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To improve the daily lives of disabled children living with their families by supporting their development through play, communication and self-help skills, principally through the delivery of Portage, a pre-school education home visiting service. This prevents children going into institutions.

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    Situation

    In Russia, mothers are encouraged to give up their disabled children to the state to be cared for. When a mother decides to keep her child and bring them up at home she faces many problems. Family breakdown - fathers may leave and the mother may return to her parents for support looking after the child. Financial difficulties - limited financial support from the state and the difficulty of working with a child at home. The whole process can leave a mother feeling isolated and depressed.

    Solution

    Many disabled children end up in orphanages but if more support was available in the home, families would be less likely to hand their children to the State for care. ThePromise will deliver Portage to children in their homes. Working with their parents, the children will develop skills that will enable them to attend special schools and play their part in family life. The links created by the Portage team allows parents to meet and talk and their children to make friends.

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    Categories

  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Beneficiaries