3 new NBH children need a bailout
Nikolaiev Baby House (NBH) director and chief Doctor Olga Ivanovna has presented us Svetlana Igorievna, Svetlana Anatolievna and Olga.
All three arrived to Nikolaiev Baby House with a congenital heart disease diagnosis that needs to be operated.
All 3 travelled to Kiev Cardio Center (KCC) last October and had their diagnosis confirmed.
They all will need cardiac surgery very soon and we ask you for help and support in order to organize their next visit to KCC.
Considering girls actual health conditions, we foresee this operation for first quarter 2009.
Total amount required is US$ 3,600 (~ € 2’800 or ~ CHF 4’300).
Please help save the life of these three girls.
Find out how you can make your donations here and if you live in the United States here!
or just click on the “PayPal Donate” button on the left column of this page!
Anti flue vaccine for NBH
Winter season is not far. Chief doctor Olga of Nikolaiev Baby House (NBH) has asked to help them pay for anti flue vaccine this year again. At the moment there are 153 children at the orphanage who need to be vaccinated. Each dose costs 52 hrv. Injection has to be done twice with two weeks interval in between.
Total amount is 15,900hrv or US$ 2,650 (~ € 1’800 or ~ CHF 2’300).
Any help will be appreciated by Olga and the children.
Find out how you can make your donations here and if you live in the United States here!
or just click on the “PayPal Donate” button on the left column of this page!
Planned trip end of November - beginning of December
It is confirmed, Pascal sets out again to Ukraine for a new marathon of approximately 2 weeks (from November 22nd till December 5th) through all the country. Jim from LAdS USA and Tom will be joining him for some of these visits.
All families who would like to pass news of their child/children to an orphanage visited are cordially invited to forward them as fast as possible by email or by snail mail to the address which you can find here.
The principal goals of this trip will be:
- Visit Olga Igorivna at her school in Kachovka
- Visit Director at Nikolaiev Baby House as well as all children currently (and possibly new one as well) supported by LAdS
- Visit to an Odessa orphanage in the name of a Spanish family who is willing to help them
- Visit to HIV specialized orphanage of Makiivka (Dontesk region) supported by our partner organization OBS
- Visit to Kharkov to meet with Galina and possibly go to ZGO (Zeleniy Gay orphanage) and ZGI (Zeleniy Gay boarding school)
- Visit to Kremenchuk Baby House to assess 2008 achieved projects and look at new ones
Further donations are needed to support this trip
and can be made here and if you live in the United States here!
Bogdan needed urgently a heart operation
Olga Ivanovna, the director of NBH in Nikolaiev, has contacted us in July and requested urgent assistance for newborn Bogdan. Due to heart deformity ‚tetralogy of Fallot’ his life was in danger.
The health status of Bogdan was so unstable that he could not move from maternity home of the hospital to NBH. Chief doctor urged a speedy operation in the Kiev Cardio Center (KCC).
Call for donation and news about Nikolay
Updated news as of July 27th 2008 can be read here.
Updated news as of June 15th 2008 can be read here.
Updated news as of May 28th 2008
In March 2008 Nikolay was taken to the Institute of Urology. The doctors were glad to see him again and admitted that he had made unexpected progress in physical development (the boy really has grown a lot). The chief doctor of the hospital called several other doctors, they had a conference and they came to the conclusion that Nikolay can be operate in Kiev. The operation will take place on May 12th.
Nikolay will be accompanied and looked after by a nurse. Transportation to Kiev, operation and accomodation for two months will cost approx. $ 4,000 (CHF 4,000 or € 2,500).
Here you can read the first and second article about Nikolay.
Please consider making an online donation to help Nikolay.
Bathroom renovation in Nikolaiev Baby House, funding needed!
Updated news as of July 15th, 2008 can be read here.
Nikolaiev Baby House (NBH) consists of 12 groups of children from 0 to 4 years of age. Last year, thanks to a generous sponsor, NBH was able to replace all old windows in the children’s bathrooms of each group.
In 2008 Director Olga Ivanovna from NBH would like to repair the children’s bathrooms, replace all water pipes and all sewage pipes as well. This project costs a total of 78,000 US$ for all 12 bathrooms, or approximately 6,500 US$ for each bathroom.
As soon as we have sufficient funds available for the first bathroom we will start and then as we receive more funds continue with a bathroom at the time. We are asking for your kind help to start this project now.
Donations can be made here.
Please consult our list of ongoing projects in Ukraine.
Thank you very much for your kind support!
New pictures of Montessori outdoor playground
The children of Nikolaiev Baby House can now enjoy the fully equipped Montessori outdoor playground and enjoy the beautiful weather too.
Latest pictures can be found here.
News of Nataliya and Ilona
Updated news as of June 30th, 2008 can be read here.
On November 4th, once financing was secured, we took Ilona and Nataliya by car to the orthopedics in Evpatoriya (Crimea).
Help required for final Montessori certification in Nikolaiev
Updated news as of May 28th 2008 can be read here!
In order to complete Montessori certification in spring 2008 Nikolaiev Baby House needs a kit of special Montessori educational toys. Cost to buy those Montessori toys (called “standard” kit) is US$ 1,000 (~ € 750 or ~ CHF 1,200)
Before final Montessori certification NBH staff needs to attend a final training course in Kiev which costs for travel and subsistence US$ 300 (~ € 220 or ~ CHF 360).
More about Montessori pilot project can be read here and here.
Pictures can be seen here und here.
April trip report
Sunday April 13th
Mission completed 
Pascal and Vika have arrived late at night in Nuremberg, after extremly long queing at the Ukrainian - Hungarian border and after some mechanical problems with the car. All is well that ends well.
Thursday April 10th
After they resolved the last tiny details they are now ready to drive to Germany 
Wednesday April 9th
Finally, done! They have obtained all the necessary papers to drive back to Germany by car. After endless discussions and long hours waiting they have received just what they were entitled by law anyway, nothing more.
Irina and Vitaly
Updated news here!
Last week director Olga Ivanova of Nikolaiev Baby House sent us 2 new cases. Irina (13 months) and Vitaly (7 months) both have a cleft palate problem.
Trip report fall 2007
Friday October 12th
Pascal is back home in Switzerland.
Pictures and more detailed reports will follow, once Pascal has recovered from this trip.
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.
Montessori outdoor playground in Nikolaiev Baby House, funding needed!
After successfully finishing the first Montessori indoor class room last November, Director Olga Ivanovna at the Nikolaiev Baby House decided to extend Montessori project and build an outdoor Montessori playground for the children. That playground includes a pool and many different pedagogical outdoor toys and sensotherapy areas.
This project costs a total of 12,900 US$ and funding for 8,000 US$ has already been secured. But 4,900 US$ are still missing and we are asking for your kind help to finish this project before summer 2007 is over.
We would like to start educating orphans from Nikolaiev Baby House according to the teaching method elaborate by Maria Montessori now, during nice summer weather.
Donations can be made here.
Thank you very much for your kind support!
