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A special note on the fair

We would like to thank the students from Almaty Management University (AlmaU) @almau_edu for organising the sale of our products at their university!

These students undertook a seven-week internship at our Centre. Meeting them gave us a wonderful opportunity to look at our work from a new and more open perspective, and we welcomed their ideas and observations. In addition, it was a great opportunity for our children with special needs to communicate with others their age who live in different situations and have different experiences, and likewise interesting for university students to learn from them and come across situations they had never before encountered. Afterall, the meeting of differences always lends itself as a great opportunity to learn and grow.

The result of the fair exceeded our expectations in both showing our work and in funds raised to support MASP’s initiatives. We hope to be able to repeat similar initiatives soon.

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