Russia
Bethany Social Services St. Petersburg is a registered Russian non-governmental, not-for-profit organization. The mission of Bethany Social Services is to "protect and enhance the lives of children and families through high-quality social services and through improving the social work practice in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Area."
THE NEED IN RUSSIA
Children Growing Up in Orphanages
Rather than in Families: 260,000*
Approximately 26,000 children (10%) age out of orphan care each year. Without intervention for these children, only 10% will adapt to life within their communities, 40% will become dependent on crime, 40% will become dependent on drugs and alcohol, and 10% will commit suicide.**
Children Growing Up in Single Parent Families: 6,450,000 (21%)***
This population is lacking the presence of fathers. The children and women are vulnerable and the children are at risk of being neglected, abused, or abandoned.
*Federal Ministry of Education, 2006
**Moscow General Office of the Public Prosecutor, 2003
***Report of Children’s Conditions in Russia, review by Galina Trastontskaya, expert of the National Fund for Protection of Children Against Violence (2005)
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