IREX
International Research & Exchanges Board

USAID

Community Support for Orphans (CSO) Program

IREX Partners

Kidsave International
Since 1999, Kidsave International has self-funded programs throughout Russia to strengthen the capacity of the child welfare sector to provide the necessary care, protection, and support for orphans through family visit methodologies, policy reforms, and social marketing.

Firefly Children's Network
Founded in 2000 by Russian-adopting parents who could not erase from memory those left behind, Firefly Children's Network (FCN) is a US-based 501(c)(3) organization focusing exclusively on the plight of children with disabilities in Russia. With a comprehensive program focusing on abandonment prevention and deinstitutionalization of children with disabilities already underway in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, FCN is committed to seeking systemic change by promoting authentic, community-based Russian solutions.

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