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Parishioners of the mosque raised money for an apartment for children orphaned by fire

The chief imam of the Akmola region of Kazakhstan, Kuanysh Sabit, presented the grandfather of children who were orphaned after a terrible fire in the city of Shortandy with a certificate for the purchase of housing, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports. The Nauan Khazret Mosque intends to buy the children an apartment in the capital.

The tragedy took place on November 17. As a result of the explosion of a gas cylinder, a fire broke out in a barrack-type house. At that moment, there were two families in one of the apartments. The hosts, the Zharkynbek family, received guests, the Suraukhan family with children. In the family of the owners, only the head of the family, Nuranbai Zharkynbek, survived, he received 30 percent burns, and the son of Ali, he is a little over a year old. At the site of the fire, Altyngul's wife Huang and their three-year-old daughter Ayaru died. Two more children from this family died in the hospital a few days later. Four children survived from the Sarauhan family, but they lost both parents. Their mother, 33-year-old Barshagul Rakhat, died on the spot. And his father, Serikzhan Suraukhan, received 90% burns, he died later in the hospital.

"Four children were left orphans. We plan to buy them an apartment in the city of Nur-Sultan. I think this will be an important help in their lives. This money, of course, is not enough. We will continue to collect, there are still some options. Housing in the capital. we will definitely buy them, "the chief imam of the Akmola region, Kuanysh Sabit, told the agency.

Parishioners of the mosque raised money to help the families. The gathering was announced the day after the tragedy. At the moment, 14 million tenge has been collected. The organizers of the project sent most of them to a housing certificate for children from the Suraukhan family. Another 4 million donations were donated to the Zharkynbek family.

During the presentation of the certificate, Suraukhan Kusain, who had lost his son and daughter-in-law, cried all the time. He was very moved by the news of the purchase of an apartment for his grandchildren. "Immeasurable gratitude to the mosque headed by the chief imam Kuanysh Sabit and to all parishioners, fellow countrymen for not passing our grief. Let your families bypass misfortune. The main thing is that loved ones are safe and sound, and children do not leave before their parents." - the aksakal wished.

After the fire, at an emergency meeting in the central communications service, Akmola region akim Yermek Marzhikpayev said that the akimat had allocated 30 million to buy housing for affected families. The head of the region noted that all three apartments in this house have fallen into disrepair, the roof collapsed in them. Thus, the solution of the housing issue for the children of Suraukhan, who did not live in the destroyed house, thanks to the initiative of the mosque, will be very fair. According to the press service of the Akimat of the Shortandy region, the authorities have not yet purchased housing for the victims of the fire, and the families are living in rental housing. The rent is paid by the regional akimat. The orphaned children were taken up by close relatives.

Parishioners of the mosque raised money for an apartment for children orphaned by fire