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.
Disabled person – 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.
Disabled child – 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
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
Total number of orphans and children without parental care | 38 386 | 36 777 | 34 785 | 33 682 | 32 362 | 29 666 | 28 419 | 27 274 | 25 753 | 24 239 | 23 410 | 22692 |
Type: | ||||||||||||
under trusteeship and guardianship | 22 067 | 21 585 | 21 736 | 21 856 | 21 350 | 19 761 | 19 321 | 18 941 | 18 215 | 17 360 | 17 023 | 16402 |
in foster care | 2 267 | 2 267 | 2 162 | 1 947 | 1 820 | 1 839 | 1 862 | 1 900 | 2 232 | 1 982 | 1 751 | 1816 |
in organizations under the healthcare system (children's homes) | 1 586 | 1 621 | 1 552 | 132 | 1 201 | 828 | 736 | 576 | 437 | 250 | 272 | 298 |
in organizations under the population social protection system (medical and social institutions) | 854 | 812 | 841 | 793 | 822 | 802 | 749 | 750 | 725 | 700 | 646 | 610 |
in organizations under the educational system | 11 612 | 10 492 | 8 494 | 7 784 | 7 169 | 6 436 | 5 751 | 6 223 | 4 144 | 3 656 | 3 336 | 3168 |
Type: | ||||||||||||
children's homes | 54 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 52 | 47 | 41 | 40 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Type: | ||||||||||||
private | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
for children with disabilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
boarding schools | 23 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
Type: | ||||||||||||
private | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | … | … | … | … |
family-type children's homes | 27 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Type: | ||||||||||||
private | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
family-type children's villages | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Type: | ||||||||||||
private | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
youth homes | 29 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Type: | ||||||||||||
private | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | … | … | … | … |
shelters | 23 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | … | … |
Type: | ||||||||||||
private | 2 | 2 | 1 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |