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Monday, October 05 2020 - 08:43
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Social capitalism is at the peak of the trend: in a period of social upheaval, Igor Rybakov and other billionaires launch social preschool program
MOSCOW, Oct. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

2020 seemed cruel to the world's population - it is impoverished, the second 
wave of COVID-19 is coming. In these conditions, billionaires decide to take 
control of the situation and launch social programs 

Russian billionaire Igor Rybakov[https://rybakov.media/] has launched a network 
of schools and kindergartens - the Rybakov PlaySchool. Igor Rybakov and his 
wife Ekaterina (Silver Stevie Award[https://stevieawards.com/Women] Winner in 
nomination Female Executive of the Year) are the founders of the Rybakov 
Foundation[https://rybakovfoundation.org/], which aims to provide high-quality 
education for everyone in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goal 4, 
set by the United Nations. That is why the Rybakov Foundation and its program 
the Rybakov Academy will provide grant support for education at the Rybakov 
PlaySchool for children from low-income families.

International network of kindergartens and primary schools - the Rybakov 
PlaySchool[https://playschool.ru/] will also sell a franchise. Igor Rybakov has 
invested $3,800,000 into the project and aims to make it the most widespread 
educational project with 1,000 PlaySchools by 2025 and 10,000 by 2035. In 2022, 
Igor Rybakov intends to invest another $10 million to make the network global. 
He invites entrepreneurs to co-invest up to $10 million. 

The Rybakov Foundation has been accelerating education for 5 years, in 2016, 
the Foundation developed a preschool program - "PRO 
Kids"[https://rybakovprokids.org/], which is based on the cultural and 
historical approach to education developed by Lev Vygotsky - famous Soviet 
psychologist and pedagogue. Also this program was inspired by the "Tools of the 
mind"[https://toolsofthemind.org/]. The technologies of this program are used 
by 1200 educators in 36 regions of Russia. Moreover, the foundation has 
developed the concept of "School is the center of society" and has already 
supported more than 3,500 schools. 

Igor Rybakov - entrepreneur, co-founder of the Rybakov Foundation: "Human 
personality is formed during the first 10 years of life. It is important not to 
miss this time. That is why we provide kids from low-income families with 
educational grants to provide them with an independent future".  

This is certainly the approach taken by many billionaires including Jeff Bezos, 
who announced that a free preschool for children coming from low-income 
families would be launched in October.

Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1306777/Rybakov_Family_Foundation.jpg 

SOURCE: Rybakov Family Foundation
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