Support of family-type children’s homes (FTCH)

Period of implementation	Location
2003 – present time	Kyiv and Chmelnytskyi regions

Goals

Development of family upbringing of orphans and children deprived of parental care
Decrease of the number of social orphans
Local community support

Problem

Today about 73 thousand children live in Ukrainian orphanages.
In fact 10% of them do not have parents.
Most such kids are social orphans and cannot be brought up by their biological parents due to a range of reasons.

However, each person and, particularly, the least protected social group – children – have a right to protection, development and a happy childhood in a two-parent family.

Decision

At the end of the 1990s the majority of orphaned children were brought up in orphanages. There was no such notion as “family-type upbringing” in the state. There were several dozens of family-type children’s homes in Ukraine which were founded back in the days of the USSR. In these circumstances several funds initiated a programe of orphans’ upbringing in families.

One of the pioneers of this activity was a charity organization called Hope and Homes for Children which works in 8 countries. 65 FTCH were founded under their support and 1,100 children found their parents.

At the beginning of the 2000s, the foundation appealed to Obolon with a project for long-term support of large foster families. Since then the company has been helping three children's homes in Kyiv and Chmelnytskyi regions.

Resulit

Children need a lot of attention, particularly, those who are deprived of their own homes and parental care

The number of orphans and children deprived of parental care in Ukraine, thousand people
96.1	97.6	97.8	103	103	103.5	100.8	98.1	96	92.8	90.7	75	73,1
2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 *	2015*

* In 2014 Ukraine lost control over the statistical data for orphans due to occupation of certain territories and open hostilities.
This concerns 4.5 thousand children in the Crimean Autonomous Republic, 10 thousand in Donetsk Region and 5 thousand in Luhansk Region.

During the period of existence of the social programme the company has provided about UAH 2.5 million.

Since 2003, Obolon has been supporting five large families. In total the families bring up 45 children aged 5 to 17.
For 12 years Obolon has been providing quarterly financial aid to each of the supported children's homes, amounting to UAH 7-10 thousand and providing the families with its own products, and the employees regularly gather and procure seasonal wear for children.

In total the families bring up 45 children aged 5 to 17

In 2005, Ukraine commenced a reform of family-type upbringing of children deprived of parental care. At the end of last year there were 918 family-type children's homes and more than 4 thousand foster homes in this country.

Due to such a form of organising upbringing, about 13 thousand children have found loving families.

* A family-type children's home (FTCH)
is a separate family founded with the consent of the couple or a separate person who takes at least six orphans and children deprived of parental care for upbringing and joint residence.

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