21-year-old Amina Urmanova lives in the city of Sarkan in the Sarkan district. A graduate of a liberal arts college by education, a teacher-organizer of leisure. She worked in college as the head of a dance group, and also taught choreography at a children's development center.
"As a student, I was already thinking about my future profession, there were many options, starting from an employee as a teacher at school, kindergarten. They were invited to the state folk dance ensemble in the city of Taldykorgan, but they wanted independence. Therefore, I decided to try myself in business," the entrepreneur said.
In 2019, Amina took part in the project "zHas Kasipker", where she learned the basics of business. Later, the girl received a grant in the amount of 200 MCI as part of the Enbek program. These funds allowed the young businesswoman to rent a studio and purchase equipment. The studio was given an ambitious name "Grace".
"During college, there were a lot of people who wanted to study dance, says Amina. - But there was no such studio in our city, so after studying the demand, I decided to open a dance studio. So far, this is the first and only studio in our area. In the studio, children receive a full amount of information and exercises, ranging from classical dances, the basics of gymnastics to modern dances."
In the studio, Amina teaches herself. In addition to national dances, here he teaches dances of the peoples of the world, modern, pop and classical dances. At the beginning of the studio, 20 children from 4 to 14 years old were engaged. But now the number of participants has increased significantly. Recently, the entrepreneur opened a group for adults.
In addition to training, Amina's dance studio takes part in various competitions. In the summer of this year, they became laureates of the first degree of the republican contest of choreographic art "Everyone is dancing!".
According to the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Almaty region, since the beginning of the year, 3.1 thousand unemployed and aspiring entrepreneurs have studied the basics of entrepreneurship "Bastau Business" project within the framework of the "Enbek" program. In total, more than 1,200 business projects received grant financing and concessional lending from among those trained under the project, taking into account those completed in previous years.