Orphans and Children without Parental Care
Orphans – persons under 18 years of age, whose parents are deceased, or one parent is deceased.
Children without parental care – children under 18 years, without the care of one or both parents, in the following cases:
- death of parents (orphans);
- long-term absence of parents;
- deprivation or limitation of parental rights;
- parents deemed missing or disabled (partially incapacitated);
- illness of parents;
- parents are serving time in institutions or detention facilities, deprived of their liberty, either on suspicion of or accused of committing a crime;
- parents’ avoidance of parenting or protection of children’ rights and interests, including parents’ refusal to take their children to and from educational and medical institutions, social protection, and other similar institutions;
- other cases of children without parental care, as specified by the law.
Person with disabilities – a person who has a health disorder with a disability, caused by illnesses, or injuries (wounds, trauma, concussions), resulting in limitations to daily life that require his/her social protection.
Child with disabilities – a person under 18 years of age, who has a health disorder with a disability, caused by illnesses or injuries (wounds, trauma, concussions), resulting in limitations to daily life that require his/her social protection.
Residential Institutions for children – children's homes, social and pedagogical institutions, boarding schools for orphans and children without parental care, auxiliary boarding schools, special general education boarding schools, specialised educational institutions, special medical-educational institutions, and other residential institutions for children.
An orphanage for children with disabilities is an organization that provides social services, and is a medical and social institution, designed for permanent residence of children in need of care, domestic and medical services, as well as social and labor adaptation. In an orphanage, a department or group with a five or six-day regime may be organized.
Orphans and Children without Parental Care
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
Total number of orphans and children without parental care | 25 753 | 24 239 | 23 410 | 22692 | 22 081 | 21 387 |
Type: | ||||||
under trusteeship and guardianship | 18 215 | 17 360 | 17 023 | 16402 | 16 197 | 15 668 |
in foster care | 2 232 | 1 982 | 1 751 | 1816 | 1 743 | 1 660 |
in organizations under the healthcare system (children's homes) | 437 | 250 | 272 | 298 | 258 | 240 |
in organizations under the population social protection system (medical and social institutions) | 725 | 700 | 646 | 610 | 573 | 525 |
in organizations under the educational system | 4 144 | 3 656 | 3 336 | 3168 | 2 959 | 2 962 |
Type: | ||||||
children's homes | 1738 | 1626 | 1349 | 999 | 511 | 0 |
Type: | ||||||
private | 93 | 65 | 71 | 99 | 39 | 0 |
for children with disabilities | 275 | 225 | 250 | 133 | ... | 0 |
boarding schools | 752 | 668 | 489 | 493 | 445 | 0 |
Type: | ||||||
private | - | - | - | - | - | - |
family-type children's homes | 77 | 166 | 66 | 44 | 44 | 28 |
Type: | ||||||
private | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
family-type children's villages | 772 | 772 | 948 | 757 | 737 | 680 |
Type: | ||||||
private | 155 | 155 | 234 | 205 | 206 | 145 |
youth homes | 208 | 190 | 213 | 289 | 212 | 326 |
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private | … | … | … | … | … | … |
shelters | 30 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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private | … | … | … | … | … | … |