By Bonnie Williams | Manager of Development
We have exciting news!
We are ceasing the American-guided Kidsave Russia operations but leaving in its place Childhood Keepers, an all-Russian non-governmental organization with the same mission to move orphaned children into families and connect them to caring adult mentors. Although the political situation of foreign organizations operating in Russia has recently become difficult, Kidsave Russia has been fortunate to work there for the past 19 years, serving 4,240 children and traiing 1,247 professionals during that time.
Childhood Keepers is applying for GlobalGiving status so that you can continue to support this organization that addresses the problem of thousands of Russian girls who grow up in orphanages without support and guidance of a loving family. Many of these girls become pregnant at early age, mostly unintentionally. Since they were not raised in a family environment they often abandon their babies.
Childhood Keepers is devoted to keeping such teen moms and their babies together and will recruit caring adult mentors to help these young women and their children break the cycle of abandonment, and to thrive and become independent.
If you wish to continue to support other Kidsave programs through GlobalGiving, check out Kidsave’s programs in Sierra Leone and Colombia and the US.
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