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Village for our children
When children turn 18 they are moved to an institution for the adult disabled and elderly. These institutions are huge and generally have between 600 to 800 people. Conditions there are not good and many of our children would surely die. To provide an alternative to life in an institution, we have just broken ground on a village 250 kms south of Moscow. The plan is to start small, taking just 5 or 6 of the children who have turned 18. Eventually, funds allowing, we could have 36 to 40, young disabled adults living in group homes with house parents. For the first time in their lives these children will know what it means to live in a home and not an institution. They will help with meals and sweeping the walks. They will gather the eggs from the chickens. They will sit calmly in their wheelchair with a cat on their lap and a loving dog at their feet. We will continue their education and therapy there. We may even be able to purchase and care for a horse for riding therapy.
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