Why are Kazakhstanis getting poorer? Why are our people forced to survive rather than live? How is it that a country rich in vast reserves of oil, copper, coal, and other valuable resources cannot feed its people?
Families with many children, single mothers, and people with disabilities, for whom every day is a struggle to survive, are caught in the poverty trap. Many ask: why perpetuate poverty? Why do families with very low incomes continue to have children? How do single mothers cope with poverty? And what future awaits their children? We spoke with those on the brink of survival: honestly, openly, and without embellishment.

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Saniya Smailova
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Aizada Seilkhanova
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Aizhan Khamarova
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Contents:
00:00 – Intro
00:37 – How many poor people are there in Kazakhstan?
02:27 – 8 people crammed into 20 square meters
04:13 – "They don't like our children making noise"
04:45 – "It's become unfit": unable to provide for his family
07:15 – A rented house without amenities for 100,000 rubles
08:08 – Is 100,000 rubles a month enough for three?
8:46 – Makes ends meet, but helps others
11:31 – Lives in a store with two children
13:00 – "Neighbors help, friends buy medicine"
14:52 – They follow a dream, but end up below the poverty line
15:48 – I didn't want to be poor like my mother
16:37 – "Broke my jaw": my abusive husband didn't work and beat me
18:58 – Why are Kazakhstanis getting poorer?
22:04 – Paid showers: they wash once every three days
23:20 – They eat on child support
24:10 – Everything is getting more expensive: how do they survive?
25:00 – 500,000 in grocery debt
26:09 – "I gave birth – it's my own fault": my ex-husband doesn't pay child support
26:43 – "Either a jacket or boots: how do they survive in Kazakhstan?" 28:42 – Grocery on credit, clothes from charities
30:39 – Didn't hand over the money, my child's gift was taken away at school
31:33 – No friends because I'm poor
32:36 – Instead of going to university, I worked as a waitress in a cafeteria
33:28 – Didn't have the money to prepare for the Unified National Test
34:12 – Gives all my earnings to my mother
34:34 – What do children of poor parents dream of?
35:20 – How much money does the state pay to large families?
36:54 – "I need someone to watch the little kids"
38:13 – Resells marmalade to survive
43:04 – Could end up homeless: rent is going up
45:28 – I made a promise: to help others until my death
46:35 – What is the Kazakhstani dream like?

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