the employment of impoverished rural and urban youth. The <strong>BOTA</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>’s 52<br />

positive youth development grants provided training and educational opportunities to over 7,000<br />

young people up to age 24. These opportunities are intended to equip youth with the skills, knowledge<br />

and positive attitudes to promote their entry into society as productive adults.<br />

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