A Reason To Adopt Me
In Russia you can find several stories like Katrina’s. There are around 730,000 parentless children and 200,000 of them living in poorly looked after orphanages that are unknown to people or ignored by the state agencies because of how far they’re geographically stretched throughout Russia.
Meanwhile, 160,000 children in orphanages are waiting to be adopted, especially by American families because the kids know America gives great opportunities for life. A Website, www.iorphans.com, holds the related information; it creates awareness about orphanages and orphans in Russia, and gives people a chance to donate money.
The orphanages listed on the website are different from each other. Some only save disabled children and others have a time limit for residents, holding 30 to 200 kids. The orphanage Katrina was in and many other ones are in need of maintenance to fixing leaky roofs, ceilings, cracked white walls, and installing of indoor bathroom because old schools, hospitals, and factories make up the orphanages.
“The bathrooms are rusty and when I need to take a shower, I had to get in circular tub and pour water over myself,” Anna Citac, former Russian missionary, commented on her experience as a. Since the buildings are divided in two sections; the school and the dorm room that are made of concrete, it allows the buildings to be cool in the summer and chilly in winter. Also, it. There, 15 staff members work hard to show love to the kids. After Katrina arrived at her third orphanage she felt a warm welcome from the staff and the children.
Why Katrina and other children appear at the orphanages is because of their parent’s addiction to alcohol, for cheap Vodka prices and unemployment have become reasons for people to drink on daily basis. Some parents lose their parental rights due to abusing children and not taking responsibility for their kids. The BBC reports in, “Russia's abandoned HIV children” that 22,000 children are born to HIV-infected mothers; luckily, the virus is passed on to only 10 percent of adolescents.
Many mothers choose to abandon their kids to avoid handful responsibilities that come with a infected child. In that case, the infected babies live at the hospital because they have no other place to go unless they are proved not to be infected with HIV, then they will go to an orphanage.
For these reasons, hundreds and hundreds of kids every year are placed into orphanages lacking that love and need from a parent. The Russian orphanages are greatly in need of sponsors to keep the building running. For past couple of years the Russian economy has declined, leading to less government money for the orphanage. This leaves them to lack warm kids clothing for winter, equipment for activities, and maintenance. For some orphanages find other ways to earn money is not a problem.
They own parts of a land where they grow potatoes and other vegetables and sell it to the people living nearby; they also use the food for themselves. One government fund that will not stop, is depositing a specific amount of money into each orphans savings account while they live at the orphanage. When they leave the orphanage that’s the only time they get access to that money. Some orphans get apartments, but many end up losing it because some are unable to manage finance.
At an orphanage school only reading, writing, math and science, are offered to the children. Katrina wishes they could give more personal classes like independent living classes, health classes, and interpersonal communication classes, that American schools offer, to have a better understanding of life. When she was 12 year old, the only future Katrina thought of was moving back with her mom once she was 15 because college was out of her reach.
Katrina didn’t believe she would get adopted but in 2006 a Russian Christian family from United States gave her a chance to live in America and not be one of 15,000 teenagers who are at high-risk of committing crimes or committing suicide and using drugs according to Iorphan. Before leaving Russia, Katrina paid her mom and sisters last visit. They were happy for her departure to American, “Unfortunately, my mom didn’t even cry,” Katrina said.
Meanwhile, 160,000 children in orphanages are waiting to be adopted, especially by American families because the kids know America gives great opportunities for life. A Website, www.iorphans.com, holds the related information; it creates awareness about orphanages and orphans in Russia, and gives people a chance to donate money.
The orphanages listed on the website are different from each other. Some only save disabled children and others have a time limit for residents, holding 30 to 200 kids. The orphanage Katrina was in and many other ones are in need of maintenance to fixing leaky roofs, ceilings, cracked white walls, and installing of indoor bathroom because old schools, hospitals, and factories make up the orphanages.
“The bathrooms are rusty and when I need to take a shower, I had to get in circular tub and pour water over myself,” Anna Citac, former Russian missionary, commented on her experience as a. Since the buildings are divided in two sections; the school and the dorm room that are made of concrete, it allows the buildings to be cool in the summer and chilly in winter. Also, it. There, 15 staff members work hard to show love to the kids. After Katrina arrived at her third orphanage she felt a warm welcome from the staff and the children.
Why Katrina and other children appear at the orphanages is because of their parent’s addiction to alcohol, for cheap Vodka prices and unemployment have become reasons for people to drink on daily basis. Some parents lose their parental rights due to abusing children and not taking responsibility for their kids. The BBC reports in, “Russia's abandoned HIV children” that 22,000 children are born to HIV-infected mothers; luckily, the virus is passed on to only 10 percent of adolescents.
Many mothers choose to abandon their kids to avoid handful responsibilities that come with a infected child. In that case, the infected babies live at the hospital because they have no other place to go unless they are proved not to be infected with HIV, then they will go to an orphanage.
For these reasons, hundreds and hundreds of kids every year are placed into orphanages lacking that love and need from a parent. The Russian orphanages are greatly in need of sponsors to keep the building running. For past couple of years the Russian economy has declined, leading to less government money for the orphanage. This leaves them to lack warm kids clothing for winter, equipment for activities, and maintenance. For some orphanages find other ways to earn money is not a problem.
They own parts of a land where they grow potatoes and other vegetables and sell it to the people living nearby; they also use the food for themselves. One government fund that will not stop, is depositing a specific amount of money into each orphans savings account while they live at the orphanage. When they leave the orphanage that’s the only time they get access to that money. Some orphans get apartments, but many end up losing it because some are unable to manage finance.
At an orphanage school only reading, writing, math and science, are offered to the children. Katrina wishes they could give more personal classes like independent living classes, health classes, and interpersonal communication classes, that American schools offer, to have a better understanding of life. When she was 12 year old, the only future Katrina thought of was moving back with her mom once she was 15 because college was out of her reach.
Katrina didn’t believe she would get adopted but in 2006 a Russian Christian family from United States gave her a chance to live in America and not be one of 15,000 teenagers who are at high-risk of committing crimes or committing suicide and using drugs according to Iorphan. Before leaving Russia, Katrina paid her mom and sisters last visit. They were happy for her departure to American, “Unfortunately, my mom didn’t even cry,” Katrina said.
This is a picture of Katrina Tabakova given with persmision
In these picture given by Pavel Petrenko, a Russian missionay, shows one of
the trips his team took to an orphanage in Russia.
All the kids at the orphanage
Anna in the mids of adorable kids
Young Rusisan ladies who are part of the team
A 10 years old boy named Vova
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