Thanks to you, 10 children did not get into the shelter.

If difficulties arise in the native family and parents need to go to the hospital for long-term treatment, make repairs in the house or leave the city, and leave the children with no one, then they are sent to a shelter. "I didn't want to give the child to an orphanage, but I had no choice. I had to go to surgery urgently. Vanya is very young, he is one year and eight months old, he is the only child. He doesn't have a father, and my mother is disabled, so I couldn't leave my son with her," says Alice, a ward of Sunny City. Every year, 28,000 children end up in orphanages "for a while". Most of them will spend several weeks or months in the shelter. But this experience can completely change the child and his relationship with his parents, as well as harm psychological health. The project "Homes are better" helps parents who find themselves in a difficult life situation to allocate time to solve problems without placing the child during their absence in an orphanage or orphanage. The child is sent to a guest family, which surrounds him with warmth and care, and also pays special attention to maintaining the connection between the child and his native family. "I turned to the foundation for help, they told me that there are guest families and that Vanya can live at home with other parents, and not in a shelter, which I was very afraid of, and did not want my son to be there. At first I was very worried, but after meeting the guest family, I realized that they were good people, and Vanya would remain in safe hands, they would take care of him. And I can always talk to him," Alice shares. The Sunny City Foundation finds and trains parents who are ready to become a guest family, and also pays for the maintenance of the child. A month of living in a guest family costs 17,000 rubles. The guest parents can spend these funds on clothes for the child, food or hygiene products. Our specialists are in touch with parents every day, they support and help to cope with difficulties. "The first time I was in the hospital for a month and a half, and now I'm going to have a second operation, I won't be home for a month. Our guest parents will help me out again, I am very grateful to them for their help. And as soon as I get out of the hospital, I'll take my son home, we'll be together and everything will be fine," says Alice*, Vanya's mother. There are 47 guest families in the fund's register, more than 70 children have already stayed in them and did not even get into shelters temporarily.