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Umid Yeri NGO was officially registered at the Ministry of Justice, Republic of Azerbaijan in 1997 and immediately took over one of the most vital problems emerged due to transition period in our country. To that end the first Child Asylum in Azerbaijan was established to overcome the street children problem.

Continuous search raids conducted by the Umid Yeri members and volunteers to streets, stations, Seaside Park and a number of different places in Baku yielded positive results. Soon the House with maximum capacity to accommodate 50 children at a time started functioning and provided shelter for those in need.

Indeed it was their home to save them from miserable street life, incredibly poor living conditions in slums where they are completely vulnerable to dangerous infections and humiliating work in streets like cleaning of car wind shields, involvement in minor street trade and even begging in terrible winter cold and under burning rays of sun in summer. All children coming to the center can feel and get every care. They are provided with hygienic and medical services, pass social and psychological adaptation and are placed in appropriate educational institutions. The Center also assists children talented in music, dancing and other fields to upgrade and improve their skills in special schools. In addition, Umid Yeri has ensured rights of dozens with no registration address to serve their military service. Thus, during 9 years of its existence the center has been successful enough to shelter 800 children and encourage them to build their future.

Dear Compatriots!

The Almighty has blessed me to help hundreds whereas not every mother is able to embrace their children with love and care as they would like to.

9 Years!!! I’ve been looking in their eyes lost and sad but full of hope. Umid Yeri is always ready and on alert to protect and warm them with love and affection who were destined to live deprived of love and care of their own parents.

9 Years!!! Umid Yeri has been saving children from street life. We are very few; therefore have to double our efforts to ensure that our care, love and compassion are enough to make all of them happy. But unfortunately, like all other human beings we cannot go beyond our capabilities as well.

Therefore, each and every individual feeling mercy, love and compassion towards such children should unite as one and single force to eventually see them happy and healthy with no grief inside their heart.

9 Years!!! And we’ve been able to save 900 children and ensure normal life for them, whereas official reports inform about 800-1000 street children only in Baku every year.

We have to be with them... We have to take care of them.
This is our responsibility as citizens and human beings.
Children must be in our hearts not in the streets.
Open wide your hearts, dear friends.

Nigar Mansimli
Chairwoman
 
AZ 1000, Azerbaijan Rebublic, Baku City,
9, Jalil Mammadgulizadeh str.
Phone: (99412) 4941241, 4944033