Newspapers and TV about our project
A Foreign Orphan: Are little orphans from Zaporizhzhia Objects of Help or Just “Fancy Puppies”?
The ReporterUA has interviewed supporters and opponents of foreign adoption in Ukraine. They all told us why Americans adopt Ukrainian children with Down Syndrome and use them as fashion accessories at the parties of foreign adoptive parents
May 14, 2012, 11:05 7207
A British Charity Wants to Tell the World about the Special Children in the Kalinovka Orphanage
British volunteers are going to make a documentary about the orphans of the Kalinovka Orphanage and show it on the world-famous BBC channel
March 7, 2012, 14:00 3227
The American family adopts a child with special needs from the Kalinovka Orphanage
For the first time in history of Kalinovka Orphanage for severely disabled children one of its little orphans was finally adopted!
March 1, 2012, 21:00 14488
Corporate responsibility programmes can be more efficient with the participation of non-governmental organizations
Non-governmental organizations can influence the forming and implementation of business corporate social (public) responsibility programmes actively. The participants of the Second Regional Forum were trying to find the efficient ways of such influence
January 18, 2012, 0:00 2915
Business on generousity in Zaporozhye — a small experiment by Subbota Plus newspaper
Common people often respond to charity pleas. But they don’t know where their donated money really goes
January 17, 2012, 13:00 2608
Photo and Video Report: Special-Needs Children at a Zaporozhye Region Internat Find a “Happy Home”— reporter.zp.ua
Today, 1 December 2011, in the village of Kalinovka (Zaporozhye Region) the first family-type home in the region was opened for nine special-needs children
December 13, 2011, 23:40 13358
Good Adventures at the Ivan Spring...
27 children from large, low-income, single-parent and rural families from the Zaporozhye region entered the camp called Adventurers' (a la Mayne Ried) on July 22 2011
August 26, 2011, 15:00 5937
«Subbota plus» newspaper: Handicapped children in Zaporozhye lack socks and fellowship
About the problems of children with special needs, which they face in orphanages
November 8, 2010, 16:00 4546
Full length story of FYP's journey to Kalinovka Orphanage, Ukraine 2010
On 29th July 2010 Vinca Petersen set off with Zena Merton (film maker) and Simon Dyer on a trip to a remote part of Eastern Ukraine that would change all their lives, and hopefully the lives of many others
October 21, 2010, 16:00 8374
TV channel “Inter”: “In details with…Selective charity”
In this material were shown a governor of Zaporozhue region, employees of charity fund “Happy Child”, orphanage for children with special needs in Kalinovka, orphanage “Sun” and other institutions.
October 18, 2010, 18:00 7242Publications are shown from 11 to 20
Happy Child foundation - effective help to the most needy children of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, since 2004
They need help:
You donated in 2024
$ 145 505
Our expenses in 2024
| To 71 sick children | $41 765 |
| Medical equipment: | $7 266 |
| Humanitarian help: | $30 419 |
| To disabled children: | $51 260 |
| To children's village: | $2 382 |
| To orphans and poor children: | $6 763 |
| "Helpus" - help to adults: | $19 417 |
| Service expenses: | $23 308 |
| Total sum of expenses: | $185 053 |
$6 915 103
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