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The Community Development Support Program in the Russian Federation. Round 4
Project Complex
The City We Are Creating
Grant amount $49 500 Grantee contribution $30 083 Total cost $79 583
Thematic projects included in the Project Complex:
- We Can be Useful
- Clean Air
- Kamennoye Natural Landmark
Municipality Profile:
The city of Revda with a population of 63,300 is located in Sverdlovskaya Oblast. The boundary between Europe and Asia passes through this location.
Revda is called “the first city of Europe” (this raion capital is the closest to the boundary between Europe and Asia) and is one the oldest cities in the Urals. Its four major industrial plants belong to large Ural metallurgical holdings – Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (Middle-Urals Copper Smelting Plant and Revda Brick Factory), Russian Copper Company and Metallurgical Holding (Revda Electrometallurgy Plant). Revda is characterized as an «environmental distress area” being one of the most polluted cities of the region.
Community problems addressed by the Project Complex:
- High rate of illnesses and low life expectancy of the population living in a complex environmental situation
- Energy-efficiency concerns
- Shortage of athletic facilities and sports grounds
- Limited access of community members to socially significant activities and services
- Inadequate interaction between the community and local government in addressing important local issue
Synergetic effect of the Project Complex:
The joint implementation of a series of projects in the sphere of community services aimed at ensuring the accessibility and high quality of these services in such areas as physical culture and sports, protection and improvement of human health, and tackling environmental problems helped improve conditions in a local kindergarten, save municipal funds and lower the rate of respiratory illnesses among preschoolers.
The projects were aimed at advertising the ideas of conservation, patriotism and civic awareness. Savings were channeled to the further development of the projects, in particular, to involving community members in sports activities, health activities and broadening the range of offered services.
Project Complex contact:
Marina Naftullina, head of the Environmental Protection and Nature Use Department of Revda Municipal Administration.Contact information:
4 Spartaka St., Revda, Sverdlovskaya Oblast 623281
tel. 8 (34397)-30814, 30813,
fax 8(34397)-30778, e-mail gorodrewda@rsity.ru Natfmarina@yandex.ruOrganizations, members of the Project Consortium:
Title
Category
Profile
Kindergarten # 17
municipal
Preschool education
Revda City Administration
municipal
City governance
Children’s and Youth Center, an after-school education institution
municipal
Additional education
Duration (months)
10
Start date
01/09/ 2008
End date
30/06/2009
Project
We Can Be Useful
Organization:
Kindergarten # 17Type of organization: municipal
Start date September 1, 2008
End date January 31, 2009
Project summary:
This project involved replacing old windows (40% deteriorated) in Kindergarten # 17, which was opened in 1978, with new ones made of modified materials of special strength and provided with environmental certificates. The benefits included a lesser scope of any repairs and a reduction of heat loss. After the new plastic windows were installed, the indoor temperature in the kindergarten was optimized and the rate of illnesses among the children was reduced by 31.5% a month and among the staff by 10%.
Location:
Revda, Sverdlovskaya OblastContact information:
49 Tsvetnikov St., Revda, Sverdlovskaya Oblast 623280 tel/fax. 8(34397)-34700,
e-mail: Det_sadik@uraltc.ruProject coordinator:
Ludmila Radionova, head of Kindergarten #17Project objectives:
Saving energy resources and municipal funds spent for heating the kindergarten;
Advertising healthy lifestyles through a system of effective psycho-hygienic conditions (easy cleaning and maintaining of the new windows);
Reducing health risk factors and the illness rate among the children and the staff of the kindergarten as a result of optimized indoor temperature.
Final results:
- Increased temperature in the kindergarten (complying with sanitary standards) promote wellness in the children and, consequently, improves their emotional condition. The new windows also help improve the working conditions of the staff by blocking loud noise from traffic;
- The decrease of respiratory illnesses among the 210 children attending the kindergarten by 7% allows to reduce sick-leave payments to their parents by 10%;
- The $8,000 total expected economy of municipal budget funds were used for the further development of the kindergarten; the 45,000 rubles saved on maintaining the new windows were reinvested into repairing and checking the heating and water supply systems and into the further replacement of windows.
Total project cost $30 500
Own contribution $6 000
Received amount $24 500
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Clean Air (installation of air purification systems in a kindergarten)
Organization:
Revda City AdministrationType of organization: government
Start date September 1, 2008
End date June 30, 2009
Project summary:
The rate of illnesses of the upper respiratory tract and allergies in children living in Revda is one of the highest in the region. This project acquired and installed air cleaning devices AIRLIFE in the playrooms and bedrooms of Kindergaren # 21. This allowed to reduce the degree of chemical and microbial contamination of indoor air. In the future, this experience will be disseminated not only in other pre-school institutions but also in schools, after-school education centers and medical institutions of the city.
Location:
RevdaContact information:
21 Tsvetnikov St., Revda, Sverdlovskaya Oblast 623281
tel. 8(34397)-30814, 30813, fax 8(34397) -30778, e-mail: gorodrewda@rsity.ru Natfmarina@yandex.ruProject coordinator:
Marina Naftullina, head of the Environmental Protection and Nature Use Department of Revda Municipal AdministrationProject objectives:
Reduction of the chemical environmental impact on child health and of health risks, in particular, those associated with environmentally induced illnesses of the upper respiratory track. Lowering the illness rate in the kindergarten by 40%, including such droplet infections as chickenpox.
Final results:
- Acquiring AIRLIFE air cleaning devices and installing and operating them in Kindergarten # 21;
- The further dissemination of project experience by installing AIRLIFE devices not only in other pre-school institutions but also in schools, after-school education centers and medical institutions in Revda.
Total project cost $17 000
Own contribution $7 000
Received amount $10 000
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Project
Kamennoye Natural Landmark (environmental trail and protection of a nature monument)
Organization:
Children’s and Youth Center, an after-school education institutionType of organization: government
Start date September 1, 2008
End date June 1, 2009
Project summary:
This project involved founding a city youth health center that offers such activities as excursions, hikes and recreation in Kamennoye Natural Landmark, which is a local nature monument. New jobs were created for the local youth, including adolescents registered with the Revda Commission for Juvenile Affairs; tourist routes were planned and maps with their descriptions were drawn. The city athletes now have a chance to participate in sports events, such as skiing, cross-country racing, and quadracycle contests. A recreation site in the wilderness became available to community members.
Location:
Revda, Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Kamennoye Natural landmark, a 22-km pathContact information:
38 Pavla Zykina St., Revda, Sverdlovskaya Oblast 623286
Tel./fax 8(34397)-21330,
e-mail: sport_revda@uraltc.ru, EvgeniyaVoit@mail.ruProject coordinator:
Yevgenia Boit, chair of the Committee for Youth Affairs, Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of Revda City AdministrationProject objectives:
Instilling in local adolescents an appreciation of local nature and of their home city and engaging them in socially useful activities. Preventing child neglect and juvenile delinquency in the city of Revda.
Final results:
- A ski marathon was organized;
- 2 guidelines and 4 environmental games were published;
- A contest of posters was held;
- The environmental trail in Kamennoye Natural Landmark was improved and now its capacity has reached 3,000 persons a year (6 teams each consisting of 10 people were formed for these activities);
- The crime rate in the community dropped by 21%;
- Project results were presented to the Department of Youth Affairs at Sverdlovskaya Oblast Administration and a youth health and education center of excursions, tourism and recreation were founded.
Total project cost $32 083
Own contribution $17 083
Received amount $15 000
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