24 июля 2014 17:55

Grim reality of Kazakhstani rehab centres for abused children

Screen caption from YouTube video

Two little girls sit in an armchair and calmly look into a camera. An adult voice asks them to talk about their lives in the Center for Adaptation of Underage, a place for social adaptation and rehab of children from abusive families. And suddenly they start talking, stumbling on words in a hurry. “When we did not properly clean the floor she would make us lick it and pick up the garbage. Once (my friend) did not properly wash her t-shirt and had to lick the washbasin, (…),” one of the girls said.

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