Nataliya and Ilona are both 4 years old and suffer from congenital deformity of their arms and legs. Director Olga Ivanovna of Nikolaiev Baby House recently asked us to support them.
Donations can be made here.
Category France
Well water drilling project in Zeleniy Gay is completed
The well water drilling project in Zeleniy Gay has evolved into a drinking water supply project and is finished now. At the time of our visit last October, the building protecting the intermediate storage tank was in the course of completion.
Christmas cards 2006
Xmas cards 2006 have left Kharkov printing company on November 2nd !
We expect them to reach us by the end of the month at the latest.
You can place your orders through:
- for United States: info.usa@svieta.org or through OBS: eagalligan@yahoo.com
- for France: info.france@svieta.org
- for rest of the world: info@svieta.org
Quantities are limited and we will proceed as first ordered first served.
September/October trip report
Sunday, October 15th
Flight back via Munich, where I will stay a week for business. 
Saturday, October 14th
We succeeded in finishing the purchase of the Montessori material at the market of Nikolaiev, not without difficulty. The remainder of the day was devoted to the assessment of the voyage and to the accounting.
Friday, October 13th
We spent the day trying to resolve the many last open points and to return to the Baby House of Nikolaiev. Great news: director Olga Ivanovna is invited to a series of seminars on health in Germany and Switzerland! Partly thanks to our assistance, she will leave tomorrow for a long trip by bus which will take her among other places also to Zurich, Bern and Geneva!
Donation for Romashka
At the time of the trip in December 2003, we had been charged by a French family with brining mail to Romashka (Chernivtsi Oblast). It was our first visit there at this orphanage for children from 4 to 8 years, located in a small village forty kilometers away from Chernivtsi…
Donation for Krasnokutsk
Before the journey in November 2004 we had been tasked by a French family to deliver post to Krasnokutsk (Kharkov Oblast). It was our first visit to this orphanage for children from 4 to 8 years, which is in outstanding condition…
Well water drilling project in Zeleniy Gay
The drilling project to reach well water at Zeleniy Gay specialized orphanage is now finished.
Unfortunately, they have now found out that water pressure from the drill/pump is not sufficient to ensure water supply for all floors in all buildings. You can see some images of it here!
We are thus initiating a second phase to this project and are now evaluating different solutions to alleviate this problem.
Stay tuned!
The Association in France
How was association’s French branch born?
In May 2002, Sylvie and husband Michel adopted her son Alexandre from Zeleniy Gay (Kharkov region). At that time, she realized how old and poorly equiped orphanage buildings were. Mostly because of the lack of financial means to keep them in better shape.
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