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<p>In 2003, RCWS launched a college scholarship
program for orphanages in the Pskov
region. Initially supporting
only 3 students, the Society started
small in order to construct a well-conceived
and practicable initiative that would
prove the wisdom of the effort's original
sponsor, Nika Thayer. The program
has indeed flourished, expanding to
the Yaroslavl region in 2005 and the
Moscow region in 2007 (<a href="news_peremena.htm">see “Bolshaya
Peremena” Center article</a>). </p>
<p> The
Society has also garnered the support
of new donors along the way and has
recently learned that Pavel Zadorozhny
has agreed to cover scholarships for
25 students for the 2007-2008 academic
year. As the Society's friends
know, such support is gravely needed. According
to statistics of the Russian Attorney
General's Office, 1 in 3 orphanage
graduates will become homeless, 1 in
5 unemployed, 1 in 7 will commit a
crime, and 1 in 10 will attempt suicide.</p>
<p><img src="images/scholarship2.jpg" width="348" height="403" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="left">The
first five RCWS scholarship recipients
all graduated this year and all have
found employment. Two have become teachers,
one a pharmacist, another an economist
and one is in building construction.
The Society is quite proud of the achievements
of this first group of recipients of
its scholarship program. It exemplifies
the possibility that orphans, despite
the tragedies they have endured, can
beat the odds and move on to stable
lives and professions. Here are
two such success stories:</p>
<p>Andrei
Loginov was placed in one of the Pskov
orphanages, never having known his
father and having a mother who showed
a preference for vodka over childrearing. Still,
Andrei successfully received a degree
in building construction and maintenance
this past June, though his story doesn't
end there. Andrei spent his monthly
RCWS stipend prudently and was able
to save some money to help his mother
go straight. Out of love and
an orphan's desire for family connections,
Andrei faithfully visited his mother,
took care of her and fixed up her apartment. In
response, his mother finally gave up
drinking and is now working at an old
age home. Andrei is working as
well before starting military service
next year. By supporting Andrei,
the Society in fact was able to help
two people.</p>
<p>Daria
Rubatskaya recently received an accounting
diploma from the Pskov College of Building
and Economics. Daria's scholarship
had been covered by RCWS supporter
Peter Semler since 2004. Mr.
Semler has been a very involved donor,
corresponding with Daria and going
to Pskov to meet with her in person. Last
year, Darya got married and is now
expecting a daughter in the fall. At
this year's reunion of scholarship
recipients, Daria learned that Mr.
Semler had sent along a gift of $2,000
to help with the expenses of starting
a new family. Everyone present
- administrators, students and journalists
alike - shared in Daria's joy. She
and her husband are moving to a suburb
of St. Petersburg where he has a house
and a job at a factory and Daria has
also found employment. Daria
can put her days as an orphan way behind
her.</p>
<p>As
mentioned above, the Society also sponsors
an annual gathering of the students
in Pskov. The day is organized
by the wonderful administrators of
the Pskov Children's Fund, who provide
us with scholarship applicants and
who look after and ensure accountability
from the recipients. The students
are interviewed by the press in the
morning, receive RCWS certificates
and have a luncheon where they can
catch up with old friends and share
stories. This year, the students
were treated to a bus tour around Pskov,
taking in all of the sights, before
saying their goodbyes until next year. </p>
<p><img src="images/scholarship1.jpg" width="414" height="281" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right">Also
present at the reunion was Irina Veretentseva,
who oversees the six scholarship recipients
in the Yaroslavl region. Irina
was able to share her thoughts on the
realization of the project there while
gaining insight from the Pskov Children's
Fund. The Yaroslavl students
will begin their third year of college
next year and have matured greatly
since their days at the orphanage. One
of the students is studying law at
the University of Yaroslavl, three
are at the Yaroslavl Agricultural Academy
and two are enrolled in the Yaroslavl
Pedagogical University. Elena
Stroganova meets with the students
regularly to help iron out academic,
financial or other day-to-day difficulties.
Given the good results in Yaroslavl,
we will now support an additional three
students at the Yaroslavl Pedagogical
University.</p>
The
RCWS scholarship program is preventing
a few of Russia's orphans from slipping
through the cracks. Currently,
RCWS is supporting 28 students in the
Pskov, Yaroslavl and Moscow regions. We
are certain to report even more good
news from our students in the future. Please
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