Orphans
Christmas prep starts in September
September began and a new phase of NHFC program started. We (Maria, our executive director, and I, our newly-made coordinator of the program) launched a campaign with running back and forth from one director to another, trying to find out the number of orphanages willing to take part in our venture.
In the list of orphanages [...]
Visiting Teams
MIR is hosting several teams from the US who are serving in summer camps.
As always, we are happy to have these fun Americans visiting, and the camp directors and campers are very glad to know them.
At Camp Druznik, teams from San Antonio are working with orphans for the month of July. They were at this [...]
Update: Hosting, Short-term teams, Humanitarian Aid
New Horizons
We continue our hosting program; twice a year we send Russian orphans to live with American host families for 4-6 weeks. Twenty five children and four adults safely arrived in the USA on June 25. This is our second trip under new regulations the administration of the city placed on hosting programs. Gladly, the [...]
What is MIR?
Here is a short video about the work that MIR does. Please scroll down for our latest news.
Cooking lessons
Lately we have begun conducting cooking lessons in the “Fairy” group. These girls are learning how to make sandwiches and salad, and they enjoy the lessons very much.
And what is their favorite part? They can EAT what they make!!! So now if you visit the girls, they may offer you their famous sandwiches made [...]