At least 3.5 thousand children live in orphanages in Kyrgyzstan

At least 3.5 thousand children live in orphanages in Kyrgyzstan, Tolkun Bekbulatova, chief of the Child Protection Department under the Kyrgyz Labor, Employment and Migration Ministry said Friday at the round table discussion on implementation of the state policy for orphans housing issues’ solution.

About 1,300 thousand children enter orphanages and 25 percent of the inmates leave them annually. “Unfortunately, none of the government agencies monitor future of the children. We do not have our own statistic, but in other countries 60 percent of such children fall into risk groups. We believe that it is a consequence of unsolved housing problems. Orphans simply do not know where to live and find no better occupation than crime or prostitution,” Bekbulatova said.