Orphan Outreach has had a long relationship with Crisis Center #15 in St. Petersburg, Russia. This Center acts as triage for the children of St. Petersburg who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned. Many of the children who are brought here are infants and toddlers. Many are newborns who have been abandoned on the street or found in dumpsters. More (and more) children have been infected with the AIDs virus. The Center is supported by the city and has very little funding for staff. The children remain there for thirty days before they are sent to an orphanage. We are funding four Christian ladies who nurture and care for these children. Our ladies act as additional staff for the Center. Without our ladies, there would be only one caregiver for the infant and toddler area. Our ladies work in shifts to try and be with the children as much as possible.
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Your commitment to travel with Orphan Outreach allows the children we serve to know they are not forgotten. In ministering to these children you become the hands and feet of Christ and profoundly impact their lives as well as your own.
Your financial gifts to Orphan Outreach will help meet the physical, spiritual, and educational needs of children living in orphanages and substandard situations around the world.
Spanning 10 time zones, Russia is the largest country on earth in terms of surface area, covering across Eastern Europe to Asia.
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When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, its shaky orphan-care system also fell.
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No country has such a severe alcohol abuse problem as Russia. Official estimates are that 40% of men and 7% of women are alcoholics.
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Over 750,000 children live in orphanages, ranging in age from newborns to 18 year olds, with another 1.2 million living on the streets
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An orphan's average life expectancy is less than 30 years.
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At age 15 to 18, children are forced to leave the orphanages (emancipated) with little or no formal schooling, very limited life skills, and no one to turn to for assistance.
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Within the first year of leaving the orphanage, over 50% are involved in prostitution or crime, another 30% are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and another 10% commit suicide.
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