The need

Statistics on orphans in Russia

Number of newly registered orphans and children left without parental care

Adoption and institualization

 

1995		2000		2005		2008
533 100	140 770 in state institutions	662 500	180 295 in state institutions	>700 000	177 116 in state institutions	714 000	136 599 in state institutions
	139 827 adopted		153 477 adopted		158 653 adopted		142 797 adopted

Information taken from The Rosstat Agency and UNISEF 

• Today in Russia's orphanages over 80% of the children fall 2 or more years behind in school by the age of 12.
• Those who fall behind never graduate from high school or are put on a "special needs" track where 9 years of education are only equivalent to 5 years at the normal level.
• Children in psycho-neurological orphanages are routinely deprived of any sort of education.

In Moscow 10% disappear in the first year after leaving the orphanage, over 50% spend time in prison.

Origins	Orphanages	After leaving orphanages
30-40% from alcoholic families 50% from their mother 13% from their father	1147 in 2008	50% - fall into a high-risk category 40% - become drug users 40% - commit crimes 10% - commit suicide 10% - somehow succeed in life (nearly 4% from them are admitted to universities)
	1325 in 2005
	1244 in 2000
	820 in 1995

Information taken from The Ministry of Education

Every day we receive telephone calls from orphanage directors, teachers and other NGOs who hear of our programmes, but our ability to respond is limited by the amount of funds we raise.

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