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this section you will be able to get acquainted with open letter "Looking
for partners"
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Helios Centre - Centre for social rehabilitation of orphan children and support of vulnerable families is looking for partners. |
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The Helios Centre was established in 1995 in St.Petersburg
as a state institution with the primary aim of accommodation and
social rehabilitation of 35 children aged from 4 to 18. In
those years of rapid economic transformation problem of street
children became more than obvious and was vastly debated in the
society. Establishment of the Helios Centre was one of the attempts
to answer the challenge. Small in the size, arranged in family like
way and open to the local society, the Centre was developed as an
experimental institution not just carrying through by tradition, but
looking for new ways and means of building up system of social
protection of children.
In 8 (1995-2003) years the Centre had developed itself into multifunctional, flexible institution incorporating in its structure the orphanage, social hostel (for children above 16), family club, workshops, department of psychological research and consultations. Nowadays the Centre is rethinking the ways of servicing its mission. Basic reasons demanding search of new approaches are: decreas of public interest in the issue of street children and partly due to that - decreased financing from the state. One can make an idea that the problem was resolved, so what is happening is the natural development. In fact what is happening is that the problem of street children is being pushed away from public attention and hidden in the same way as it was in the Soviet times. Part of the strategy answering new challenge is our intention to develop long term cooperation with institutions, organizations and individuals from other countries that are interested in joint work for the benefit of socially deprived children. There could be a great variety of ways of cooperation, such as:
These are some of the ideas we are interested and ready to work for. But the list is open and any of your good ideas can become a seed for the development of joint project. Director of the Helios Centre Valentina Urbanevich
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