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ASTANA – Kazakhstan is developing a draft law on the introduction of professional foster families, which would mean all orphans and children left without parental care will be placed in foster care immediately.
The draft law is being prepared by the Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, governmental and non-governmental organizations and international experts. The pilot project involving the first foster families is being tested in the Akmola Region.
Kazakhstan has approved a $1.5 million project to create a database of children who have been identified as available for adoption, according to the article. Deputy Prosecutor General Andrey Kravchenko was involved in proposing the project and believes that it will help to eliminate corruption in the adoption system.
This article by Tengrinnews reports that Kazakhstan plans to introduce major changes to its orphans and disadvantaged children programs. It quotes Dariga Nazarbayeva, Vice-Speaker of the Majilis (lower chamber of the Kazakh Parliament) saying that all orphanages will be eventually closed down in Kazakhstan. The children will be living in families, instead of special institutions, to help them to better adapt to their life in the society.
“The aim of this draft law (amendments and additions to the child rights legislation) to once and for all get rid of orphanages, baby houses…