LAdS has got a new car
Previous LAdS car was sold successfully. Thanks to generous donations Les Amis de Svieta Ukraine and Vika are motorized again 
Our Mazda is a 2nd hand car that has been sold by a bank. It is two years old and has just 40,000 kilometers.
Further pictures of new car can be seen here.
LAdS Newsletter 2008
We regularly inform our members on the way in which their donations are used by semi-annually publishing a short “Newsletter”. Or, to be more precise, after each trip to Ukraine.
The Newsletter 2008 is online!
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Gas burner project at Zeleniy Gay
Updated news here!
Last year, we carried out a project to supply well water to the specialized orphanage of Zeleniy Gay (Kharkov region). We made a control visit last April and can state that everything functions in the best way and thanks to this project, the orphanage could save half of operating expenses for fresh water supply.
This brought orphanage director another idea: consider a similar operation for its two ancient gas-burners (one of which doesn’t even run anymore).
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Montessori classroom in Kherson Baby House
Director Svetlana Petrovna of Kherson Baby House has received the mandate to carry out a pilot project of a Montesorri classroom, similar to the one we helped realize for Nikolaiev Baby House in 2006.
For more information about the classroom in Nikolaiev please read this article or that article.
Call for donation
For the two young girls Nataliya and Ilona we found a generous sponsor. Cordial thanks!
Work on Montessori outdoor playground in Nikolaiev Baby House progresses. However financing is not yet completely secured.
Directress and orphans at Nikolaiev Baby House welcome further donations.
Two young girls need your help
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.
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: or through OBS:
- for France:
- for rest of the world:
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 is 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.
