Kyiv region signs memorandum with UNICEF: what will change for orphaned children

Kiev region develops family forms of education and support for children. The head of the Kyiv RMA Ruslan Kravchenko, the head of the UNICEF representative office in Ukraine Munir Mammadzade and the head of the Coordination Center for the development of family education and Child Care  Irina Tulyakova signed a memorandum on intensifying cooperation to ensure the rights of every child to be raised in a family environment, reports UNN with reference to the Kiev RMA.

First of all, we are talking about orphans and children deprived of parental care.

"In 5 Pilot communities of the Kyiv region, we will implement a set of measures to promote family forms of education and the development of patronage services.  These are the irpenskaya, Buchanskaya, Borodyansk, Dymerskaya and Gatnenskaya communities," said the head of the Kiev RMA.

It also provides services for the formation of resilience, support during inclusive education, day care for children with disabilities, social support for families and people in difficult life circumstances. There is also social integration of children and persons under 23 years of age who have experience in alternative care and upbringing, support for young people with disabilities, social support for families where orphans and children deprived of parental care are brought up.

"During 2024, compared to the previous year, the number of adopted orphans and children deprived of parental care increased almost 2.5 times in the Kiev region. We are talking about 90 such children. During this year, 4 family-type orphanages and 8 foster families were created in the region. Now we have 21 foster families that take care of 42 children. In times of war, children are particularly vulnerable. And at the state level, we must provide comprehensive assistance – physical, emotional, educational and social," Kravchenko said.