This is both good news and bad news. The children at Ivanovo Regional Orphanage have been disbursed to other orphanages so that the building can be used as a training center for foster care.
The bad news is that because this orphanage was so small (approximately 25 children), there was a very family-like feeling to it. Now, these children have been separated. Just as their biological families were separated in the past, now their orphanage family has been separated.
The good news is that this foster care is designed to increase placement of children into families rather than subjecting them to long term residence in orphanages. In the long run many children should benefit from this new mode of operation.
I believe that Children's HopeChest's ministry in Russia has influenced the government's move in this direction. While this is hard for our church (we will no longer be able to visit the orphanage), it should prove a great move for the children.
Please pray for the children as they are moved to other locations. Pray for Children's HopeChest staff in Russia as some could lose jobs due to this change.
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Doug,
This sounds like a great trip you are planning.
I know Russia has no doubt changed much in the last few years, but I will send you an email highlighting some of the things we learned when we went to Rostov-on-Don in 2000.
-craig.
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