A LOVING HOME FOR

EVERY CHILD!

Отчетная конференция

декабрь 2014

About SOS Children’s

Villages Kazakhstan

NGO established by the First Lady,

Mrs. Sara Nazarbaeva in

1994

Member of the global

organization supporting

435’000 children in 133 countries

20 social innovative

projects covering 2000 children

during 20 years of work in

Kazakhstan

Contemporary international

technologies of social work with a

family

Main Areas of Work of SOS Children Villages Kazakhstan

WE . . .

SAVE FAMILIES FROM BREAKUP FOR CHILDREN

AT RISK OF SOCIAL

ORPHANHOOD

PROVIDE A FAMILY FOR

CHILDREN WHO LOST IT

PROTECT THE RIGHT OF A

CHILD TO BE RAISED IN A

LOVING FAMILY ENVIRONMENT

ENSURE HARMONIC

DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

THROUGH QUALITY

EDUCATION

17 young people

300 children

IN 2014 THANKS TO OUR ACTIVITIES:

entered the universities and colleges

In Kazakhstan and abroad

received educational and pchycological

support

Youth Resource Center

45 graduates of SOS

Children’s Villages are

provided with rental housing

IN 2014 THANKS TO OUR ACTIVITIES:

19 young people left care became

self-sufficient, employed and have

life goals

supporting 124 graduates of children’s

institutions

became the Best Project of 2014 Year

in Kazakhstan

879 children from vulnerable

families remained in families

From February to October 2014

IN 2014 THANKS TO OUR

ACTIVITIES:

5 children reintegrated with their

biological families and 1 child was adopted from SOS

family

thanks to timely intervention by Familiy

Strengthening Programs

System on protection of children from

violence introduced at SOS families

180 children in need received

IN 2014 THANKS TO

OUR ACTIVITIES:

Quality education and preschool

educational development services

Hundreds of graduates of children’s instituions improved their living

conditions thanks to SOS recommendations to the national housing law

SOS Kazakhstan actively participates in developing of Shadow

Reports and Universal Periodic Reviews

prepared by the NGO Coalition and submitted

to the UN Human Rights Committee and UN

Human Rights Council

CHALLENGES AND

SOLUTIONS

LACK OF DISTRIBUTION THOUGHOUT THE COUNTRY OF EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES DIRECTED AT PREVENTION OF SOCIAL ORPHANHOOD

NEED IN STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES OF STATE SOCIAL SPECIALISTS AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT OF FOSTER FAMILIES

LACK OF SERVICES ON SHORT TERM CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND CHILDREN IN DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATION

CHALLENGES:

SERVICES

•LAUNCH INNOVATIVE SERVICES ON SOCIAL SUPPORT OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

TRAINING

•INTRODUCE PRACTICE OF TRAINING AND SUPPORTING OF FOSTER FAMILIES AND SPECIALISTS OF STATE SOCIAL AGENCIES ON HOW TO WORK WITH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

LEGISLATION

•GIVE CLEAR DIFINITIONS OF FAMILY FORMS OF CARE OF ORPHANED CHILDREN

FUNDING

•TO ENSURE FUNDING FOR SPREAD OF PROGRAM ON PRVENTION OF ORPHANHOOD PROVED BY SOSO SUCCESSFUL

WE SUGGEST…

Create new services for children with disabilities in the form of:

•“Respite Care”

•Child Development Center

• Inclusive Foster Family

Launch projects on short-term care for children in difficult life situation

Provide services on prevention of denial of new born babies in Crisis Center.

Provide social, pedagogical and psychological services for Forster Families.

Expand coverage of SOS social services to Karaganda and Pavlodar, opening of Centers for Support of Families there.

Establish the Resource Center for Training of Foster Families and Social Workers

PERSPECTIVES FOR 2015-2017: