ALROSA Contributes To Reconstruction Of Children's Rehabilitation Center

(IDEX Online) – A new children's rehabilitation center, to which Russian diamond miner ALROSA contributed RUB 120 million ($1.77 million) to the construction costs, opened in Mirny on September 3.

The opening ceremony was attended by the acting Head of the Republic Aysen Nikolayev, the Head of Mirny District Municipal Entity, Rishat Yuzmukhametov, and ALROSA's First Deputy CEO - Executive Director Igor Sobolev.

The core tasks of Kharyskhal center will be preservation of family, protection of childhood, eradication of social orphanhood, rendering of social, medical, psychological services, and pedagogical work with troubled adolescents.

Kharyskhal is the only institution in Mirny District engaged in comprehensive efforts aimed at the rehabilitation of children from troubled homes. Previously, up to 20 foster children could stay in the center, and another 10 attended the day school.

The new Kharyskhal can host 30 children permanently. More children now can attend the center during the day. There is all the necessary equipment for qualitative rehabilitation, and a large sports ground for therapeutic physical training and sports activities. Bright spacious rooms and classrooms. New furniture, a dining room and a large gym are also available, ALROSA said.

For several years, the building was maintained and supported by ALROSA's Nyurba Mining and Processing Division that repaired the center at the company's expense.

Every year, ALROSA allocates targeted donations to the republic's budget for the construction of educational, healthcare, cultural and sports facilities.

"ALROSA has always been and remains a socially oriented company," said Sobolev. "The decision of ALROSA's Supervisory Board to increase funding for the Target Fund for Future Generations of Yakutia for the construction of the center is based on the social investment strategy and corporate social responsibility principles that are consistently followed by ALROSA. We are interested in the prosperity of the region where the company conducts its core business and in the well-being of its inhabitants."