Emergency assistance for homeless youngsters in Moscow

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samusocialMoksva is a Russian Non-Commercial Organization created in 2003, this long-term structure is totally integrated into the Russian landscape.

Our Foundation is organized with a governing Board and a Board of Trustees. Particular attention is paid to choosing the members of the governing Board. It consists of Russians and long term foreign residents working in medical, financial and legal spheres.

President - Irene Zaiontchec

Executive director - Eleonore Senlis

Administrative coordinator - Milda Sokolova

Field coordinator - Astrik Simonyan

In every big city, life for homeless youngsters is difficult : they have to survive despite their weakness and they are exposed to many dangers as drugs or prostitution. It is necessary to distinguish the children in the street, the " social orphans " who still have relatives but who are incapable to take care of them (alcoholism, violence, extreme poverty) and the children of the street who live, sleep and work there and who are not often native of Moscow.

Our 4 doctors, 3 psychologists and 3 drivers are formed into 3 mobile outreach teams. Thanks to these Mobile Aid Units, samusocialMoskva can reach the most excluded children across Moscow at night when they are the most vulnerable. Their job consists in : making first contact and diagnosis, giving required primary physical and psychological healthcare, giving personal guidance to and support in the most appropriate follow on care,and forming a lasting social link with the client to ensure long-term physical, psychological and social rehabilitation. Since 2006, samusocialMoskva mobile team have made 7533 contacts with young population living in the streets of Moscow observing 4 main principles :

Emergency

once its level identified, the team decides the proper assistance to give, according to the “social emergency” procedure.

Permanence

being accessible, especially at night, when all other structures are closed.

Mobility

to go out towards the excuded population in every place they live.

Professionalism

teams are composed of professionals from the medico-psychosocial field, trained to the specific method of “social emergency”.

The leading part of the samusocial is to manage emergency situations met by the homeless youngsters, our teams are the link between these young people and partners (hospitals, orphanages etc.).

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