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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.
Before and now!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 is the area for the new playground with a poolThis 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!
🙂Kremenchuk laundry renovation is finished
We decided last May (see article here) to refurbish Kremenchuk Baby House laundry together with OBS. Most of the work has been done and the main laundry room is now finished.
Before and after!Kremenchuk, visit and new project
During last April trip, we spent one complete day at Baby House of Kremenchuk (KreBH) in company of OBS representative Stacey and here daughter Emily (adopted in Ukraine), whom we met in Kiev. It was the first “official” meeting between LAdS and OBS and it occurred in Ukraine!
Vika with Emily who returned to her country of originThe story of a girl from Zurupinsk
Olga Igorivna was born on August 25th 1986. Her parents refused her at the maternity hospital because of multiple medical problems. She stayed at Nikolaiev Baby House (NBH) till September 1992, during which time she had many surgery operations.
December 2006 Director Olga Ivanovna from NBH, who stayed in contact with her even after her departure from NBH, contacted us and asked for help.
Olga Igorivna, November 2006A sad and really touching story where we wanted to help.
April trip report
Sunday April 29th
Flight back via Budapest to Zurich, with a mess in Budapest… 🙄
Friday April 27th
The road back to Nikolaiev was full of police controls. Vika always gets along well with police. Other than many kilometers there isn’t much news to report today 🙂 . Ah yes, spring finally seems to arrive to Ukraine!
Thursday April 26th
Today, we visited in the name of OBS school internat (boarding school) at Zeleniy Gay and on behalf of LAdS France we visited specialized orphanage ZGO. We decided to finance a new heating system as continuation of the water project.
Little Vika is recovering well three days after her difficult operation. moreSteering committee meeting of March 17, 2007
The LAdS Switzerland committee was pleased to welcome two new members at the ordinary meeting of March 17, 2007.
Trip to Kiev Cardio Center
Following resumption of the international adoptions in Ukraine there is again space for new orphans at Nikolaiev Baby House. Director Olga has asked us to help 3 new children.
Viktoriya, Yuliya and Ekaterina were diagnosed with more or less serious cardiac problems. On February 11, 2007 they travelled to Kiev in company of Vika and 3 nurses.
3 small girls after they arrived in Kiev
