Schools
Sveta found herself an orphan as she entered her teens when her step father killed her mother then turned the gun on to himself.  Kind neighbours took her in and she continued to go to her local school.  Her best friend came from a children’s home for orphans and dysfunctional families nearby.
Lydia attends a deaf school which is one of the best in Russia. They still suffer the same difficulties of not having enough special equipment and using extremely old premises.
Facts: Although the standard of teaching in Russia schools is generally high the staff are hampered by a lack of quality equipment and poor salaries.  In some areas orphans and children from dysfunctional families may live in a children’s home and attend the ordinary schools nearby.
Love Russia has helped in these cases by providing equipment and books especially for English classes and religious education. Skill sharing in environmental education by Dr Simon Young in one region has helped students and schools to achieve awards for their work and the working model he has introduced is now being adopted elsewhere. Dr Young has committed to continuing this work until 2009.The schools for the deaf in one town have received continuous help from Love Russia over a number of years with specialist equipment, skill sharing and fifty/fifty projects to upgrade premises.