How Russia's foster children are saving dying villages

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BRODI: In a small room with a blackboard and lace curtains, first-grader Danya listens as his teacher explains the concept of vowels and consonants. In this village school with 36 pupils, he is one of 13 foster children.

Galindabayeva estimates that hundreds of schools have managed to escape"optimisation" - the euphemism used by the Russian government for shutting down health and education facilities when they are deemed unnecessary. The Moshenskoy district, which includes the village of Brodi, once had 15 schools. Now it is down to three.

The Solovyovs are currently raising seven-year-old Danya and three other foster children aged up to 17 as well as their own youngest son. But while Brodi has survived the demographic crisis, it is facing another challenge: the lack of a new generation of teachers.

 

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