Vadim Markin
Leading expert in child welfare and philanthropy
Founder of six children’s homes in Russia; the family support charity “Life Is One”; the international children’s aid foundation “Children Must Live”; an international association of child welfare organizations; child rescue centers and free schools in the slums of Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and Madagascar; and a missionary center in Tanzania.

Founder and President of the Research Institute for the Study and Overcoming of Childhood Crises, active in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas and Oceania.

Initiator of global expeditions aimed at identifying, studying and addressing issues affecting children.

Contact:
lampada@vadimmarkin.com
+7 (985) 922-8178
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Internationals Projects

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New International Aid Directions for Children
  • Targeted Aid Project in Uganda
    We’re providing pinpoint assistance to Uganda’s poorest children. So far, we’ve delivered the most essential support—food. We’ve fed homeless teenagers, two girls working at a landfill, and aided a brother and sister who have no parents or guardians. They live on their own and sleep in a shack lent by a local resident. Having gone barefoot, they now each have a pair of shoes we bought for them.
    We are now working to build regular, large-scale support for Ugandan children. We are confident that, drawing on our experience in Kenya and Burundi, we will find ways to feed, clothe, and educate children there too.
  • India: Planning a New Child Rescue Initiative
    At the end of January 2024, we set out on a mission trip to India. We visited children’s homes, slums, and landfill sites, including the poorest “Untouchable” communities. We saw firsthand how urgent the need is. Now we are planning our work in India and exploring every opportunity to help.
  • Madagascar
    We help children on the island of Madagascar. We support the local shelter Soa Kanto in the slums of Andohatapenaka.
    Currently, 95 children live there.
    We continue our work on the island to save children.
  • Burundi
    We have opened and are currently registering the Child Rescue Center "Good Home of Burundi — the Heart of Africa." Plans include opening an International Primary School.
  • Tanzania
    We are working on registering the "Children Must Live" Association. We plan to establish a full-scale missionary center.
  • Ethiopia
    Together with Askal Charity, we assist homeless street children in Ethiopia.
We plan to expand the activities of the International Foundation and the Research Institute for the Study and Overcoming of Childhood Crises into the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso and Cuba.

Projects in Russia

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