BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 20. Leyla Aliyeva,
Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and Arzu Aliyeva,
Head of the Baku Media Center, visited an exhibition presented by
the DOST Center for Inclusive Development and Creativity at the Art
Pavilion in the Green Zone of COP29, Trend reports.
Sahil Babayev, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of
Population, provided information on the center’s initiatives aimed
at developing the creative potential of socially vulnerable
groups.
The exhibition features over 50 handicrafts created by
beneficiaries and their trainers from the DOST Center for Inclusive
Development and Creativity and the “DOST House” branch under the
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population. Among the
handicrafts were art pieces dedicated to the green world,
environmental protection, and the preservation of nature.
Leyla Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva also attended a concert program
performed by beneficiaries of the center, consisting of individuals
with disabilities. The program included works by Azerbaijani and
international composers, performed by Muslum Muslumzade, Sabina
Asgarova, Khalig Sharifov, Samad Novruzov, Nurlan Ahmadov, and
Farid Abdullayev.
The exhibition and concert program were met with great
enthusiasm.
Afterward, Leyla Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva met with the
beneficiaries of DOST Center for Inclusive Development and
Creativity, conversed with them, and posed for photographs
together.