Orphans
He works it out when I have no clue how
We thought Andrey wouldn’t make it to the States. It almost seemed like nobody would. The newly made regulations about orphans travelling abroad gave a good excuse to the municipal boards to say no to the hosting program this Christmas, but two orphanage directors really saw it as a chance their disabled children couldn’t [...]
“A Holiday During the Holidays!”
Last week, Russia celebrated “Unity Day,” which coincided with school vacation week.
During this time, our dear friend David Hulley came for a visit. As per tradition, he wanted to spend some time with kids from the “Fairy” group from orphanage #32.
Out of a few different options, the kids decided that [...]
My first real home
One of the orphan graduates at the Kohla-Nimme orphanage in Estonia got his first real home this August. He now needs to take care of it and be responsible for utilities, keep up with his job and become a good neighbour. If everything goes well for the next 2 years he will become an owner [...]
Happy Birthday!!!
On Friday ( October, 29th) was a celebration of Orphanage’s birthday! The staff of “Mir” were invited to be a part of it.
Long time we are working with the Kronshtadt Orphanage #35, many children have been in the US. Some of them twice.
It was really nice to see well-dressed, joyful children!
They were especially prepared for [...]
“Back to School in Style”
Last week, we had the opportunity to help a group of children from orphanage #32 get ready for September 1st, the first day of school in Russia.
Pictured in front are (from left to right): Maksim (9), Alyosha (8), Ilya (6), Tatyana (their counselor), Gena (9); the girls pictured are (from left to right): Katya (16), [...]
Summer Hosting program for orphans 2010
The June, 25 our team consisting from Russian orphans and chaperones went from Moskow to America. We had two groups, one of us arrived to Atlanta, another one to New York.
This program is not only for Russian orphans, also for orphans from Ukraine and Latvia.The June, 25 our team consisting from Russian orphans and chaperones [...]
“Why would they care?”
This was on the first country wide TVcannel at 9 pm news release April, 29.
Thousands of Americans are watching the consultations in Moscow with anxiety and anticipation: those who already have brought orphans from Russia,and those who are still dreaming to do it. They are confident that each child [...]
…”The Rest of the Story”
In the fall of 1986 a baby boy, Valera Pavlov, was born to a young married couple in the small village of Chubaksari, Russia. He was the 2nd child born of their 3 children and everyone was quite happy! However, in the height of the Soviet Union rule, the family did what they could do [...]