Human Rights Watch found the Russian orphanage system condemns children “to a life of deprivation and cruelty.” More than 200,000 children are classified as being “without parental care” and placed in orphanages, though as many as 95 percent of them still have a living parent, the organization concluded. Read More
This literature will determine what major factors influence a child’s response to death and to understand how children react to the death of a parent at different developmental stages. Read More
This Spring in 2011, after years of hard work and careful preparation, Yearn will begin laying down the foundation for the implementation of the first Social Adaptation Program in the Far East.
A small team has been assembled to spend at least one week with a handful of meticulously selected orphanages. The team will be rallying support among local social workers, as well as introducing training and teaching materials. The program, modeled after MiraMed’s “Mi Sami” courses, has been widely successful in Moscow, endorsed by the State Duma, and extended to state-run institutions throughout the West of Russia.
It is time it reached the Far East.
For years, orphans have graduated from Russia’s children’s homes at the ages of 16 and 17 with little or no understanding of how to cope with life in the outside world. Currently, 15,000 orphans graduate from state care each year. Statistics show that only one in ten of these becomes a functional member of society while the rest resort to crime, drugs, prostitution, and suicide.
By teaching simple social skills, as well as techniques for supporting oneself in a community, the Social Adaptation Program equips these children with the skills necessary to thrive once out on their own.
In addition to launching the Social Adaptation Program, Yearn will be initiating a rigorous awareness campaign by illuminating the subject of Russian orphans through a documentary film. The Yearn team will include an experienced documentary filmmaker who will bring the extremity of the orphan’s plight to viewers across the globe.
A small team has been assembled to spend at least one week with a handful of meticulously selected orphanages. The team will be rallying support among local social workers, as well as introducing training and teaching materials. The program, modeled after MiraMed’s “Mi Sami” courses, has been widely successful in Moscow, endorsed by the State Duma, and extended to state-run institutions throughout the West of Russia.
It is time it reached the Far East.
For years, orphans have graduated from Russia’s children’s homes at the ages of 16 and 17 with little or no understanding of how to cope with life in the outside world. Currently, 15,000 orphans graduate from state care each year. Statistics show that only one in ten of these becomes a functional member of society while the rest resort to crime, drugs, prostitution, and suicide.
By teaching simple social skills, as well as techniques for supporting oneself in a community, the Social Adaptation Program equips these children with the skills necessary to thrive once out on their own.
In addition to launching the Social Adaptation Program, Yearn will be initiating a rigorous awareness campaign by illuminating the subject of Russian orphans through a documentary film. The Yearn team will include an experienced documentary filmmaker who will bring the extremity of the orphan’s plight to viewers across the globe.
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The mission of our organization is to serve as a forum to facilitate and enable Russian American physicians, residents, nurses, researchers, medical students and other medical professionals to excel in patient care, teaching and research, participate in humanitarian work, practice culture-sensitive medicine and to pursue their aspirations in professional and community affairs. Read More
A donor to Friends of Russian Orphans, Russian-Toys.com specializes in unique toys selected specifically for Russian-American children. Read More
The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell 12 percent in the past year, reaching the lowest level since 1999 as some countries clamped down on the process and others battled with allegations of adoption fraud. Read More
Moscow, Russia (CNN) — Though Oksana is 4 years old, she is much shorter than other children who are a year younger. She barely talks, and yet doesn’t hesitate to climb up in her puffy dress to sit next to a visitor on a couch, after flashing an impish smile.
Administrators at Children’s Home Number 59 in Moscow say Oksana was found by police, after apparently being abandoned. She was then delivered to a hospital and eventually ended up at this orphanage.
Of the more than 83 children registered here, Oksana stands the best chance of being adopted — simply because she is one of the youngest children here.
Darya Tatarenko is a young child psychologist who works at Children’s Home Number 59. The 22-year-old graduate of Moscow State University has a deep personal interest in adoption: one of her sisters was adopted.