Babushka Adoption Foundation
ОБФ Бабушка Эдопшн | |
 Babushka Adoption logo | |
| Formation | 1999 |
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| Founder | Markus Müller |
| Headquarters | Moskovskaya 39-5 |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 42°52′10″N 74°37′07″E / 42.86931530000002°N 74.61870276011948°E |
Region served | Kyrgyzstan |
Director | Elena Yun |
| Website | www |
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Babushka Adoption Foundation is a charitable non-governmental organization based in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan. It was founded in 1999. The foundation provide supports to elderly people in Kyrgyzstan who do not have any family members that can care for them. The term babushka is Russian for grandmother, though they also provide assistance to eldery men, dedushkas, as well.
History and mission
[edit]After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kyrgyzstan, as well as other nations in Central Asia experienced economic hardship. Speaking in 2002, manager Xenia Kirsanova said "Since 1996 pensions have increased by 20 percent while public utility bills have grown by around 600 percent."[2]
In 1999, the Babushka Adoption project was established, with financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to help the most vulnerable elderly in Kyrgyzstan. The foundation operates in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, and in Batken, the poorest region in the country. Donations come froma abroad with sponsors located in Switzerland, the United States, France, Turkey and India. A donation of $10 a month through the foundation essentially doubled a pensioners' pension.[2] In 2004, the project became an independent charity called the Babushka Adoption Charitable Foundation.[3]
Whilst the United States Air Force had a presence in Manas Air Base, the Manas Area Benefit Outreach Society sponsored babushkas in the area through the foundation.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "ABOUT US - Babushka Adoption". Babushka Adoption - Hope and Dignity for Elderly in Kyrgyzstan. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ a b "CNN.com - Adopt a babushka scheme takes off - July 25, 2002". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ "Central Asia". HelpAge International. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ Ruiz, Angela (May 17, 2012). "Eglin Airmen visits Kyrgyzstan "babushkas"". Eglin Air Force Base.
- ^ "Friendship means the world to adopted babushkas". Air Force. Archived from the original on 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ "Airmen cross cultures, generations with babushka visit". U.S. Air Force. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
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