Financial statement of HappyChild fund on June-July 2009:

Donations, received during this time

Expenses of our charity during this time

We thanks to all donors, who helped us to help orphans and sick children in this period

Financial statement of HappyChild fund on March - May 2009:

Donations, received during this time

Expenses of our charity during this time

We thanks to all donors, who helped us to help orphans and sick children in this period

2008 Annual Report for the Happy Child Charitable Foundation
Here is the annual report about the results of our teamwork during 2008

Financial statement of HappyChild fund on January - February 2009:

Donations, received during this time

Expenses of our charity during this time

We thanks to all donors, who helped us to help orphans and sick children in January - February 2009

Financial statement of HappyChild fund on November-December 2008:

Donations, received during this time

Expenses of our charity during this time

We thanks to all donors, who helped us to help orphans and sick children in November - December 2008

Financial statement of HappyChild fund on October 2008:

Donations, received during this time

Expenses of our charity during this time

We thanks to all donors, who helped us to help orphans and sick children in October 2008

Analytical survey of the fund activity for March-October 2008 period
Here is summing up the results of our activity, financial report for the previous period, explaining functions of our employees, plans for future...

Financial statement of HappyChild fund on July - September 2008:

Donations, received during this time

Expenses of our charity during this time

We thanks to all donors, who helped us to help orphans and sick children in March - June 2008

Financial statement of HappyChild fund on March - June 2008:

Donations, received during this time

Expenses of our charity during this time

We thanks to all donors, who helped us to help orphans and sick children in March - June 2008

Let’s pray for Lerochka Skripnik
On 11 of June, 2008, our beautiful girl Lerochka Skripnik passed away to Christ in a reanimation department. Lera had been fighting with her illness very long, but Lord called her to himself and to her dad who had died with the same diagnosis several years before

Save a child: Miruta Sasha, 10 years old - brain tumor
Sasha need urgent surgery on brain in the Moscow hospital Burdenko. Surgery will cost $5000

The tent-camp for orphans on the South coast of Crimea
We offer to join us in organization the summer rest of 38 Zaporozhye orphans in the tent-camp near Yalta, Black Sea coast

Financial statement of the Charity Fund “Happy Child” and the www.deti.zp.ua website on Dec 2007 - February 2008

The Chernigov Facility at Kalinovka: a “Home” for Disabled Children
Kalinovka has been a state-run facility for disabled children since the early 1920s. Since Ukraine independence in 1991, the children there continue to suffer from lack of proper nutrition, education, rehabilitation, health care, and family

Latest news from Kalinovka orphanage
Last Thursday we traveled to Kalinovka with Dr. Mariana. She checked all of the children with medical concerns, gave recommendations to Olga Nikolaevna, the local medic, and wrote out a list of the most necessary medicines

Help in organizing excursion to Kiev for children from boarding school # 7 (Zaporozhe) needed!
30 foster children of the boarding school # 7 (Zaporozhye) have the possibility to visit Kiev. Kiev volunteers are ready to pay for the food and floor show, the only thing left is to gather lacking sum for travel fare

News from the Children’s Home in Kalinovka
A month has passed since the publication on our website of the article on Kalinovka that found such resonance, “It’s Not Possible to Keep Silent.” It is time to sum up the results

It’s Not Possible to Keep Silent!
What is happening at the facility for disabled children at Kalinovka (Zaporozhye Oblast) is simply intolerable in a civilized society. The death of an orphan child in a remote village where there is almost complete lack of medical care—is this really poss

Photo Report: Visit of Volunteers to the Home for Disabled Children at Kalinovka, 29 December 2007 and 22 January 2008

Photo reporting: "From Heart to Heart-4" - charity trip to Molochansk and Chernigovka orphanages of Zaporozhye region

Photo reporting: volunteers visit Zaporozhye regional asylum for children

Transformation through Forgiveness and Love

Photo Report on the Trip by a Team of Volunteers to the Chernigovskii Internat for Children with Special Needs (at Kalinovka)

Financial statement of the Charity Fund “Happy Child” and the www.deti.zp.ua website on November 2007

Zaporozhye Sanatorium boarding school #7 for the children with the recovering forms of tuberculosis
There are about 320 children in this institution, and about 24 of them are orphans

Photo report: using donation from Marino P., Erich S., USA, Highlander, Israel, and parcels from Irina M., Switzerland, and Kahpo, USA
Children of "Sun" baby's orphanage and orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye received useful and interesting gifts

Save a child: Pavlenko Vladik, 8 years - brain tumor
Merry lad Vladik needs expensive medicine TEMODAL (Temozolomide) for getting over the disease

Financial statement of the Charity Fund “Happy Child” and the www.deti.zp.ua website on September – October 2007

Photo report: sport equipment purchased using Wes P. and his friends donation

Save a child: Podgorniy Igor, 17 y.o. – Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
A matter of life for Igor from Zaporozhye is in buying 6 ampoules of Mabthera medicine, that costs $2200 per 1 ampoule. The medicine is needed right now!!!

Photo report: orphanage for sick children in Kalinovka - our third visit

Photo report: three new refrigerators were given to Zaporozhye regional children's hospital

“From USA – with love…”
Photo report about parcels received from Erich, Amy and Wes

Photo report: Two Saturdays with the Children of Vol’nyansk Orphanage
You can never learn anything bad from mother-nature. You should just listen to the silence of the forest and the purl of the stream, and you know that your soul is becoming more pure. And after all, what can be better than talking by the fire or having a walk to the stream?

Financial statement on July 2007 (on Russian)
We thanks all sponsors, who helped to orphans and sick children last month. You can see all details in our financial statement

Financial statement on July 2007
We thanks all sponsors, who helped to orphans and sick children last month. You can see all details in our financial statement

Financial statement on June 2007
We thanks all sponsors, who helped to orphans and sick children last month. You can see all details in our financial statement

Zaporozhye's charity fund "Happy Child" finally established by volunteers
We sincerely believe that the fund foundation will open new prospects in our activity

Photo reporting: "From Heart To Heart - 3" trip to Kalinovka and Molochansk orphanages
Abandoned children in Kalinovka must not suffer. And we must do all possible to make their life better

Financial statement on May 2007
We thanks all sponsors, who helped to orphans and sick children in May 2007. You can see all details in our financial statement

Photo reporting: spring hikes with children from Zaporozhye orphanage #3
Gazing at the wonders of the nature awakening and bloom every spring is indeed one of the most amusing and pleasant moments that became the presents of this life. In spring of 2007 we organized several hikes to the Khortitsa island and to the bay of Dnepr river

"DSS" steel foundry will help orphans and sick children on Zaporozhye on International Children's Day
One of the largest company of Zaporozhye continue to help orphans and sick children

The Children of Zaporozhye Streets: Life Without The Childhood
It looks like only the priests and volunteers of the Catholic church care about the life of the homeless in Zaporozhye

Photo reporting: "My dream is to be a “Photographer boy”
“In the Circle of Friends” – that’s the name of the meetings that we decided to organize for the foster children of the Orphanage #3. At the first meeting our guests were the VJ of the program for youth “Lestnitsa” of the TV channel “Alex” Yura Volod’kov and the guest Patrick Anderson from the USA

Financial statement on April 2007
We thanks all sponsors, who helped to orphans and sick children in April 2007. You can see all details in our financial statement

Orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye
Home page of the orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Welcome to the renewed message board of www.deti.zp.ua website!
Now it's a good place for communication and no more spammers!

Photo report: parcels from Kahpo, USA, Cristina, Spain, Amy, USA
We are thankful to our permanent sponsors for a joy which they gave to orphans

You can save a child. Particularly you. Right now
How can a person help other people once he decides to do that? Should he just go on a street and ask who needs money? Should he open his wallet every time he sees a box with “Donations” sign on it?

Help needed: installing playground to the "Sun" orphanage for the youngest children
Parents who love their children will lead them to the best playground in the city. But what can do the little orphans from the children house “Sun”?

Financial statement on March 2007
We thanks all sponsors, who helped to orphans and sick children in March 2007. You can see all details in our financial statement

A photoreport: “From Heart to Heart – 2”: a trip to the rural orphanages of Zaporozhye region
Having see so many manifestations of evil, you want to do more good. We have all understood how trifle our everyday problems are. These children helped us see what is the most important and what is less important in our lives

Kozeleva, 12 years old - neuroblastoma, Stage 4
Vika is dreaming to become a doctor and she's fond of football. Despite her serious illness, she continues to give her beautiful smile to surrounding people

"Escape from death"
Remembrance written by our volunteer Irina, 13 year old girl about Zaporozhye's oncology ward. Now Irina Gavrisheva is our volunteer who saves children's lifes

Financial statement on February 2007

Footballers of “Metallurg” (Zaporozhye, Ukraine) visited children’s department of oncohaematology
On the 7-th of March 2007 we greeted the three of our “Metallurg” players. They brought cakes, juice and of course loads of smiles and pleasure to our children

Announcement of "From heart to heart - 2" charity trip, March 2007

Financial statement on January 2007

Photo report: Donation "Boots and clothes for orphans" from Wes and his friends

Photo reporting: Volunteers visiting Zaporozhye baby's home "Sun"

Photo reporting: gifts from Christian group from USA to orphanages of Zaporozhye

A Taste of U.S. Family Life, but Adoption in Limbo
Here is interesting article in today’s New York Times about a few lucky orphans who spent two weeks with American host families. One girl, Alyona, is from the orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye

Photo reporting: New Year's Party in Zaporozhye's Children Hospital Oncology Ward

Photo reporting: festivals in the orphanage #3 in December 2006

Financial statement on December 2006

"Oncology has found me on its own initiative"

Family looking forward to first Christmas since adopting two children from Zaporozhye, Ukraine

We thanks "Budinok igrashok" toy's shop for gifts to Zaporozhye's orphans

The orphans Christmas miracle
Memoirs of American about Christmas night 2001 in the orphanage #3 of Donetsk

"From Heart to Heart"
Photo report about our charity trip with clown to 3 orphanages of Zaporozhye region

Financial statement on November 2006

Photo reports on $1000 donation received October 17, 2006 from American "anonymous believers"

Waiting to be saved
Article in the popular Ukrainian newspaper "The Day" about children's cancer department of Zaporozhye.

I'm looking for my mummy (article about orphan shelter for infants "Sunny" ("Solnishko") in Zaporozhye)

Photo report on parcels from Peter (Canada), Cristina (Spain) and Olga (England)

"A smile in the face of cancer" - party in the children's hematology department of Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Financial statement on October 2006

While political passions are boiling high, a group of young Zaporozhians is saving orphans from the brutalities of everyday living

"Pursuing Summer" or Children's from the Orphanage No 3 journey to Sevastopol on 14th October 2006

"Our children are starving" - Leonid Alov, director of the Orphanage for Children with Mental Disabilities in Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Photo report on July-October 2006 (all that still remains unreported before)

Photo reporting: 300 cool BIKERS (!!!) visited orphanage #3 in Zaporozhye

Financial statement on September 2006

First infusion pump was bought to the children's hematology department of Zaporozhye
All donations given for infusion pumps and other medical equipment called "Roma's gift" - in memory of 11-years old boy Roma, died in Zaporozhye's hematology department in August 2006. These donations give many of children with cancer good chances to live further...

Voyage around Khortitsa island - 10 orphans from the orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye

Probably, it was a real happiness - surprised and simple, like this river's voyage.

Financial statement on August 2006

We thanks Wes P., Utah, USA and other sponsors for his fundraising action, that collected money for computers to the orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye. $1046 was collected and 2 modern computers with TFT monitors were bought (see photo report). Now orphanage #3 have 3 new and 1 old computers. Here is a list of sponsors: $100.00 Craig and Penny Mismash, $20.00 Matt Todd, $40.00 Chris Whitworth, $25.00 Richard Snideman, $36.00 Jeremy Mindes, $120.00 Don Peterson, $50.00 Donald Peterson, $100 Washington Mutual Bank, $555.00 Fairchild Semiconductor.

What families need to know when considering adoption of a child from the former Soviet Union

Recently we started our newsletter on Google groups:
Children of Zaporozhye
You can subscribe to this newsletter and know latest news from our website.

Financial statement on July 2006
Because of most orphans are in summer camps now, we used a lot of donations to help children with cancer (hematology department of Zaporozhye regianal children's hospital). We also have a rather large rest of money, which we will use after orphans come back from summer camps (about August 20). Thanks all people who helped us this month!

Opening of New Adoption Authority in Ukraine - many news about intercountry adoption


Homeless children to be removed from Ukrainian cities’ streets

Financial statement on June 2006

Photo report on orphans' trip to Crimea in June 2006

New articles:

Keeping Elli-Rose’s dream alive

Young Ukrainian woman enjoys new life in Union

Generous Hibees still doing it for Dnipro kids

Ministry for Family, Youth and Sport of Ukraine initiates reformation of the adoption system

19 percent of Ukrainian families ready to adopt orphans

Forgotten Children
Ordinarily Canadian woman Ruslana Wrzesnewski has organized summer camp for hundreds of Ukrainian orphans.

Articles:

His family goes beyond blood, borders

A World Inside a Country

Kyiv city authorities have allotted 80 apartments for orphans

Cabinet to take care about children - orphans

We have a problem with registration of Ukrainian children-orphans living abroad

Ashley is in a real life drama

Photo report on May 2006 (trips to Kiev and Khortitsa island) was published on our website

Financial statement on May 2006
Donations were used for one-day trip to Kiev (10 orphans visited our capital), for education program, for buying clothes and shoes for orphans, etc. We plan to use the rest of money for 1 week summer camp in Crimea for 10 children and other needs.
We thanks also Wes P. and Kara L. for their help to children hosted on weekends by Lena and Yura (our volunteers). Their donations are not in the main report currently, and we plan to make special reports for Wes and Kara.

We thanks our sponsors who donated in May: Marina Fr. from Canada, Stella from Australia, Jochem R. from Holland, Peter Andersen from Canada, Ryan Roslak from USA, Valentina from Ternopol, Ukraine, Rob from Liverpool, England, Wes P. and Kara L. from USA. See details in the full financial statement

Finally one-day trip to Kiev have taken place. 10 children saw our Ukrainian capital. They visited Independence square, Khreshatik street, funicular, a lot of ancient Churches, monastery and many other interesting places. We hope that there will be other such trips in future, because it make great impression on children and is not very expensive - about $200 for 1 trip (10 children and 3 adults).

Financial statement on April 2006

Photo report on April 2006

Christians make way to Huntsville, aim to find homes for Kiev orphans

11 children from the orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye had trip to Khrotitsa island on the Dnieper. They played football, cooked food on the camp-fire, enjoyed with beauteful spring nature.

We thanks our sponsors Kara L., Patrick Anderson, Sasha Kilibarov from USA for their donation, that let several orphans visit McDonald's and have a rest on the Khortitsa island. We also thanks Wes P. who donated $100 for sponsoring English lessons for Nastya Shevchenko.

Mother promotes improving life for Ukraine's orphans

Man accused of molesting adopted boys

We thanks Marry G. from USA, for his donation $100

We thanks Dima from Kiev, Ukraine, for his donation $600 for summer trip to Crimea, buying carpet, trip to Kiev for orphans.

We thanks Jochem, citizen of Holland, living in Kiev now, for his donation $300 for educational program of Zaporozhye's orphans.

More info see in our next monthly statement and photo reports.

We thanks Valentina from Ternopol, Ukraine for her donation $100 for additional education of orphans (English lessons, spelling and intellectual development)

Financial statement on March 2006

Ukraine to take care of its own orphans

Local women off to Ukraine to help special-needs kids

Financial statement on February 2006

Photo report on February 2006

Articles:
To Brooklyn From Ukraine, Orphan's Rescue Has a Happy Ending

Woman called to help Moldovan orphans sleep, perchance to survive

Ukrainian family needs help in creating family-type orphanage

We thanks Robert D. from Liverpool for parcels with 3 good balls and many socks for orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye

We thanks Natalia Z. from New York for parcel with child's clothes, CD disks.

We thanks Dmitriy from Zaporozhye, Ukraine for honey given to orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye.

Letter: American adoptive mother on the restrictions made by Ukraine

Article: A lesson in charity and orphanages

Article: Jacksonville family adopts two Ukrainian children

About "Yunona": Napa adoption firm closes under fire

We continue our educational program. Now two coaches work with orphans of orphanage #3. The smallest children study to read, write and draw, older ones study basic English. We sure that education often is more important thing to orphans than just giving gifts. But only 8 orphans we can learn now, so we need more and more sponsors to extend educational program.

We thanks Jennifer Keineit, San Jose, USA for parcel with nice clothes for Nastya S. from the orphanage #3. Jennifer, please write us your e-mail so that Nastya can contact you!

We have received parcels from Karen Cizek, USA (toys and clothes to "Solnishko" children's home), Yulya Maryenko from New York, USA (toys, clothes for girls), Elena from Cologne, Germany (clothes, meccanos), Irina F. from Chicago, USA (caps, socks, toys, etc.) We thanks all these sponsors! Photo report will be published in the end of February.

We thanks Elena K. from Zaporozhye for her donation $20 to educational program for orphans.

We thanks Natasha P., native of Zaporozhye, who now lives in London. Natasha donated $120 for educational program for orphans and attracted her friends to helping orphans.

We thanks Tanya from Zaporozhye, who now lives in Kiev. Tanya sent us good parcels with educational materials, colour books, and $100 for educational program for orphans.

Please, take part in educational program for orphans of Zaporozhye.

Financial statement on January 2005

Photo report on January 2006

We thanks Yulya from Zaporozhye, Ukraine, and her 3 friends, who gave 4 big pies, and toys, books, clothes to orphans of the orphanage #3. I also beg to be excused that "tea-drinking" and "pie-eating" was chaotic and badly organized - we made mistake when counting up orphans population. On the other hand, girls have seen how looks 'children chaos'.

We thanks Alexander Kopitko from USA for his donation $100, and Robert D. from Liverpool, UK parcels with CD's toy-cars, writing materials.

We thanks Ralph Zschoernig for his second donation $40, and Alena from Zaporozhye, Ukraine, who donated $10.

We thanks Robin Anderson from USA who donated $100 for educational program for orphans. Now we have possibility to pay to coach for work with 4 children. These children are 7-9 years old, and they don't yet can write and read. Coach will teach 3 times per week during 2 hours at once. We continue to attract sponsors to our educational program for orphans.

Financial statement on December 2005

Happy New Year, friends! Thanks to all our sponsors, who make life of orphans a bit better. Thanks those who sponsor very good dishes, which we prepare for 60 orphans in the orphanage #3 at evening before New Year.

We thanks several sponsors at once, who have supported children before New Year and Christmas:

Tatiyana from Kiev, who gave many sweet sets, book, clothes

Mary Cassidy, USA for donation $200 for Natasha V. and others girls

Anthony J. Leblanc from Monreal, Canada for donation $200

Andrew, USA, who visited orphanage #3 and bought 4 big meccano, 2 multimedia education disk, 1000 vitamins, clothes (total costs of gifts is $140) and donate $60

See using of these donations in financial statement on December 2005 and financial statements of future monthes. Photo report about all donations will come soon.

President of Ukraine criticizes child policy

President of Ukraine speaks about orphans

Ukrainian orphans go to Turkey

Financial statement on November 2005

Thanks to Alena from Zaporozhye for her donation - $10

Thanks to Matthew Murphy from Georgia, USA for donation - $200. At the instance of Matt, $120 were used for purchasing clothes to Kolya Soloviev, graduate of Matveevka orphanage. The rest $80 will be used for gifts on the best drawing contest in the orphanage #3 and cooking for New Year Night.
See photo report

Thanks to Tanya, former resident of Zaporozhye, who lives in USA now. She gave soft-pens, note books, and $10 for orphanage #3.

Report on using donation - October 2005

Article in The Day Ukrainian newspaper: Children Need Care, Youth Need a Policy

We thanks Matthew M. from USA for parcel to Dima Kozlov. There were ball, sports shirts, school bag, writing materials and $10 in the parcel.
See photo report

We thanks Irina F. from Chicago for next parcels with writing materials, 26 school bags, clothes for orphanage #3 and others.
See photo report

We thanks Svetlana N. from Turkey for donation - $100. These money used for buying 4 chairs, 2 soft toys, soccer ball for birthday of Sasha Matveev (orphanage #3)
See photo report

New articles about Ukrainian orphans published on our web site:
“I want my mommy...”
and
Local churches organize summer holiday for 20 Ukrainian orphans

New section Orphans home pages was published on our website

We again thanks Patrick Anderson from US for regular donations - $100 September 22 and $100 September 12. 13 orphans already visited attractions "Sheki land", ate ice-creams, sandwiches and drank lemonade. Full costs calculation we will send to Patrick. We will buy shoes for girls for the rest of money ($60).

We thanks Ralph Zschoernig for donation $40. 2 balls, 2 badminton sets, 2 electronic games, 20 notebooks, 5 sets of color pens, 2 sets of soft-tip pens, a lot of hair pins for girls were bought for orphanage #3.
See photo report

New article:
"Boys no Longer in Vogue"
A bill called “National Program to Stimulate Adoption in Ukraine” was presented.

Now you can see some conditions of life in the orphanage #3.
Also many new photos were added to the website

3 bicycles were bought thanks to donation of Henri Amini from Phoenix, USA. He sent us $300 through Western Union. We will plan to buy balls and tennis sets for rest of money.
See photo report

We again thanks Patrick Anderson from US army for regular donation $120. Shoes and clothes for boy Kolya Baranov and Stefa Burlachenko were bought. 8 children visited pizza cafe and had a good time there.
See photo report

Children succesfully came back from the summer camps. New school year will begin soon - September, 1.

Olena M. Keene from USA and her friends donated $1100 for needs of orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye. Olena personally visited Zaporozhye and our orphanage. We already bought light shoes for 58 children, and scanner (to scan orphans drawings and publish them on our website). $200 were aimed to needs of 3 graduates (boys), who are in the difficult situation now. Photo report had already sent to sponsors. It's the greatest donation have ever been received, but even it not fulfill all orphan's needs (we have 170 orphans!). Thank you, Olena!
See photo report

We thanks Patrick Anderson from US army in Iraq for donation $100 for boy Kolya Baranov from the orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye.
See photo report

We thanks Shellie Dow from Redmond, Washington, USA for donation $100 for girl Elvira from the orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye.
See photo report

We again thanks Irina and her friends from Chicago, USA for their parcels. Many gifts were gave to the "Solnishko" children's house. Orphans of the orphanage #3 now have new 3,2 megapixel digital camera and photo printer Canon. Also we can quickly make a photo reports now.
See photo report

We thanks Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of North & South America and the Diaspora for their donation - $45 through e-gold. We already use it for buying soccer balls and tennis rackets to orphans.
See photo report

We thanks "Radiocom" Internet company for new free PHP hosting for our website.

Children from orphanage #3 went to the summer camps on the Azov Sea, where they will live up to August, 20.

Updated info from NAC about adoption from Ukraine are placed on adoption section of our website.

Soccer Star Andriy Shevchenko Named Charity Ambassador. Andiy's new responsibilities are in the sphere of social protection for high-risk children and orphans.

We thanks Elena, Vasilisa and Tatiana from Arabian Emirates for parcel with very good clothes for orphans. Also we thanks Olga from Kiev, who not only helped with shipping of parcel, but send $80 for buying bicycle to orphans.
See photo report

Paul I. from Georgia, USA gave us a digital camera Kodac, when he visited Zaporozhye. Now we can more efficiently take a pictures of your donations and orphans can study photography.

Children of the orphanage #3 like to study computers very much. There are many orphans interested to study PC, but only 2 PC for whole orphanage.
Also we discovered, that children very like to cycle, but they have no bicycles. Now we try to visit orphanage with our own bicycle, but it would be good to buy new cheap ($80) bicycle. So we need people who can help to buy it.

New articles:
A Shortage of Families
Spreading Good Deeds
Children to Live in Families, Not Orphanages
from The Day newspaper.

New articles: Ukraine Country Report abour children at risk - much info about orphanages, child population, etc.
Ukrainian orphans in the Parliament

Finally new iron door in the orphanage №3 to the computer room have been installed. We will begin IT classes soon.

Jared Brown from Sweden have sent $100 for installing the iron door to the computer class, and 9 kg parcel with soft-pens, player, toys, clothes. The door already have been installed. Thank you, Jared!

New articles were published on the website:
Ice-Cream Leftovers versus Love and Care
Not forgotten White Rock woman returns to aid Kiev youth
Ukrainian Orthodox Mission Team travels to orphanages in Ukraine

New forum for English-speaking people was opened on our website.

We thank Elena J. from the United Arabic Emirates and her friends Tatiyana, Joseph and Oleg for regular parcels with clothes for orphans.

Irina F. from Chicago, USA (who often helps children) visited Zaporozhye for adoption and also met with us. Now she can told other people about life in Zaporozhye.

Irina F. from Chicago, USA and her friends continue to help orphans. Now we received 4 big parcels with toys, clothes, sweets. Thank you, Irina!

We thank Olga B. for $20 donation. Tights for orphans were bought for these money.

We thank Olga J. from the United Arabic Emirates for two parcels with balls, shoes and clothes.

We are thankful to American who trhough Denny Ckruse gave $1000 to buy shoes and clothes for 50 orphans. photo report will be published on our website soon.

To Survive till Spring
The heart-rending story about 2,5 years old girl from the Russian Children State Hospital

We are thankful to Katya from Finland for her donation - $100. Trousers and boots for Roman Golovan (internat #3) and the clipper (to cut orphans) was bought for this money.

We wish happy to the brothers Sasha and Yasha from internat #3, who was recently adopted by Joe and Carrie from Michigan. Oksana IIchenko also was recently adopted by American family. Hope, they will mail us when come to the USA.

Three new photo reports about using donations were pulished on our website:
Purchase of second computer
Parcels from Irina
Computer given by Olga from Kiev

We received 5 big parcels from Irina Fonareva, Jon Devenport and Jen Trewitt (USA). There are many new socks, towels, clothes, toys, chocolates, vitamins, etc in it. The Meest company was used for shipping, It takes 6 weeks to ship. Most of it was given to the orphanage #3, and the rest - to the orphanage #1 and children's home for mentally retarded children. Photo report will be published on our webiste. Thank you, friends!

Olga from Kiev gave Pentium-II computer to the orphanage. Finally children got the first PC! Now we are looking for the persons who wants to learn children how to use PC.

We are very thankful to a nice women Irina, Victoria and Jaimus from USA for their donations! Reports of using their help will be published soon.

Orphans are rescued with the "web" - article about our website in "The Region Express" newspaper. You can also read other new articles

Many new photos of our children were added to our website.

Former Ukrainian citizen Victoria from USA donated $50 to orphans. We use this donation to buy balls and tennis rackets. You can see a report about using Victoria's money.

Inmate of a children's home telling us about her life. Read more >>>

Young man Sasha from Zaporozhye gave windowpane and 10 litres of oil-paint to the orphanage. Sum total of all items is $60. Thank you, Sasha!

American Christians visited orphanage, talking with children, gave very big apple and bars of chocolate to each child. Orphans were very delighted by it. Some children even eat too much:-)

New school year started, and new joys and sorrows started with it. Orphans have visited Zaporozhye's Circus after "The 1st bell (lesson) festival".

New info about Zaporozhye Children’s home “Sun” added to our web site. "Sun" (Dom rebenka "Solnishko") is the unique in Zaporozhye area establishment, where live, are educated and are treated 305 children-fatherless, children-invalids, children who have stayed without custody of parents. Their ages are from 1 month up to 4 years.

Victoria Besher, English language teacher from Zaporozhye, gave to internat #3 several boxes with shoes and clothes, and widnow plants. Thanks, Viktoria!

We received letter from Anatoly Galenko, Netherland, 2803, Gorda. In the envelope we found 5 Euro. We bought 5 pairs of "second hand" shoes for small children. Thanks, Anatoly!

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has adopted a 3-year-old Russian girl. Read more >>>

Olga from Kiev gave computer monitor to the orphanage. Thank you, Olya! We are waiting for the rest of computer now.

Now an English version of our Website is available. We have also added new pictures of the children and the orphanage.

The plane Venice-Kiev has brought 11 children home. They spent more than one month in Italy. They lived in families and children camps. Many of them swam in the Mediterranean sea. It was the first time that they were on a plane, and for some of them it was the first time that they were outside Zaporozhye region. Unfortunatelly only some of the orphans will have a chance to visit Italy. The trip was organized due to support of the company “Nabat”, the fund “Ukraine For Children” and hospitable Italians.
Until September, 1st all the children will be staying in children camps on the Azov Sea.

We took a hiking tour to the Khortitsa Island, we took pictures of children with the Dnieper and DneproGES in the background, ate potatoes, communicated with nature. Some children were climbing the rocks, playing volleyball, watching numerous spring grass-snakes and lizards.

Due to the support of Christ Church and the ISP Radiocom the first version of this Website saw the light. And this is not adherence to fashion, but pure desire to attract people’s attention to problems of orphans and to provide real help.