LOVE RUSSIA CHARITY

Winters that are severely cold means that the homeless are largely unseen as they hide out in abandoned buildings. Official stats claim there are only around 11,000 homeless people in Russia. This figure would place them among countries with the fewest homeless people in the world, like Japan or Finland - so, it is widely believed that this figure in inaccurate. Here's why... Most homeless are uncounted. Anyone sleeping on a friend’s couch, staying in a shelter, or hiding

It was 10 years ago that a lovely lady called Galina was supervising at a drop-in centre for orphans. She told us that funding for the centre had been withdrawn and the building was to be sold. Galina was heartbroken – especially for her teenage orphan girls, many of whom, desperate for real families of their own, were embarking on relationships and having babies that they would be unable to support. From that funding she would gift each of her young mums £20 each month to he