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Join an IT team, learn to draw in a graphics editor, adapt to a new place and make friends, and also try volunteering – the capital’s non-profit organizations (NPOs) help young city residents decide on their future profession and find their place in life. Such projects regularly receive support from the capital at annual Moscow Mayor’s Grant Competitions for socially oriented non-profit organizations. Applications are now being accepted and will continue until July 3.
The authors of children’s and youth non-profit projects told mos.ru what distinguishes modern teenagers, how they are helped to decide on a profession and acquire in-demand skills.
Computer technology and volunteering
The Baytik Foundation for New Technologies in Education was created in Troitsk more than 30 years ago, and all these years it has been introducing children and adults to IT. For four years in a row, the organization has won grants from the Mayor of Moscow to implement its projects for young Muscovites. Thus, in 2025, the city supported the Youth IT Squad initiative, designed for schoolchildren aged 12–15.
Today, 37 children participate in the IT squad. We posted information about the recruitment on the foundation’s pages in social networks, and anyone who wanted to could sign up for training. The children come to classes once a week. The program includes theory, practice, and the development of soft skills – this is the ability to work in a team, communication skills, time management. I would like to note that modern teenagers are very kind. They want to help, be useful and needed. It is important for them not only to learn to draw in a graphic editor or model, but also to share new knowledge Daria Kalabukhova, executive director of the Baytik Foundation for New Technologies in Education, head of the Youth IT Squad project
After studying graphic editors, the teenagers created postcard layouts, printed them on printing equipment and donated the print run to the Troitsk veterans council. After mastering the basics of video editing, the children made videos for the 80th anniversary of the Victory, in which they used archival photos and footage. They were then broadcast at holiday concerts. In the summer, the children will study 3D modeling, develop devices to improve the comfort of those who move in a wheelchair, such as cup holders and phone stands. The products will be printed on 3D printers and sent to hospitals where special military operation soldiers are being treated.
The “Youth IT Squad” also volunteers. As part of the excursion program, the children have already visited the Patriot Park and the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill.
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From preparing for exams to finding friends
Special attention is required for teenagers whose families have moved from new regions of Russia. They need to adapt and find friends, catch up on schoolwork and prepare for exams, and think about their future profession. Since 2022, the Refugees Moscow and Moscow Region aid headquarters has been providing such families with the necessary material, psychological, and legal support. And in 2024, the To the Stars! project was launched, which helps teenagers aged 14–18 integrate into a new environment.
We decided to make the project integrative and educational. Visiting museums and theaters, getting to know cultural and historical values, communicating with people of different professions, volunteering – all this can enrich the children. Our wards visited the exhibition-forum “Russia”, VDNKh sites, the festival “Sofia-Rus. Dialogue of Cultures”, the exhibition “Birth of Scale”, attended a course in public speaking at Arina Sharapova’s school, in the building of the State Duma, the Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov Maria Makeeva Head of the project “To the Stars!” in 2024-2025
There are currently over 50 refugee teenagers in the group, who regularly (two to four times a month) attend various events. Each of them can choose the areas they need — online classes with tutors to prepare for exams, volunteering, excursions to exhibitions, factories, and universities. In addition, the children have face-to-face meetings twice a month on weekends. There, they can learn about methods of psychological relief and self-help, discuss important issues of growing up, communicate with peers, and meet professionals from various fields.
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Close the gaps in school knowledge
Another significant project, “From motivation to employment,” is being implemented by the charitable foundation “Simple Things”He helps the children of the Family Education Assistance Center. “Kakhovsky daisies» from 14 to 18 years old who have difficulties with studying school subjects. It is based on the foundation’s long-term work to support children without parental care. Last year, the initiative received a grant from the Mayor of Moscow.
Together with the center’s specialists, we help teenagers decide on their future profession in accordance with their interests and capabilities. To enter college in the chosen field, you need to get a certificate with good grades, because the results of the competition are summed up based on the average score. To do this, you need to pass the OGE, and our task is to help the child prepare for the exams. Classes with tutors are held in conjunction with trainings conducted by psychologists and career guidance specialists. It should be noted that many teenagers are interested in this, they receive tangible benefits. For example, at a meeting with a coach, there were twice as many participants as we expected Zoya Glukhova Director of the charity fund “Simple Things”, head of the project “From motivation to employment”
From January to May, 30 teenagers took part in the project. Many of them are ninth-grade graduates who have already decided which colleges they will apply to.
In September, the project will continue its work and another 15 people will be able to attend the meetings. Not only classes and trainings, but also excursions are planned for them – an introduction to different professions, for example, an office manager and a barista. Owners of companies who built their business from scratch and achieved great success will also talk about their personal experience.
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The route to the sport is built
The project “Sports Navigator” of the scientific and consulting center “Sports Perspective” is designed for older participants, students of colleges and universities. It received grant support last year.
The project has several objectives: to introduce students of sports colleges and universities to career prospects, to popularize physical education among all young people, and to develop digital tools with which everyone could find a suitable option for events.
An important part of the project is business games dedicated to sports professions. We invited teams of students and teachers from sports, pedagogical and economic colleges and universities. We offered them to discuss one of the current issues of modern sports and develop a project. For example, at one of the games, the participants thought over the work of a professional phygital club, it was necessary to ensure its payback and high results. In addition, we held meetings with students in universities and colleges, with children in sports schools and discussed with them the possibilities of using digital solutions in sports Dmitry Chernonog, head of the Sports Perspective Center
Each participant in the games received an invitation to connect to the Sports Navigator chatbot developed within the project. Here, you need to indicate your height, weight, field of study, interests, and training frequency. Based on the answers, the chatbot gives recommendations on the possibility of professional realization in sports and options for comfortable physical activity. In addition, the system can recommend a suitable profession in this field – from a fitness instructor to a sports journalist. The developers plan to set up analysis of the results using neural networks, make recommendations more accurate, and also open access to the chatbot to everyone.
In April, the center held the festival “Sport and Profession 2.0” at the Russian University of Sports “GCOLIFK”. It was attended by more than 180 students of sports schools, students of physical education colleges and universities, as well as parents and teachers. They got acquainted with innovative sports, including drone racing and sports programming, and discussed what qualities a professional in this field should have and how to start a career in it.
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