Almaz Gaparov. Almaz is 15 years old. He lives together with his mother and his older brother. He grew up healthy until he was hit by a car 2,5 years ago. He ended up being in coma for 6 months. Since then he is unable to move or to talk. Almaz needs expensive medications and medical treatment. His mother spends most of her time with him and is unable to work. The family barely makes ends meet.

Misha Sarapkin. Misha is 31 years old. He lives with his retired parents. Misha is sociable; he loves cartoons and stuffed toys. Misha has organic brain affection. The family is on the edge of the poverty level.

Sasha Kargopoltsev. Sasha is 15 years old. He lives together with a retired mother and several brothers, sisters and nephews. As a result of a childhood trauma, (he was dropped in a bath tub) he has a serious brain affection; his left cerebral hemisphere is not functioning at all. Sasha is unable to move around and eat by himself; he spends most of his time in bed. His mother receives her retirement money and child support money; however, these funds are barely enough to reach the minimum subsistence level.

Olesya Selezneva. Olesya is 22 years old. She lives with her mother. She finished musical school. She is sociable, loves to walk and listen to the rock music. Olesya suffers from infantile cerebral paralysis. She uses the wheelchair to get around. For the past two years Olesya does exercises; the tone of her muscles has significantly improved. She is now able to stand by herself and to change from her wheelchair to the sofa. Olesya dreams that someday she will be able to walk. Her mother is not working; the family is experiencing severe financial difficulties.

Oleg Sopin. Oleg is 18 years old. He lives with his mother. He finished high school in 2009. Oleg suffers from central nervous system damage as well as cerebro-spinial axis. He has dyspraxia of pelvic organs. He went through 15 surgeries. As a result, he slowly started to walk. However, numerous anesthesias caused severe epileptic seizures. In summer 2010 Oleg plans to enter the university and study programming. He is now revising the school program with his mother. The family experiences extreme financial difficulties.

Pasha Urazaev, a young man of 26 years old. He lives together with his mother and a younger brother. Pasha suffers from infantile cerebral paralysis and severe mental deficiency, marble bone disease with calcium deficit of 48% which makes it harder for him to move as the time passes. Pasha knows only two words: “mother” and “nanny” – this is how he calls his brother who babysits him when his mother leaves for work. He is very cheerful and positive. He loves to walk and look at the cars.

Vova Alekseev. Vova lives with his grandmother and his sister’s family. He is 17 years old. Vova suffers from infantile cerebral paralysis, the sever form of diabetes mellitus and mental deficiency. Vova is unable to walk and he uses wheelchair. Vova is home-schooled. He rarely leaves the house, mainly when the volunteer is available to escort him. The family experiences severe financial difficulties.

Misha Alekseev. Misha is 6 years. He lives together with his retired grandparents. They took him away from the orphanage when he was very weak when they found out that his parents left him there. Since then Misha have not seen his parents. Misha suffers from infantile cerebral paralysis and is unable to move. He can sit and eat only with a help of an adult. Misha loves music; he speaks very expressively, though in his own language.

Eldar Saushkin. Eldar is 16 years old. He lives with his mother. He suffers from infantile cerebral paralysis and mental deficiency. He is a sociable young man who loves music and movies.