Staying Human: Russia's Most Famous Volunteer Artists

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Life, unfortunately, is not a series of joyful and happy moments. Life is full of tragic events: poverty, incurable diseases, want. All these troubles for centuries "run" in parallel with the vector of human development and are unlikely to ever be completely and irrevocably eradicated. And fortunately there are people who are ready to help those who really need it.

Volunteer, benefactor, philanthropist, philanthropist - these concepts are widely heard all over the world, including Russia. It is the benefactors who are the people who are trying to make the world a better place to bring hope and faith into it. They are not doing this business out of the duty of their profession and certainly not under duress. The reasons for each are purely individual. For some, this is an opportunity to atone for their own sins, others themselves were in a difficult situation, but for others, philanthropy is simply in their genes.

It is difficult to overestimate the volunteer efforts of the representatives of the Russian Forbes list. Let's be honest, these people spend a lot of money on charity in all its forms, from helping sick children to investing in urban infrastructure. But the number of representatives of Russian show business working in this direction is only growing and the real contribution of these people is very noticeable. Among the most active are the following:

Natalya Vodyanova

A model of world importance and a mother of many children, she is well known in the field of volunteering. At the beginning of the 2000s, Natalia created the Naked Heart Foundation. Over the next 13 years, this organization has built more than 150 children's playgrounds, including one unique, for children with mental disabilities.

In recent years, Natalia has directed her active work specifically to help children from this category. In particular, with the assistance of the fund, two rehabilitation centers were built in the Nizhny Novgorod and Tula regions.

Not many people know, but in 2012, during a terrible flood in Krymsk, Vodianova, one of the few representatives of show business, came directly to the disaster zone and helped everyone in need on the spot.

Konstantin Khabensky

A man with a capital letter who rescues children with cancer. Constantine personally knew the bitterness of the loss of a loved one. His wife Anastasia died of a brain tumor. Everything was thrown on the altar of the struggle for the life of a young girl, but a serious illness left no chance.

From that moment on, the actor radically changed his own worldview and with all his might he saves the lives of children. His phone became a kind of "rescue service" for those in need. The actor is asked not only for financial assistance, but also for connections. Konstantin more than once "connected" emaciated mothers with highly qualified metropolitan doctors who undertake the most complex operations.

Moreover, his own apartment several times became a temporary shelter for parents, operated children. This man, carefully hiding his personal life from the general public, personally visits terminally ill children and never boasts of his humane actions in front of the media. As of today, he has saved more than one hundred and fifty children from death.

Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun

Two famous Russian actresses, who never “grabbed the stars from the sky”, but achieved everything with their own work, are the founders of one of the most famous Russian charity foundations “Give Life”.

For 10 years of its activity, the foundation has saved hundreds of children with cancer. He is engaged in the full support of medical institutions of the oncological direction. The efforts of Chulpan and Diana were noted more than once at the highest state level. They received the Humanism Award a few years ago.

Gosha Kutsenko

9 years ago, the actor single-handedly founded the Step Together Foundation. The main direction of his activity is all-round assistance for children who suffer from cerebral palsy (purchase of medicines and special equipment). Kutsenko is well known for using his celebrity connections and constantly organizing various kinds of charity events.

Among other well-known volunteers in the field of show business, the following can also be noted: Andrei Malakhov, Alina Kabaeva, Ksenia Alferova with her husband Yegor Beroev, Kristina Asmus and Garik Kharlamov, Olga Budina, Igor Vernik, Anita Tsoi, Alexander Bezrukov, Vladimir Spivakov, Timur Bekmambetov, Evgeny Mironov and others.

Many of the above celebrities help the poor and needy. There are also those who do not forget about our smaller brothers. Andrey Makarevich, Ilona Bronevitskaya, Brothers Zapashny and many others are well known for their help to shelters for homeless animals.

It will not be superfluous to mention that many of the celebrities in their volunteer activities are very conspiratorial and in every way try to avoid its publicity. We may never know about her.

And in continuation of the topic, we have collected 10 photo proofs that the world is full of kind people.