No excuses: "Gleaming the Cube" - an interview with Artem Moiseenko
A Life Inspiration / / December 19, 2019
Today the guest of the special project "No excuses" was Artem Moiseenko, Founder and director of the charity fund "The Ark".
Xenia Bezuglova He toldThey have arranged with Artem beach for people with disabilities in Phuket. But this is not all that he has done useful things.
About business and good deeds Artem in this interview.
- Hello, Artem! Thank you for agreeing to participate in this special project.
- Hello, Anastasia!
- You were born in Vladivostok. Share the most vivid impressions of his childhood?
- Maybe it is a sport. Since I can remember, I have always made it. I was very fond of, and I have sought good results in any sport, for that would have wished to undertake.
- A lot of what did you do?
- Yes. With pleasure involved in physical education classes, I go to the different sections. But to a greater extent - it was figure skating. I started doing it at an early age, even before school. Called to continue on a professional basis. But we were quite far from the sports school, the parents because of the work it was impossible to carry on my regular workout - had to give up.
In addition, I suddenly thought that figure skating - it is still a certain "feminine" sport, and decided to play hockey. Earlier in the courtyards flooded every winter hockey boxes, and all came out to ride, to drive the puck. It was then that I and my handy skill with skates.
Clubs were established - in every area of the city was of 5-6 pieces. I also put together a team. Although in those days, the skates and really was not, and putter were almost improvised. Now we have to think of something, from scrap materials Form Wizard, dashboards, and more. It was a story - even write a book.
In hockey, I have achieved good results, hauling on a professional level. In one year, I was the best scorer of Vladivostok. I was invited to high school hockey in Khabarovsk. But at that time, I had a girl who was very important to me, and indeed could not imagine how it is - to leave home ...
- Do you regret?
- Not. Hockey was not my destiny.
- In general, you regret something that did not do or did not have time to do in a former life, before the injury?
- Also no. If I may say so, the injury gave me a new life. I began to see more clearly its purpose and pursue it. And most importantly - he began systematically to help people.
- How was the process of adaptation? What had to learn?
- Learning had almost everything: sit down, hold in your hand a spoon, a fork, a pen, then the handset. Fingers and hands after the injury did not work. In fact, I could only lie.
- What did you do professionally after an injury?
- I realized that I need to start making money and somehow support his family, as we lived very poorly.
Then, from the outset I have chosen a path that was available to me - working on the phone. I tied up the phone to his hand, because he could not hold her own. First, it provides contact phone services, and then was manager of cargo.
One day I suggested to my mother to create a construction company: hire work crews, and to connect them with customers in need of repair and finishing works in the apartments and houses.
Mom doubt, of course, that can handle it, but I convinced her, and she believed me. She's previously worked as an accountant and assistant manager in kindergarten, so that an estimate for it was not difficult, as well as to monitor the work of the brigade.
The first workers to come for an interview directly to our apartment, where I met them, lying in bed, because we did not have an office.
Gradually, the orders became more we worked for several teams. I sat all day on the phone. Moving too profitable.
We began to live better, to make repairs in the hallway, changed the windows to all the neighbors have been nice to pass on it.
Then I bought a car. I drove the car before the injury, but not quite imagine how I would do it after I got it. A little thought, I came up with manual control: welder cooked me handle that is screwed directly to the pedals, so I could drive the car with the help of one hand.
Once I got behind the wheel, I started myself to leave on the deal on cargo, as well as to engage in buying and selling of container. Me and my sister went to the transaction. She was only 14, but she selflessly helped me in my work and in life. Some customers do not even know that I am not able to walk, think, that I have no time to get out of the car.
I have an own base, which I stored the containers purchased and acquired trucks. Now I was no longer a manager of freight - I had my own small cargo fleet. Mom continued to be engaged in the construction business.
- Why go to Moscow?
- Once I saved enough money, I went to Moscow for rehabilitation. (Originally, the purpose of my active and persistent long-term work was to make enough money to get back on his feet).
In Moscow, I spent several months in various clinics and rehabilitation centers, but did not find them in the desired effect for themselves. Then I started to look for other places for the rehabilitation of the Internet and found out about the Central Clinical Hospital Rehabilitation (TSKBVL) "Blue", which is located in the suburbs. Clinic liked me your level, friendly medical staff and a large number of simulators in which I could do. The "blue" I spent nine months hard exercising and sticking to a fairly strict daily routine and diet.
I changed both externally and internally, to me began to reach people, I have made new friends. There I met other disabled people, active and positive, motivated, and new ways of life opened up for me. I realized that I need to spend more time on social life. After all, in our far the Primorsky Territory, and many other regions of the country, only the units were able to get a full-fledged rehabilitation centers, such TSKBVL.
I have one more very clear and conscious goal - to build a high-level rehabilitation center in the Primorsky Territory, persons with disabilities from all over the Far East and Eastern Siberia could redeem it.
Salvation is "drowning"
- Tell us about the charity fund "Ark"? Who do you help?
– "The ark" It was established in 2001. Previously, it was a public organization of disabled spinalnikov Vladivostok. Now we have become the Far Eastern Interregional Organization of persons with disabilities "The Ark". But we already have branches in other regions of the country, up to Kaliningrad. Our supporters, seeing our active and learning from our experience, open "Ark" across the country.
People turn to us by different people, they all have different requests and needs. This can be disabled since childhood, and people with an injury received as adults. Age and social status do not matter. We try to help each person, please contact us. Someone needs a wheelchair, someone treatment or rehabilitation, someone just communication and the possibility of somehow gain a foothold in the community, to find his calling, to find new friends. For such people, we often hold events of various kinds, where they can realize their talents, meet other people with disabilities to choose their way of life.
For example, every summer we are on the sea organize a rehabilitation camp - "Invaleto". People come from all over the country - have a rest, get acquainted, get positive emotions. In general, heals the body and soul.
Also, every spring for the past four years we spend "Culinary fights" to reveal the best Cooking talents among people with disabilities. After the invalid can be a wonderful cook! By the way, plans to hold such an event on a national scale, not simply to bring out the best Disabled chefs, but also to create opportunities for them to move on professionally in this direction. For example, organize a culinary school for these people, give them the opportunity to work in this restaurant.
In Vladivostok, the full works "Invasluzhba" - is a free transportation of persons with disabilities according to their needs at a special transport (buses are equipped with lifts), which is also one of the priorities of our projects organization.
Last year we held a beauty contest for women in wheelchairs. Now we prepare the same for Russia and CIS countries with the owner of the title "Queen of Beauty" Xenia Bezuglova. It will be held in Moscow in late 2014.
In Primorye, we also actively develop the Paralympic Movement. I set up five teams: wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair fencing, ice sledge hockey and boccia. All teams participating in the championships of Russia and other tournaments of this level. For those who want to realize themselves in sports - you are welcome.
- And at whose expense it all?
- Most of our activities we carry out, involving sponsors. We always welcome new cooperation with representatives of socially responsible business, and with volunteer organizations, just caring people who do not care what position people with disabilities in our country, and who are willing to contribute to their improvement living conditions.
- Artem, here you are so energetic and enterprising people. Have you ever thought about how to go into politics, to help people with disabilities in the public relations level?
- Of course, the thought. And who knows, maybe it will happen. If it will improve the situation, I will act.
Not "Why?" And "Why?"
- Our project is called "No excuses." That means to you is an expression?
- No excuses - this means that in whatever difficult situation in life, you may be, you are in any case should not stop on the way to the goal. On the contrary, the difficulties and failures have only harden you on your life's journey.
I'm not looking for excuses for his injury and the plight in which there was my family. And I was able to overcome it. I always asked myself the right question: "For what?" I got injured, and "Why?" I got it. And I am looking for an answer to this question. It is on this principle and takes my life.
- Still, what motivates you to be so active and positive?
- The most important thing for me right now - it's to help the greatest possible number of people to believe in themselves and feel the same as I feel. Just imagine, a person sitting at a computer all day, no not believe in anything, but here again, and becomes, for example, a member of the Russian national rugby on wheelchairs or businessman. It is possible - just need a helping hand. For me it is the greatest happiness - help. That is what motivates to life.
- Wish anything Layfhakera readers. Date them his parting words.
- The most important thing - to keep your mind clear. Engage in their spiritual development, helping people in need. And to believe that, no matter what happens to you, what would be an injury or life situation does not occur - it does not mean it's the end of your life. On the contrary - it is only the beginning.
- Tom, thank you for the interview.
- Thanks you! Goodbye!