State benefits for foster carers have been increased - in St Petersburg they are equivalent to about half the average salary for the first fostered child.

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Each fostered child should be able to live with a foster carer carefully chosen to match their specific needs in terms of location, lifestyle, language and culture.

BBC: Country needs 450 more fosterers

This in turn has fostered positive parent- child relationships and, in turn, holistic child development.

UNESCO: Family Literacy Programmes (FLPs)