This year, Kazakhstan has demonstrated significant success in the development of volunteerism, confirming its commitment to international standards and strengthening the role of volunteers in solving socially significant tasks.
Today, 755 volunteer organizations, 2 thousand initiative groups and 275 thousand volunteers are actively working in Kazakhstan, of which 3.5 thousand are "silver volunteers".
In order to stimulate volunteer activity in 2024, a new Roadmap for the development and support of volunteerism in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2024-2026 was approved. The main emphasis in its implementation is aimed at sectoral volunteering, including social, medical, environmental, animal welfare, as well as support in the field of education, media and emergency response.
The National Front Office and 20 regional volunteer front offices are successfully operating in the country, providing information, resource and advisory assistance. In 2024, with their assistance, more than 5,600 events were organized. For the convenience of interaction, a single Call center for volunteering has been created, which has processed over 2,000 requests. Through an online platform "Qazvolunteer.kz ", which unites more than 67 thousand participants, provides convenient tools for finding projects and coordinating activities.
Also this year, 55 projects have been implemented by government agencies together with the volunteer community. In order to support volunteer initiatives, 240 small grants were issued, within the framework of which 42 thousand events were held. 10 thousand volunteers have been trained in industry volunteering.
International volunteering is actively developing. Since 2023, an International Volunteering Center has been operating at the National Front Office. In September of this year, seven Kazakhstani volunteers were sent to work in UN structures in countries such as Turkey, Kenya and Thailand.
One of the key events was the holding of a Meeting of volunteers under the auspices of the CICA Youth Council in October 2024, which brought together 450 participants from 14 Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Sri Lanka, China, Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Thailand, Tajikistan, Kuwait, India, Qatar).
On behalf of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the International Volunteer of the Year Award was established in 2020 to reward the best volunteers who have contributed to the development of Kazakhstan. For the period from 2020 to 2024, 234 Kazakhstani and foreign volunteers received the award.
In addition, this year the Marathon of Good Deeds project was implemented, within the framework of which Kazakhstanis performed more than 7,000 good deeds with the participation of about 50 thousand people. Volunteers helped 7,000 animals, planted 3,200 trees and collected 240 tons of garbage. On December 5, 20 winners of the project in 10 nominations were awarded.
In 2025, it is planned to improve the current legislation in the field of volunteerism, create a National Organizing Committee and develop an action plan for 2026 – the International Year of Volunteers.
Press Service of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mam/press/news/details/902358