"knitting friendships" - non-profit organization that works with orphans using mentorship...
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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, [email protected]
Manager: Viktor Shkadretsov+375 29 5066312, [email protected]
