Zaporozhye orphanage (children s home) for boys with mental retardness
The January and February Report on the Works Done in Orphanages for Children and Adults with Special Needs
In the recent two months, we carried on providing financial support to orphanages and made the first step to creating family-type orphanages based on our Happy Homes
March 13, 2015, 17:00 3230
The December Report on the Works Done in Orphanages for Children and Adults with Special Needs
December will be best remembered for presents to everybody and for the sale of handicraft articles made in Kalinovka
January 9, 2015, 15:00 4275
The November Report on the Works Done in Orphanages for Children and Adults with Special Needs
Attending a beauty contest and purchasing medical equipment as well as handicrafts items were the main events of November
December 16, 2014, 21:30 3271
The October Report on the Works Done in Orphanages for Children and Adults with Special Needs
Meeting on palliative care, session of the community council in Kalinovka and training for staff from three orphanages – those were the main events of October
November 19, 2014, 15:00 3619
Knowledge is light!
And ignorance is a common reason for problems in working with “special” people. Here is something about a workshop we held for staff from three of our regional orphanages.
November 17, 2014, 14:30 4241
The September Report on the Works Done in Orphanages for Children and Adults with Special Needs
Medical equipment procured for orphanages, costs to employ additional staff covered as well as petrol for the healthcare-related needs and a visit to the circus
October 23, 2014, 11:50 3998
The August Report on the Works Done in Orphanages for Children and Adults with Special Needs
Last month two more children from Kalinovka were adopted by families from the USA. The main event of the month for us as well as for many of those under our care was the visit of two volunteers from New Zealand
September 12, 2014, 21:00 4535
The July Report on the Works Done in Orphanages for Children with Special Needs
We bought special nutrition for the orphanage in Velikiy Lug and finally found a physician for the orphanage in Kalinovka!
August 16, 2014, 16:30 3292
Are Older Children with Severe Developmental Disabilities to be Discharged to Die?
Due to the lack of children's hospice unit the seriously ill children from the "Solnyshko" orphanage are transferred to children's homes where financing per child is half as much and qualified medical staff is not available
June 4, 2014, 16:30 4424
Children with Special Needs Enjoy a Nice Walk in the Dubovaya Roschsha Park
Pupils from the Zaporozhye orphanage for boys with disabilities for the first time visited the Central Park of Culture and Leisure Dubovaya Roschsha ("Oak Grove")
June 10, 2013, 18:00 3183Publications are shown from 11 to 20
Happy Child foundation - effective help to the most needy children of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine
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Mykyta Mozhovyi
Hydrocephalus with severe cortical atrophy. Consequences of hypoxic-ischemic central nervous system damage
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You donated in 2025
$ 375 506
Our expenses in 2025
| To 93 sick children | $79 494 |
| Medical equipment: | $23 022 |
| Humanitarian help: | $131 420 |
| To disabled children: | $49 497 |
| To children's village: | $3 340 |
| To orphans and poor children: | $8 837 |
| "Helpus" - help to adults: | $9 901 |
| Service expenses: | $32 760 |
| Total sum of expenses: | $353 272 |
$7 426 838
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