Currently our Foundation takes care of two orphanages in Kiev region. Our partnership has stood the test of time and has been consolidated by common goals. In January, 2009 a new project – the building of the rehabilitation center for orphans and children from the problem families – was started.
«Kolyska dytyachoi nadii» orphanage is one of the first licensed private orphanages in Ukraine. It is located in Novosyolki village in Kiev region, 5 km from Kiev. Currently there are 24 children aged from 2 to 13. 24 hours a day our foster children are surrounded with care of qualified staff that has an advanced approach to physical and social rehabilitation of children. Attention and warmth of teachers, educators and medical staff anticipates an adaptation and social rehabilitation. Over the 10 years of existence of the orphanage it has become a shelter for 114 children. 85 children have found families and 5, after social and physical rehabilitation, went back home to their own families.
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We regard an orphanage as temporary form of children’s stay. A child shouldn’t stay too long in educational institution, which, no matter how hard we try, cannot replace a family. The tasks of the orphanage include overcoming previous negative experience of child’s life and preparing him or her for adoption.
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| — Tetyana Petrunnikova, the director
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For more than a year and six months Vladimir Baturskiy has been supporting homeless children, and in 2001 organized his own orphanage of a family type. During this period Vladimir and Tatiana Batursky have brought up 20 children. Now the Baturskiy family consists of three own children and eight adopted children of different age.
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Taking care of a homeless child or a child from a problem family is only a beginning. The main task of bringing-up consists in spiritual awakening of individuality, in child’s readiness to be responsible for actions before society and in seeing prospects of his development in it.
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| — Vladimir Baturskiy, the head of a family
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