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Malyeshok

We arrived at Maleyshok and were royally greeted by Helena. First we enjoyed a beautiful performance by one of the groupas. Malyshok is home to typically 80 children aged 4-to 7. They currently have 100 and cannot accept any new arrivals. The entire facility is divided into groupas of 12 who are arranged by age.  The kids put on a beautiful show, sang, read poetry and danced for us. They had on there Sunday bests with the big beautiful bows!  We then toured the facility and spoke at length about the current needs list for the orphanage. All the budgets in Russia have been cut by 20% due to the crisis and drop in oil prices.

The promotion of Foster Families has been very successful in Russia. Last year Malyshok placed 70 kids in Foster Families.

The director of the Kamenesky drove down a couple hours to meet with us. We currently have three students in the HOPE program from this orphanage that has children 7-18. We talked about the challenges the director faces and the immediate needs of the kids.

Overall though I came away with a feeling that these children are well taken care of and the Nanny’s seem to truly love the children. To be born with a disability though is very very hard for these children. Russia has a much more advanced system to take care of her orphans than Mongolia does.