Who we help
Resource centers “Mother’s House” will help you if
you were forced to leave your child in an institution
You are in a difficult life situation with a newborn baby in your arms
You are on the verge of abandoning your children because of your difficult situation
Mother’s House resource center
The Fund’s specialists help their mentees overcome the crisis, believe in their own strength and become a confident and responsible mother for a child. At the Mother’s House, women receive accommodation, food, medical and psychological assistance. We also provide legal assistance in the establishment of paternity, paperwork, collection of alimony.
Presence card
Almaty №1
299
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Almaty №2
410
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Almaty №3
480
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Taldykorgan
183
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Shymkent
584
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Taraz
352
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Kyzylorda
310
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Zhezkazgan
147
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Aktau
175
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Atyrau
175
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Uralsk
253
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Aktobe
287
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Kostanay
297
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Petropavlovsk
182
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Kokshetau
176
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Astana №1
564
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Astana №2
507
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Karaganda
453
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Pavlodar
245
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children who received
assistance
Semey
322
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children who received
assistance
Ust-Kamenogorsk
237
the number of women and
children who received
assistance
Stories of mothers
Alina
Pavlodar
Alina is one of the first moms in the Mother’s House in Pavlodar. She herself grew up in an orphanage and came to the project with her six-month-old daughter Yasmin. Her parents died when she was only 6 years old, and together with her younger brother, Alina ended up in a state institution.
After graduation, Alina began living with a classmate, a boy from the same orphanage, and soon got pregnant. However, family life did not work out. Ruslan, Yasmin’s father, did not work and drank a lot. Alina lived either at a friend’s house or in a church cottage, while her brother rented a room. She often felt hungry and at times fainted.
After being discharged from the maternity hospital, Alina lived in an apartment with her former caretaker from the orphanage. It was there that she learned about the opening of the Mother’s House in Pavlodar. Her supervisor took her there right away.
Alina and Yasmin lived at Mother’s House for a year and a half. Ruslan visited his daughter and accepted paternity. Unfortunately, however, Ruslan is no longer with them – he was killed. But because he gave his last name to Yasmin, she receives survivor benefits.
Yasmin is now 9 years old, and she is in the third grade. Alina is married and has given birth to another daughter. They both have jobs, top up their Zhilstroybank account and live in a hostel that was specially built for orphanage graduates and working youth.
Veronica, Ust-Kamenogorsk
Young mom's story
Sixteen-year-old Veronica came to Mother’s House in February 2020. Despite her young age, she was already the mother of a baby boy named Ivan.
At that time she was a tenth-grader at a school in East Kazakhstan Region. К сожалению, ни родители, ни государственные структуры не были заинтересованы в поддержке школьницы.
Specialists of the Mother’s House helped Veronica to keep going and to solve the most important problems she faced. They helped her to get a birth certificate, a lump-sum childbirth allowance and a monthly childcare allowance up to one year by opening a special bank account.
One of the main issues that needed to be addressed was the young mom’s ongoing education. No school in the city wanted to take in a student with a baby. But a solution was found. They managed to get Veronica a job at the vocational training facility, in other words, at night school.
Since Vanechka was born seven months old, he had certain health problems. And Mother’s House did its best to help. The baby underwent examinations, paid appointments with pediatric neurologists, was provided with necessary expensive medications and professional massage. All these actions yielded positive results.
Today, the young mom and Vanya are doing well. The baby is growing up. Veronica herself continues her studies in the 11th grade. She plans to enter the East Kazakhstan Humanitarian College, dreaming of learning the profession of an elementary school teacher.
Irina
Pavlodar
Irina was born into a family of disabled people. Her mom and dad were blind. When her dad was gone, it was the girl who had to take care of her mom and take care of the house. Soon Irina married and gave birth to a son. But her happiness was not long. Her man had a second family on the side. She could not forgive his betrayal and left, changing her place of residence and phone number.
Once in a cafe, where the girl worked as a barista, a customer first gave Irina flowers and after work asked to walk her home.
The relationship developed rapidly, and soon the young man moved to her rented apartment, became friends with her son. It seemed that fate had finally smiled to her, but it was another test for Irina.
The man quickly turned from a fairy tale hero into an alphonse tyrant. He was often jealous and also hit her often. Just in a few months, Irina’s life turned into a nightmare from which only escape was possible. Later she found out that she was pregnant. She doubted for a long time and even in the maternity hospital planned to give up the baby, but when she saw the glorious baby girl on her chest, all the bad things were forgotten.
Her mother could not accept her daughter with two children and after discharge Irina went to “Mother’s House”, where she quickly found a mutual understanding with similar moms, unaccepted by their loved ones and society.
With the support of psychologists, coordinator and nurses, the girl recovered and regained her self-confidence.
Итоги направления
69%
“Mother’s House” prevents 69% of potential abandonment of mothers from their newborn babies in the country
Outcomes
6,695
babies stayed with their families thanks to the assistance provided to their mothers
630
children from children’s residential institutions were returned to their birth families
FAQ:
Mothers can stay for up to 6 months. But each case is considered individually and the length of stay may vary depending on the situation. During this period, women are provided with all the necessities of life.
The project covers the whole territory of Kazakhstan, at the moment 21 Mother’s Houses are functioning in 18 regions of the country. There are two houses working in Astana and three houses working in Almaty.
You can contact the Call Center at 8 800 080 77 71 and on instagram dommamy. The official web-site dom-mamy.kz has all the contacts of specialists who can answer all your questions
After the term is over, in most cases mothers come together, live together, help each other and get back on their feet. Many make peace with their relatives before the end of the term and return to their homes.
Yes, sure. Our specialists work extensively with the women’s families and loved ones. Conversations with psychologists, consultations with coordinators, meetings and visits to the Mother’s House.
Funding for the “Mother’s House” is provided by Kazakhstani businessmen-philanthropists. Each patron finances one or more houses in different cities of Kazakhstan. Or several patrons finance one house. There are in total 26 patrons of which two are companies. You can find them and lists of houses on the official website.
