Category Switzerland

10 years Les Amis de Svieta (Switzerland)

In November 2010 we celebrated our 10th anniversary!
10 years
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Vika visits Switzerland

Today, 20:25 Vika has landed at Zurich airport. She will spend a few days in Switzerland, to visit sponsors and to spend a few days in the mountains. On Sunday Vika will be attending the 10th anniversary celebration of Les Amis de Svieta in Saint-Brais, as special guest.

vika-at-airport Vika at Zurich airport

Rosa is 3 months old

Rosa celebrated her 3 months birthday. Galina went to visit the family in their home and brought them presents.

Rosa is 3 months old Rosa

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Natasha’s family has found a flat

On Monday August 16th, Natasha, Rosa and Liocha moved into their 1 room flat, that Galina (Galya) managed to find for them.

Natasha's family flat Liocha in entrance hall

It has not been easy, but Galya was able to organize official registration of Natasha with her new born child Rosa and to find a nice little flat not far from Natasha’s school.
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A baby is born

Baby shoes with ribbon
Today July 13th around 9 o’clock in the morngin in the city of Lyubotyn, Natasha gave birth to Rosa, 2.9 kg and 53 centimeters. Mother and daughter are doing well, although suffering from heatwave in Eastern Ukraine. Rosa is Cancer and is born on the year of the Tiger (chinese zodiacal sign).
We wish her and her parents all the best and are very proud to be her godparents. Only to a little extent of course ;-)

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Les Amis de Svieta is celebrating its 10th anniversary (sold out)

St-Brais sign

The room is ready

Come share with us the traditional, Jura style St. Martin meal – all home made

Sunday, November 21th 2010, at 11:00 am at the gymnastics hall in Saint-Brais (canton Jura, Switzerland).

Limited seating available, reservation required by email. First-in, first-served ;-)
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Natasha’s family

On May 21st Pascal and Vika visited the sponsorship program at Zeleniy Gay boarding school for teenagers and were introduced to Natasha (Nataliya Yulievna), a 17 year old student, learning floristic skills. As it happens in life, Natasha is pregnant from Liocha (Alexey Evgenievych) and will give birth to a baby girl soon.

Natasha & Liocha Natasha and Liocha

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The dolls Godmother

For more than 5 years now, Pascal has received each year a parcel with a nice card and a custom made doll with many different garments made by the dolls Godmother: Verena.


Natalia with HER doll

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Visit to Olga Igorivna in 2010

On Mai 25th Hanneke, Vika, Pascal and Tom visited Olga at her school in Kakhovka – by car almost two hours away from Nikolaiev. Olga was expecting us and showed us her room. She had her monthly accounts including receipts ready for us.

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Sponsoring at Zeleniy Gay boarding school

We have started to participate in a sponsorship program at Zeleniy Gay boarding school for teenagers that need a professional education, after they leave state sponsored boarding school.

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