Initiator of Bolashaq.me and the Talimger project
Camp concluded · Mangystau Region · 10–17 August 2026
Bolashaq.me Camp concluded on 17 August
Eight residential days on the Caspian coast brought together teenagers from cities and districts across the Mangystau Region who had completed a competitive selection process. Career guidance became practical: participants explored professions, tried team roles, worked with AI, created projects and tested solutions with their own hands.
Alongside the teen programme, the camp hosted a practice lab for career guidance educators. Practitioners selected through a regional competition learned and rehearsed new tools in the morning, then used them with teen teams that same day.
10—17August 2026
Caspianeight residential days at a site by the sea
100+teenagers and educators from across the Mangystau Region brought together by one programme
0 ₸families pay nothing for the programme, accommodation, meals, materials or group transport from Aktau and back
01 / About the project
Preparation began long before August
In 2025, Тәлімгер began sustained work across the Mangystau Region: training educators in career guidance and entrepreneurship, creating a regional methodology centre and running competitions for career guidance practitioners and youth teams. The summer camp brought these strands together in one place.
230educators completed training in 2025
11educators earned places at the summer business camp through the regional competition
6youth teams earned places at the summer business camp
Bolashaq.me is a career guidance platform and charitable initiative. The camp brought that work into a shared physical space through teamwork, project-making and conversations with trained practitioners.
This is a region-wide effort, not a project for one city. The Тәлімгер network connects Aktau, Zhanaozen and districts across the Mangystau Region.
The camp is organised and methodically led by the Тәлімгер public foundation, which supports social initiatives and innovation in education.
How the regional project developed (Russian)Regional competition results (Russian)Project ecosystem
Who stands behind Bolashaq.me
The Bolashaq.me career-guidance platform was launched by the Halyk Charitable Fund as part of the Talimger project. The camp continues this work in the Mangystau Region. The Talimger Public Foundation organises the camp and leads its methodology; the regional programme is supported by the Akimat of the Mangystau Region.
Halyk Foundation on the Talimger programme in Mangystau
Camp organiser and methodology lead
Mangystau Region — where the programme takes place
02 / Inside the programme
Six strands in one intensive programme
These are not six separate clubs. A single challenge may combine movement, research, a team role, technology and a public presentation of the result.
Build. Test. Rebuild.
Teenagers make structures and prototypes, find weak points and revise their solution after testing it.
Play as a team, not merely side by side
Morning exercise, active games and team challenges develop not only speed, but also tactics, mutual support and responsibility.
Film, design and take the stage
Participants develop their team’s visual language, create photographs and videos, and work with text, imagery and the presentation of results.
Change roles and notice your contribution
Across different challenges, a teenager may lead, investigate, build, explain or help the group reach agreement — and discover which work suits them best.
From a person’s need to a working version
Teams gather evidence, define a challenge, create an initial solution, show it to people and improve it.
Explore careers, compare options and verify
AI helps participants find possibilities and examine future scenarios. People still decide what matters and which path to take.
03 / Journey
Eight days by the Caspian. Four completed stages.
Participants observed how they acted within a team, explored professions, identified a problem worth solving, and worked together from a practical challenge to a tested prototype.
Try different roles within a team
A quest, collaborative challenges and guided reflection help each teenager notice when they take the lead, how they reach agreement and which kinds of tasks make them feel most capable.
See what professions involve in practice
Career stations and AI-supported research reveal the tasks, tools, decisions and working conditions behind a job title.
Spot a problem and test a response
Participants explore the camp environment, speak with people, choose one meaningful problem, build an initial solution and gather feedback.
Make a prototype and present the result
The team investigates a practical challenge, gathers evidence, builds a model or working prototype, tests it with people and explains its choices.
04 / Day by day
How the eight days unfolded from 10 to 17 August
This is a retrospective learning arc, not an hour-by-hour timetable: eight days from first introductions and self-observation to career research, an entrepreneurial experiment, a prototype and a final presentation.
0110August
Meet one another and form a team
The camp begins on the journey. After arrival, participants meet, join their teams, agree on how they will live and work together, and introduce themselves to the whole camp.
- What remains at the end of the day
- Participants know who is around them, how their team works and whom to approach for help.
0211August
Notice how you work with others
Through team and career-exploration challenges, participants try different roles. They then review specific moments with a career guidance educator: what felt natural, what took effort and what contribution the team noticed.
- What remains at the end of the day
- Each teenager has concrete examples of how they act, listen, explain and help move shared work forward.
0312August
Explore professions and how they may change
Teenagers investigate real tasks from different professions, ask questions, compare sources and use AI to examine several ways work and required skills may change by the time they enter adult life.
- What remains at the end of the day
- Several professions become more tangible, and each participant identifies a question they want to explore further.
0413August
Propose an improvement and put it to the test
Teams learn to notice people’s needs, choose one clear problem and turn an idea into a simple, testable solution. Here, entrepreneurship begins with two questions: who needs this, and why?
- What remains at the end of the day
- The team understands how an observed problem can become a useful proposition that can be tested.
0514August
Investigate a practical challenge
Teams receive a real-world challenge and first study its context: the people involved, available evidence, different interests and constraints. They only begin designing after asking questions and checking their assumptions.
- What remains at the end of the day
- The team has identified the person, the problem and the main assumption it needs to test.
0615August
Build and test a prototype
The team creates a model or working prototype, shows it to people, records what was unclear or inconvenient and then revises the solution.
- What remains at the end of the day
- There is a visible version of the solution and a record of the changes made after testing.
0716August
Prepare the story and present the project
Participants refine the visual presentation, practise explaining the project clearly, demonstrate the prototype, divide speaking roles and answer questions. Teams then present the results of their work.
- What remains at the end of the day
- The team receives feedback on the solution, its prototype and the way it communicated the work.
0817August
Bring the learning together and close the camp
Participants revisit the most important moments from all eight days, record what they learned about themselves, choose a next experiment for life after camp, preserve their team story and travel home.
- What remains at the end of the day
- A shared photograph, messages from teammates and memories of the challenges that proved most engaging.
05 / Outcomes
One programme. Two kinds of outcome.
Teenagers learn by doing, while career guidance educators learn to observe that action more precisely. Each group has its own outcome, created through shared work.
Build a body of evidence about themselves
- notice which challenges held their attention most strongly;
- recall specific moments when they contributed to a team;
- identify professions and pathways worth exploring further;
- choose a practical next step after camp.
Go beyond learning a method — put it to work
- learn and rehearse a new tool in the morning;
- use it with a teen team that same day;
- observe specific actions without labels or diagnoses;
- take practical methods back to schools and future projects.
Open practice-sharing
What works at camp should not stay at camp
The team collected the programme’s working and methodological materials. If you work with school students, want to learn from our findings or discuss running a similar camp, we welcome a exchange of experience.
+7 701 333 9999Learn about the method or discuss running a similar camp
Camp materials are not published as an open journal, but the team is ready to share approaches and discuss collaboration.
Learn about the materials ↗06 / After camp
The programme has ended. The work of sharing what we learned continues.
10–17 August 2026The camp has concluded
The final day took place on 17 August. Participants brought the programme to a close, preserved shared memories and travelled home.