SAMGA Project: From Successful Practices to the National Scope
In 2025, Kazakhstan launched the implementation of a professional development programme for specialists, developed on the basis of more than 30 years of experience of SOS Children’s Villages Kazakhstan and the best international practices in the field of alternative care. The first training cohort was successfully completed in five regions of the country, laying the foundation for the large-scale introduction of modern approaches and the improvement of service quality within the child protection system.
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When Gulnur turned 16, there was a fire in her parents’ house, in which her mother died. Of all relatives, the girl only had brothers left — but they refused to support her.
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When Sveta and her brother still lived in their blood family, her parents carefully protected her. But their carefree life was interrupted by a tragic event — her father died in a terrible car accident. Unable to cope with the grief, her mother became an alcoholic.
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Ten years ago, Olga was happy: work, home, loving husband. Olga’s husband herded cattle and liked to drink after work. At first, she did not consider it a big problem, but over the years his addiction progressed. And when the couple had a child, Olga’s husband was convicted of hooliganism. The woman was left almost completely alone, with a baby in her arms.
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Timur and his sister, born the same age, did not remember the care in their biological family. Their parents suffered from addictions, and their fate was difficult: their father died early, and their mother was convicted of a serious crime. After the court’s decision on their mother’s case, the children ended up in our Children’s Village.