Despite the fact that there is relative social and material stability in the Samara region , it still happens that children are left without parental care and attention. Therefore, orphanages in Samara are significant municipal institutions.
How do orphanages work?
In Samaraβs orphanages, children receive not only care and care, but also psychological assistance, as well as primary and secondary education. Teachers, psychologists, and doctors work with children. In some orphanages there are offices of speech therapists and specialists in health disorders of various kinds. There are also various circles and sections, and in the summer children go to rest in children's health and sports camps.
In addition to caring for the child, orphanages perform other social functions:
- Until adulthood, they act as a representative of the child and protect their rights and interests.
- Orphanages facilitate the placement of children in new families.
- They help to get an education in accordance with accepted pedagogical programs and features of the childβs individual development.
Children's homes in Samara
The oldest institution of this type in Samara is the Orphanage No. 1 named after B.P. Frolov. It accepts schoolchildren (from 7 years old to adulthood). The orphanage is equipped according to standards and provides primary socialization of children. On its territory there are cooking rooms, sewing and a computer class.
Orphanage No. 3 "Oriole" works with preschoolers and students with disabilities.
There are also centers of assistance and social rehabilitation for children in difficult situations, providing temporary refuge - "Rainbow", "Sunny", "Peer", "Teenager", "Radonezh".
On the basis of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the Charity Shelter operates, ready for a certain time to accept a child.