Winners of Galimzhan Yessenov Yessenov Launch Pad Competition Share How They Will Use Their Grants

The Shakhmardan Yessenov Foundation charity has announced the completion of the Yessenov Launch Pad (YLP) competition. The organizers awarded 10 grants for additional training, worth up to 600,000 tenge.

94 people participated in the competition. The competition laureates receive the opportunity for additional training to develop soft or hard skills.

20-year-old Sagynysh Sovet, a student at Satbayev University, is immersed in studying computer science. She will use the grant to take Python development courses (both server-side and client-side). She also plans to prepare for and take the IELTS exam.

Telzhan Myrzabekov, a 28-year-old employee of the M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University, says the grant will allow him to take an assessment center course from SHL Kazakhstan.

24-year-old Asmina Barkhandinova from the IT company QazCode stated that she intends to take an advanced online course in computer vision from DeepSchool.

Kurmet Danebek, a 23-year-old student at Nagasaki University (Japan), dreams of a certification course in healthcare management from the University Medical Center and the Kazakhstan Association of Healthcare Managers.

The initiative to establish the Yessenov Launch Pad program belongs to philanthropist and entrepreneur Galimzhan Yessenov. The program was launched in 2022.