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Empathy foundation will mark its fifth anniversary in the titanium capital![]() 20.08.2025 — News
SVERDLOVSK REGION
The Empathy charitable foundation, established by VSMPO-AVISMA shareholder Mikhail Shelkov, is about to celebrate its first milestone anniversary. The end of August will mark five years since the foundation’s inception.
Throughout these five years, every teacher in Verkhnyaya Salda and Nizhnyaya Salda has received an extra 15,000 rubles on top of their monthly salary – support that today reaches more than 550 educators across 16 schools. This support is provided on an open-ended basis and free of charge, allowing teachers to devote more time to personal growth, family, and extracurricular work with students.
![]() "The creation of the Empathy charity foundation is rooted in my deep conviction in the special role of teachers. Their daily work is to lay the foundation of our society’s future. For 11 years they guide our children, shaping them as individuals. For this alone we owe them our gratitude. That is why the very first step of Empathy was to launch a program of financial support for teachers," Mr. Shelkov emphasised. ![]() Over time, the initiative expanded to include kindergarten teachers and staff of social rehabilitation centers. In cooperation with the Higher Technical School in Tula and Moscow universities such as MIPT and MGIMO, the foundation organizes advanced training courses for educators. Empathy also holds regional and national teaching competitions. In the Best Teachers of Verkhnyaya Salda and Nizhnyaya Salda program, the foundation recognises and rewards the most dedicated educators – from schoolteachers and kindergarten staff to additional education specialists and vocational training masters. In 2025, the initiative expanded to include the closed administrative territory of Svobodny. This September, up to 150 winners will be announced, each set to receive a monthly award of 15,000 rubles. ![]() For gifted youth, Empathy organizes regional qualifying rounds of the Clever and Wise Olympiad, runs the Science to the Regions educational program in partnership with MIPT, awards grants to outstanding students for achievements in academics and sports, and collaborating with VSMPO-AVISMA fosters chess among schoolchildren. The foundation’s first anniversary will be celebrated on August 22–23 with a major family festival – Festival with Empathy! The rich program features hands-on workshops for adults and children, inspiring popular science lectures from speakers invited from Moscow and Ekaterinburg, chess and table tennis tournaments, a prize quiz, and creative art installations to be designed by participants and gifted to the city. The festival will take place at the Prospect Professional and Industrial Cluster creative quarter (79 Engels Street, Verkhnyaya Salda). Events begin at 13:00, admission is free. Photo: VSMPO-AVISMA Press Office |
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