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DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL EQUIPMENT TO 11 SCHOOLS   Context : In 2007, Mission Enfance launched an exploratory mission in Siberia, in the Khatanga region, towards the Dolgan ethnic group. This mission was lead in partnership with the Albert II Foundation of Monaco, on an environmental project, which financed most of this mission. This ethnic group lives at the far ends of Russia, North of the polar circle. The semi-nomadic population is living today in total isolation. The authorities of Moscow not having the same interested as in the past for these native populations. The children's education is quite supplied with school buildings, the soviet system having been applied thoroughly throughout the whole country, even to the most remote areas. On the other hand, the population is suffering the effects of its isolation. Men and women fall into alcoholism, for the lack of work and of opportunities linked to reindeer breeding. The children, often uprooted in boarding schools, are cut off from their traditions and culture. Schools are established in each of these semi-nomadic population's villages. The essential request of the concerned partners is to encourage handcraft with the children, improve the psychology of the pupils (neglected over the last 70 years) and provide sports equipment, all this not taken into consideration by the Russian authorities. This equipment would be bought in Krasnoïarsk, the Siberian capital, and sent for free by the director of the towns airport, thanks to our partner Bernard Buigues. A study on the child psychology could by lead in 2008, by our Colombian coordinator Françoise Bardon, in order to open toys and games libraries in this region. Coordination : Xabi Chaboulov (Khatanga) and Bernard Buigues (France) Aim of project : Improve and support childhood and education of the Dolgan children. Our Projects in 2008 Purchase of sports equipment and leisure material for 11 schools     Exploratory mission in order to consider constructing game libraries (Françoise Bardon) Total budget needed in 2008 :  14.000 €  Number of beneficiaries : 2.446 children   ACTIONS CARRIED OUT SINCE 2007 Year Programmes Beneficiaries 2007 Exploratory mission in October 2007           Xabi, our local coordinator     [Photo Album] - [Back to our intervention]