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Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –
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The annual Stork Wings award ceremony was held in Moscow for outstanding contributions to fostering orphans. The winners included foster parents with many children, raising teenagers, siblings, and children with special needs.
"Adopting a child into a family is more than just a decision. It's an act that requires not only boundless love and emotional strength, but also professional knowledge. Thanks to people willing to open their hearts to orphans, fewer than a thousand children live in family-based foster care centers today. Each such family doesn't just change the fate of one child—it's an investment in the future of society and proof that compassion and a willingness to help remain the most important values of our time. The city places great emphasis on training and supporting foster parents to whom we can entrust our children, and they are certainly worthy of public recognition. This year, three Moscow families received the statuette and a cash payment of one million rubles," said Tatyana Danko, Head of the Guardianship and Trusteeship Department.
Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the City of Moscow.
The Stork Wings Award is being held for the 12th time. Among the laureates are Alexey and Galiya Bubnov. The couple has been married for 30 years. They have four biological children and currently have nine adopted girls with special needs.
Ksenia Soboleva has been a foster mother for 14 years. During this time, she raised eight daughters. Currently, she is raising three adopted teenage girls with disabilities.
The Goltsevs also raise special needs children. Sergei and Svetlana have three biological children and seven adopted children, one of whom is now an adult and lives independently.
The city supports foster families. They have access to support from guardianship authorities, support services, and a wide range of benefits and payments. Learn more about the Stork Wings award in a special section on the portal. My New Family.
You can learn more about the work of the capital's guardianship and trusteeship authorities and the life of family education support centers on the portal My New FamilyFuture and current adoptive parents, graduates of orphanage centers and foster families, and anyone interested in helping children without parental care will find useful information there.
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