The project's author Galina Kukushkina decided to work on online-tutorship during the COVID-19 pandemic, when it became obvious that not only children but also their parents were struggling with the increased amount of independent learning. Private tutors usually charge significant sums, and here was that the elderly volunteers have come to everyone's aid. Before their retirement, many of them were highly qualified specialists in their respective fields.

One of the project's partners id the "Proryv" volunteer center of Volgograd State University, that has helped the silver volunteers to quickly master ZOOM. Regional civic organization "Mnogodetny Volgograd" assisted in forming study groups with 9-10 middle-schoolers and 2 volunteers in each.

Volunteer tutors meet their charges once a week to look into the most difficult parts of the All-Russian Test (VPR) and homework. Currently, the project is aimed at the children from the 4^th and the 6^th school years.

A separate group of volunteers, this time – psychologists, started working with the children's parents, too, to give them some tips on organizing and supervising their children's studies at home.

We invite you to follow the course of the project in the VKontakte https://vk.com/club197334313.