The Vitebsk organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society is implementing four new social mini-projects in 2010

December 18, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Vitebsk regional organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society is implementing four new social mini-projects in 2010, the organization informed a BELTA correspondent. Traditionally, they will be selected as a result of a competition for the best social mini-project aimed at assisting the elderly and lonely people. The implementation of this year's mini-projects will also continue in 2010. In particular, "A Home Without Loneliness," which united elderly lonely singing enthusiasts in Dubrovno, and three more mini-projects related to organizing hobby groups for various types of needlework in the village of Novka, Vitebsk region, with the purchase of a mill for residents of nearby villages of the Nemoytovsky village council, Senno district, and blood pressure monitors and bicycles for former healthcare workers of Senno. The latter have united into a group to help the sister of mercy of the Senno district organization of the BRCS with her wards, as well as to provide assistance to other bedridden disabled people. The organization emphasized that the initiators of all these projects are the elderly people themselves, and the BRCS only helps them to realize their ideas, which allow the elderly to avoid loneliness and find new goals in life. For the implementation of each project, the Consortium of the Swiss, Austrian, and German Red Cross Societies allocates 400 euros each. In total, since 2007, the Vitebsk regional organization of the BRCS has been implementing 10 mini-projects aimed at supporting the elderly. -0-