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Help Children in Russia with SOS Children
Russia is the largest country in the
world and one of the most fascinating and diverse in terms of
climate, peoples, culture and history. It spans 11 time zones
and 160 degrees of longtitude - nearly halfway around the Earth.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union
in 1991, Russia has been striving to overcome the legacy of
Communism. While there have been positive economic trends, the
benefits are slow to filter down to ordinary people. Wages are
low, inequality continues to rise and poverty is at significant
levels, particularly among families with children or
single-parent families, leading to many children being abandoned
into state care or onto the streets.
Plans for the charity to establish an
SOS Children's Villagein Russia began in the late 1980s but it
wasn’t until 1996 that the first children moved into the 11
family houses in the charity's Tomolino
community, on the outskirts of Moscow, as the initial site for
the village proved unsuitable and an alternative had to be
found. In 2002, a youth house for the older children was
established, where they can live and be supported until they are
independent.
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