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VC center information
Volunteer Community Samara
A volunteer center is being developed in the community. Volunteer Center "Mitsva" actively helps the elderly, children with special needs, large families. Regularly holds eco-promotions, delivering lunches, gifts, projects aimed at strengthening relationships within the community, especially supporting the elderly and those in need of help.
Coordinator: Ekaterina Shilova
Phone: 89277972874
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Samara, 4 passage, house 57, office 218
Last news and events from volunteer centers
In 2024, the Food Security project continued its operations across 6 countries. Here are the results:
A three-day psychological hike and marathon called "Nature Therapy" took place for volunteers.
On the eve of Passover, a team of volunteers came together to give the synagogue a fresh look.
Volunteers brought a festive mood to children and the elderly of the community for the Purim holiday.
The volunteers helped the elderly people of the community with accompanying them for health screening
Stories from volunteers
svetlana
balashova
svetlana
balashova
My name is Svetlana Balashova. I am 37 years old.
I live in Samara. My hobbies are listening to music, reading books, visiting exhibitions, theaters. I have pets. I started to volunteer this year. How did I become a volunteer? It all started with cleaning up at the Jewish cemetery in June 2018. Why did I decide to go into volunteering? The decision came to me spontaneously, my soul wanted to do this. I take part in cleaning the Jewish cemetery, because I want to do it and it is very important for me.
alexandra
vasilieva
alexandra
vasilieva
I am 42 years old and I am working as an engineer.
My hobbies are knitting, embroidering, making toys, sewing, creating various handmade crafts with children. I hold classes on knitting and embroidery with the middle aged and older people with pleasure (if it is necessary). My volunteer career started with creative activities for children and mothers.
catherine
rubencik
catherine
rubencik
24 years old
Reception document service assistant.
Hobbies: I write poems, prose and I enjoy being photographed.
My volunteer career began when I was at school in 11th grade. My friend and I signed up for an action against extremism and drug trafficking. We walked around the district and made photos of “advertisements” of drugs, smoking mixtures, and various inscriptions such as swastikas, which offend different nationalities. We sent all the information to a police officer.
Later, I was a volunteer in the search and rescue team «Liza Alert» and searched for missing people. I placed announcements about the search, notified the public about the results, and I was also the organizer of the «Memorial Day of the Perished Children» supported by «Lisa Alert».
I wanted to be a volunteer from a Jewish organization, and I learned about the existence of Hesed Ester and the fact that everyone could participate in cleaning the Jewish cemetery. This is very important for me as a Jew, as a member of the community, and it gives me great pleasure to do this activity. There is such a nice and useful action as cleaning the cemetery — thank you so much for it!
daniel
ilishaev
daniel
ilishaev
17 years old
Student
I am fond of photography.
I take part in many volunteer activities, but I never miss cleaning the cemetery. I think that we need to help people after they followed to the afterlife.
yana
kiselyova
yana
kiselyova
I am a volunteer, I like to write prose, act on stage or put on small plays.
My volunteer career started with a Shabbat at home of an elderly single woman, who has hearing problems. I also worked with children with disabilities.
I do volunteering because I like to make people happier, make them smile, give them attention and let them understand their importance. I also like to feel that people need me while helping them.
At the moment I am working on creating a project for BBYO and I have already two ready-made projects.
Projects initiated all over FSU volunteer centers