About 98% of all children living in Russian children’s homes are not orphans. According to sociologists’ researches, the number of homeless and abandoned children is increasing by 170 000 people annually in our country. The General Prosecutor's Office says nowadays the number of homeless and abandoned children is more than 2 million in Russia (L. Petranovskaya “An adopted child has joined the class”). Children get into children’s homes for a number of reasons.
• Orphans. These are children who lost both of their parents in some accidents.
• Abandoned children or social orphans. These children have one or both parents but their parents don’t want to take care of them.
• Children whose parents cannot take care of them. These children were taken from drug addicts, alcoholics, prisoners, in other words, from people who are not currently able to take proper care of their kids.
• Disabled children. These children live in special closed institutions for children with some birth defects.
What do we know about children's institutes and orphanages?
Who takes care of children living without parents in Russia?
What problems do people think about if they want to help children living without
parents?
What should the goverment do to prevent unfriendly attitude towards children?
