Pushkino Shelter (for both elderly & kids)

Location: Pushkino (Nesterov Region)

Director: Olga Kirilova

Director Since: 2002

Year Established: 2003 (was opened for the elderly at first)

Description of Facility: Elderly rejected by families or have no place to go, sick, kids from dsyfunctional families or legality issues, alcohol, drugs, unemployment

Total Number of Children: 16 (usually 21)

Current Number of actual orphans: 4 (but hope to find foster homes)

Age Range: 3-18

Number of Staff: 25 f/t & p/t (includes teachers, medical staff, kitchen staff, counselors, dorm monitors, groundskeepers, etc.)

FP Involved Since: 2005

FP Past Projects: Coats/boots, holiday gifts, bought new sofa, restored old sofa

Major Needs: Clothes Dryer, curtains, coats/boots, teams, $$, Most important is personal touch (kids need to learn how to believe)