JDC Russian department workers dealing with youth problems met with Almaty community members at the age of 23-35, in the framework of JDC representatives' visit to the Republic.

   In the course of the discussion were raised questions of youth involvement in the Jewish life and the role of young generation in the development process of the community. Guests - Boris Boguslavskiy, a JDC worker; Ehud Peleg, Young Leadership Development Consultant of CIS department and Max Wiesel, a JDC coordinator in Central Asia and the Caucasus - focused the attention of the auditorium on the fact that they came to Kazakhstan not as a checking side, but as people who want to take a look on the community life from the inside and to help the communities renewed after the collapse of the Soviet Union to look in future with confidence.

   "Exactly from you, young leaders, depend what will be the tomorrow day of the community", JDC representatives explained the aim of their visit. "Your outlook, system of values, desire to achieve a success and your talent will become the basis of the development process of Jewish organizations, which are able to give the Diaspora a feeling of confidence".

  JDC workers told the young leaders about the importance of lobbying and fund raising in the development process of Jewish communities in our days. They also offered to share the JDC experience in a work with organizations-donors.

Zarina Dzharlkaganova
Galina Goldberg