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Contest of students’ volunteering projects

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4
grant contests
225
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53
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in 17 cities of Russia
6 900+
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The People Changing the World contest is a grant contest of students’ volunteer projects. If you are a student from an approved university, you have the opportunity to submit your own volunteer project and receive a grant of up to 50,000 rubles towards its implementation.

Volunteer projects are a great opportunity not only to do good, but also to:

Project topics accepted for consideration

Environmental Protection
  • projects meant to combat municipal landfills, preserve and rehabilitate forests, help homeless animals and birds, including wildlife, and to collect specific types of waste
  • other projects related to eco-education, conservation and restoration of the environment
Inclusion
  • projects focused on developing an accessible environment including campaigns to create a barrier-free environment, assisting children and adults with disabilities whilst attending public events;
  • arranging and conducting events involving individuals with health impairments;
  • other projects associated with expanding the public’s knowledge of accessible environments and ways of providing assistance to children and adults with disabilities.
Urban development
  • implementation of activities aimed at beautifying public areas, including parks, public gardens, children's playgrounds, etc.
  • decorating public buildings and spaces, temporarily or permanently
  • other types of projects designed to improve the urban environment
Social security
  • providing assistance to senior citizens, orphans, orphanages, child care centers, and homes for the elderly
  • other types of projects focusing on helping people in need of social protection

Contest stages

01
Submitting an application

Come up with an idea, read the rules of the contest, and fill out an application on your personal account’s page.

02
Evaluation of submissions

Our experts will carefully evaluate all submissions and may ask further clarifying questions.

03
Awarding grants to winning entries

We will contact you to complete all the required paperwork.

04
Projects’ execution

You have to implement your project, post information about it on social media, and send us great pictures.

Documents

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Frequently Asked Questions

Should you have any further questions about the contest, you can contact the contest’s coordinators at 8 (963) 641-3968 or via email at students@formula-hd.ru.
One working group can submit a maximum of two projects to the contest.
The contest’s organizer will enter into a donation contract with all participants chosen as the contest’s winners. Following the signing of the contract, the grant funds will be transferred to the account of the grantee (the project’s author).
The reporting procedure and the schedule for submitting spending reports are defined in the contract between the grantee and the contest’s organizer. Following the project’s completion, the grantee must present to the company any and all documents confirming receipt of the goods paid for with the grant funds.
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Completed projects

I am a Doer of Good

Olga Bondareva,
Amur State University

A series of master classes and concerts for social rehabilitation centers catering for the wards of orphanages and social shelters as well as for the elderly residents of the Veteran, a nursing home for lonely seniors. These events were attended by more than 500 residents of Amur Oblast’s Blagoveshchensk and featured 40 volunteers including musicians, artists, animateurs, MCs, and athletes.
On the spot

Yuliya Grigorieva,
Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies

The project included a series of activities to create a summertime public space on the University’s grounds to provide young people with a place to relax and hang out at in their leisure time. The project’s program included removing trash from the campus, building art objects, constructing and landscaping the site, training sessions, film screenings, board game tournaments, etc. Over a period of one month, more than 300 students attended the project’s events. A total of 30 volunteers took part in the project.
Yershov Ishim Pedagogical Institute, a branch of Tyumen State University

Roman Drobunin,
One Thousand and One Caps

Conducting various quizzes and trivia games with environmental focus for children and students studying at schools, kindergartens and the institute of Ishim. In addition, the students gathered and turned in 119 kilograms of plastic waste and 936.1 kilograms of recyclable paper. The total number of volunteers involved was 12.
Kuban State Technological University

Dmitry Masyutin,
Doing Good with One's Own Hands

Students have been called upon to help manufacture the BusyBoard developmental game sets intended for children with organic disorders of the central nervous system and for the mentally impaired children treated at Krasnodar’s Specialized Children's Home No. 1. The total number of volunteers involved was 3.
Ufa State Aviation Technology University

Anastasiya Zainagutdinova,,
A Burning Flame in One’s Heart

A series of classes for children attending three social institutions in the Republic of Bashkortostan focusing on administering first aid and the basics of safe behavior. At the end of each class, the students led a team-building quest game. The total number of volunteers involved was 10.
Mendeleev Tobolsk Pedagogical Institute, a branch of Tyumen State University

Alexey Gutnikov,
Tobolsk Tom Sawyer Fest

Restoration of a 20th century building’s façade at 33 Musa Jalil Street, Tobolsk. The project’s program included facade restoration work, guided tours for volunteers, and a gala concert for the city's residents. The total number of volunteers involved was 31.
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, a National Research University

Anfisa Kharybina,
Green Kerosene

A series of educational events, seminars, master classes, and guided tours of sites involved in waste management and recycling. These events were attended by students representing several of the University's departments including the departments of mechanical engineering, chemistry, reservoir engineering, and geology. The total number of volunteers involved was 13.
Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod National Research University

Yelizaveta Obedientova,
The “Eureka!” of Physics’ Mysterious Riddles

Giving 7 physics classes for children with the Down’s syndrome conducted in the form of a game. At the classes the students learned about the laws of gravitation, optics, ways to transfer heat and energy, built their own pendulums, conducted experiments with static electricity, and assembled a scale model of the Solar system. Upon completing their studies, the students were each presented with diary stickers, a book, and a physics kit. The total number of volunteers involved was 19.
Berezhok, a school for young restorers

Natalya Voytkevich,
Tyumen State Institute of Culture

A series of classes for 100 children and teenagers from Tyumen aged 7 to 13. The classes were intended to teach the students the basics of the restoration craft and how to handle various restorer’s tools. The course’s curriculum included lectures on working with different types of materials such as wood, ceramics, and metal, master classes, tours of the local blacksmithing craft museum, as well as excursions to various monuments of wooden architecture. The total number of volunteers involved was 10.
Tomsk State University

Asiya Boltavskaya,
Myself-Tomsk-The Planet

A series of eco-education activities including an eco-festival, an eco-performance, contests and environmental campaigns related to collecting recyclable waste, land cleanup, and tree planting. These events attracted more than 300 students and 35 volunteers, including teachers, tour guides, ecologists, eco-activists, and students.