Village Councils

Meetings and consultations are the fundamental basis of KPO activity in the area of corporate social responsibility. The existing dialogue in the format of Village Councils with local communities allows KPO to answer their questions, discuss suggestions and initiatives as they arise, helping to address their concerns.

The Village Councils help identify priorities for KPO’s social investment in the villages. These bodies were established in 2005 as provided by a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Burlin District Akimat, the District Maslikhat and KPO.  

In 2024, 12 Village Councils meetings were held in the Priuralnyi, Zharsuat and Uspenovskiy rural districts. During the meetings, the local residents were informed of the KPO Community Development Programmes for 2024, on the progress of students from these rural districts who study in colleges and universities of Uralsk under the KPO Scholarship Programme, as well as KPO Environmental Monitoring Programme.

In 2024 seven residents of Priuralnoye, Uspenovka and Karachaganak Villages graduated from West Kazakhstan Oblast Universities and Colleges obtaining Diplomas of Schoolteachers and medical nurses. Most of the graduates return to work at local Schools and Clinics in rural communities of Burlin District and Aksai City. The graduates provided positive feedback to KPO about its Scholarship programme which allows the local youth from families with low income to get a tertiary education.

 In 2024 a new group of eight students were enrolled in West Kazakhstan Oblast Universities and Colleges from Priuralnoye and Zharsuat Villages. They will study at Medical Colleges to become dentists and at West Kazakhstan Universities studying history, geography, maths. Upon graduation they plan to return to Burlin District to work as Schoolteachers and medical staff.

As part of the Community Development Programme, KPO provided 177 vouchers for the elderly of Burlin district for health recreation in the Akzhaiyk Sanatorium.