In 2007 within the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation the company allocated above 400 thousand USD for construction of the Central Sterilization Complex in the city of Shymkent. The complex equipped with up-to-date and new equipment and having ample rooms was solemnly opened already in the following year. In 2008 under the same MOU the company provided its timely financial assistance for citizens of Saryagash District having transferred 100 million tenge for restoration of the school buildings, houses and bridges in that region that were damaged by the flood.

Over the past three years PetroKazakhstan acts as a social partner in the Committee for Women’s Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy at the South Kazakhstan Oblast Akimat. In the second quarter of 2009, as part of that partnership, the company acted as the general sponsor of the republic-wide charity action “Women of Kazakhstan against Poverty” arranged in accordance with the program of the National Committee for Women’s Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the RK President. Training and development games, TV-sets and DVD-players were provided to kindergartens located in the depth of the 15 districts of South Kazakhstan Oblast. Around 1 million tenge was allocated for implementation of that project.

In 2009 the company sponsored one more project that coincided with the Children’s Protection Day. Thanks to the company support the electronic equipment, bicycles, baby carriages and toys meeting international safety standards were purchased for the Rehabilitation Center for HIV Infected Children “Mother and Child” and the Infant House.

Taking care of the health of its employees the company annually pays for their therapeutic rest at sanatoriums and resorts. Moreover, every year the refinery employee children are granted with vouchers to summer camps to the total amount of more than 30 thousand USD.

The company does not forget about veterans of the Great Patriotic War either. By providing its annual support of more than 5,000 USD to the Oblast Veterans’ Union the company is helping the veterans to buy medications in a timely manner.

The Orynbaev Oblast Center of Hyperbaric Oxygenation receives support from the company in the form of bulk oxygen which is enough for charging 1,000 bottles and is used for production and technical needs. Citizens from all parts of South Kazakhstan Oblast take treatment procedures in the altitude chamber of this center.

Taking care of handicapped people the company has provided funds for the Shymkent Training and Production Enterprise to resume its functioning.