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Why is foster care important
for the children in Ukraine?

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Ukraine also should create
possibilities for our kids

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who are orphans, or who
are without parents of care

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to life in family
environment, too.

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This is one issue,
and the second issue

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is a child who lives in family,
who lives in a foster family,

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can receive the same
support, the same care,

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as a child in an
"original" family--

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with their parents.

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And can receive
enough education,

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can receive also
love, and can be

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developed as a child
in families of origin.

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Ukraine started this process
of fostering development

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in 2006, and from that
time, Ukraine actually

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increased three times children
living in a family environment

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in foster families, and
it's something like now

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we have 15,000 children who
are living in foster families.

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Nevertheless, we
need foster families

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for our kids to
protect their rights,

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and to create possibilities
for them to live in families

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Does fostering in Ukraine
provide temporary placements?

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Based on legislation, foster
placement and foster caring

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in Ukraine is a
temporary solution.

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Based on our legislation,
the best for a child

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is family of origin, and
governmental authorities

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should do their best in
order to keep the family,

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original family for a child.

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And the second
priority is adoption.

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And fostering is only
a temporary solution

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to place a child while
governmental authorities should

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work on returning re-integrated
child to biological family,

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to find a family for adoption,
or to place a child in kinship

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care for their relatives.

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And even a recent
change in legislation

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told that even foster
parents, caregivers, also

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should actively participate in
the reintegrating of children

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to a biological family, or
to find family for adoption.

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But unfortunately, it's
based on the legislation.

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In many cases,
parents, caregivers

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are not prepared for
returning children

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to a biological family, or to
be adopted by another people.

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Even sometimes
local authorities,

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when a person goes
to a local authority,

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and comes and says that I
would like to adopt a child,

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they propose not to adopt but
to receive some incentives

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and to create foster family.

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And one difficulty is
because in, let's say,

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in our children
village families,

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there are a lot of
big sibling groups--

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like five children, seven
children, and, of course,

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to find adoptive family for
such big sibling groups,

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it's difficult.
And another issue

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is problems and the
lack of resources

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of state social
institutions who should

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work for integration of children
or for children adoption.

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We here at SOS, we are in
better condition because we

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have lot of our specialists,
psychologist, and pedagogues,

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and other specialists
who can work on this.

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How do you choose foster
carers in Ukraine,

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and do children participate
in decision making?

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Actually the process of choosing
foster parents starts from

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public advertisement that
state authorities or charitable

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organisations, like SOS, are
looking for foster parents.

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And we would be happy
to receive application

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from everybody who would
like to be a foster parent.

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But then started the
process of selection,

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which is not very easy, and
which takes time and effort.

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We will have state
licence training

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for people who would like
to be foster parents.

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And after five days
training, which

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includes many different
aspects of working

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as a foster parent, then
people can be, let's say,

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advised to be a foster parents--

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or not advised because of
some different, let's say,

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psychological issues, or
some pedagogical issues,

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or during the
training it was found

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that that motivation
of these people

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is not to care for
kids, for example,

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but to receive accommodation
and some incentives and so on.

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And then, if a person
receives this recommendation

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to be a foster
parent, then person

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can apply their documents to
special governmental body,

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which is called the Child
Protection Department, which

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exists in each city, in each
district, if it's a big city.

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And then, if there are some
children, orphaned children,

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or children without
parental care,

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the children are placed
to a foster family.

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And based on
legislation, a child

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has the right, if a child
already has 10 or 12 years,

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or can say they are, let's say,
decisions as they would like

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to be joined to this or
that particular family,

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a child can participate even
during the court process,

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and during the process of
creation of foster families.

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So we always try to
find the right family

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for this particular child.

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Unfortunately, in
practise, in families,

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foster families which are
created by the government,

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it's not happening like
this because, in many cases,

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there is no qualified people in
Child Protection Department who

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can care for this process and
another issue is that there are

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not enough families.

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