Within a few kilometers from the GEROPHARM manufacturing site in Pushkin, there’s a small village with a few homes inhabited by large and loving families. This is the SOS Children’s Village, a Russian charity organization that supports orphaned children.
The unique project helps children in need by providing them with a true home, a true family, instead of sending them to a residential institution with tutors, councilors, and cooks. The members of these families, however, are child care specialists. Despite the simplicity of the concept, a lot of resources are needed to implement and maintain such an arrangement, both in terms of finances and in terms of emotional support, which is by far more important.