"knitting friendships" - non-profit organization that works with orphans using mentorship...

More than 28,000 orphans and kids without parents

15% of them are in orphanages and boarding schools

The rest have alternative family care (guardianship, foster family, family type homes)

Statistics of 2015

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Consequences

After graduating from orphanages:• One in two children commits a crime• One in five children becomes homeless• One in seven attempts suicide• Only 1% of orphans receive higher

education• Only 16% create their own family

Disadvantages of boarding schools:

• Constantly moved between orphanages

• Lack of trusting relationships with adults

• Lack of preparation for real life

• Lack of family experience

Causes

• to live independently• to go shopping and manage money• to earn money• to cook food• to find friends• to communicate with others

“I don’t know how…”

• 10 times more likely to fall into slavery• 30 times more inclined to alcoholism• 45 times more likely to be unemployed• 100 times more likely to receive a

criminal record• 500 times more likely commit suicide

Orphanage graduates

Mentoring project“Knitting Friendships”

Project Goal- To prepare orphans and children in boarding schools to live productively

and independently through professional mentoring.

Mentoring project“Knitting Friendships”»

Objectives of the project:• Draw public attention to the problems of children in

orphanages and boarding schools of Belarus• Find a mentor for each of the orphans• Prepare graduates for independent life

in society

28,704 orphans

4,372 of them have neither family, guardians nor a close personal friend to ask for help if

needed.

They DO NOT have MENTOR!

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Mentoring

Mentoring – is a process in which one person (mentor) offers help and

training to develop another person (in this case an orphan).

Mentor

Mentor – is a person who is willing to devote time, knowledge and

energy to a child with the goal of becoming a significant, close person

in the life of the child.

Goal of mentor

Goal of mentor– is to help prepare a child for independent live in society.

Objectives of mentor• To form emotionally meaningful, stable and long-term

relationships in the life of an orphan• To help a child develop their potential, reveal their

strengths and set life goals• To help identify a child's personal goals and discover ways

of achieving them• To pass knowledge and experience to a child, encourage

him to make right choices in life, support their education, and increase their self-esteem

• To contribute to the formation of a child's life skills

Target group of the project

• orphans and children left without parental care who study in orphanages and boarding schools –High school youth, ages 11 to 18

• graduates up to 23 years old

Your Role in the Project

We need you! • Become a mentor for an orphan• Become a sponsor for the sake of

orphans

Contact information

Director: Artem Golovij+375 44 7718864, artem.golovij@gmail.com

Manager: Viktor Shkadretsov+375 29 5066312, nitidruzhby@gmail.com

www.kidsmentor.orgnitidruzhby@gmail.com