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Michail has inborn immunodeficiency
Vika and Michail travelled to Kiev for a first time in May and she travelled with Michail a second time to Kiev on September 28th.
Michael suffers from an rare form of inborn immunodeficiency. This means that his immune system does not work properly and can’t resist infections (though he is not HIV positive) and second his body does not keep protein which he receives with food.
Michail is already 13 months. What is strange, he is in good health. He is active and eats quite a bit. more
URGENT: Olga Ivanovna, Director of NBH, sick, breast cancer!
Updated news October 1st, 2015 Olga was in Kiev and is back home, tumor size reduced!
Olga Ivanovna, Director of the Nikolaiev Baby House (NBH), has developed cancer and requires urgent treatment. Unfortunately in Ukraine, patients have to pay everything themselves. Public health insurance does not exist and Olga will receive only the treatment she can pay for. If she cannot pay for required medication (chemo therapy), she will not get it. We need donations! more
Zurupinsk boarding school (ZuBS)
Les Amis de Svieta has quite a long ‚relationship‘ with the boarding school of Zurupinsk (ZuBS). It was back in 2006 when we first met Olga Igorivna, the girl from Zurupinsk.
Zurupinsk boarding school is similar to ‘school internat’ N°5 in Nikolaiev, where children go after they leave NBH. The only difference is that disabled children go to Zurupinsk boarding school, where they study and learn a profession, if that is at all possible for them.
In 2015 Karina was sent to ZuBS and so we had learned of their needs to improve the living conditions of those disabled orphans. more
Zurupinsk boarding school
Do you remember Karina, who was born with Apert syndrome and who did quite a few trips and operations, at the time she lived at NBH?
When the girl grew up she was moved to special boarding school for disabled children, which is situated in a little town of Zurupinsk (Kherson’s region). This spring we went to visit her and thus got to know this orphanage (ZuBS), its wonderful inhabitants and very friendly director.
Art Therapy Rehabilitation Room at NBH
NBH has a new big project, the ‘Art Therapy Rehabilitation Room’ project, a continuation of the existing rehabilitation programs.
Nikolaev’s Baby House (NBH) has become known all over Ukraine as a pioneer orphanage and one of the best in the country rehabilitation center and all this due to the numerous rehabilitation programs which successfully work, helping its little inhabitants to survive the terrible stress and trauma of being abandoned, and to overcome psychological and physical disabilities in order to be able to adjust socially in the future life.Classes of Montessori, hydro, and physic therapies, rooms of sensor development and interactive floor, outdoor swimming pool and massage center, built up to the latest European standards new isolation room and many others: we are proud we have achieved that much due to your kindness and participation, our dear Sponsors!
More info on how to help right away! more
Isolation Room at NBH
Updated news April 4th, 2015 isolation room project completed!
The main purpose of the isolation room is to prevent contagious diseases from being spread from a child to other children. If a child gets ill and doctors suspect any kind of infection it must immediately be separated from the rest of the children. In this case it is put in the isolation room. There a child will be properly examined, diagnosed and treated till there is no more danger for the other children in their group.
The two big rooms contain several beds each (which from the very beginning ruins the idea of children being separated from each other), a small kitchen and a bathroom. Everything is in terrible state and does not correspond to todays standards nor sanitary norms. In such a state it cannot avoid infections from spreading but could itself become the source of infections.
We plan to rebuild the two rooms by making more small rooms, divided by plastic walls, with one bed in each room and also repair the kitchen and the bathroom so ill children will be able to recover quickly.
Total cost of this project is $10.000. It will be one of the main project for 2014.
The realization of this project will:
– allow treating of the infectious diseases within the orphanage;
– decrease sickness rate among the children;
– improve living conditions of the children (especially of ill children).Update January 2015
We are glad to inform you that in spite of all difficulties: terrible inflation in Ukraine and complicated political situation, in October we have started the biggest project of 2014 – the repair of Isolation room at NBH.
No need to tell that LAdS builds all life supporting systems (electrical, water supply and sewerage systems) from zero, completely new.
Much attention is paid to proper isolation of the walls; of course, under the conditions when nobody knows how much the gas will cost… it has become question number one.
New metal – plastic construction, which will separate small boxes for ill children have been ordered and installed.
The project is in its finishing phase: new tiles in the bathroom and kitchen look great.
Considering terrible inflation in the country sponsor had to unite the efforts: thus lot’s of materials were bought with the help of another sponsors both foreign and local.
Besides, our friends and partners Helen and Jim Smith completely paid new custom made furniture for the whole isolation block! (the furniture is being made)
Without such collaboration and bringing attempts together this project would never be possible.
Millions of thanks for all participating parts!We have great news! Isolation room is FINISHED!!!
Now instead of two big rooms with many beds there are four separate blocks, which are separated from each other by plastic walls.
The isolation room has a completely equipped kitchen and a bathroom so that ill children can be taken care of absolutely separate from the rest of the kids which prevents spreading of any infection.
The post of the nurse can give odds to the best hospitals of Ukraine. Such working conditions will allow necessary and quick medical help.
Please help and visit this page to find out how you can donate!
Or just click on the “PayPal Donate” logo in the right column.
Prevenar vaccine for NBH
In March 2015 Les Amis de Svieta got a new letter of request from NBH.
In this letter, Olga Ivanovna, Director of the orphanage, writes about so called “Prevenar 13” vaccine, which protects children from severe forms of pneumococcal infections and is strongly recommended for children, whose diseases cause the weakness of immune system. The vaccine is very expensive and NBH cannot buy Prevenar 13 from its budget.
There are 10-20 children at NBH who, due to their diagnoses, permanently suffer from different forms of pneumonia, bronchitis and otitis. For them vaccination badly needed.
Please help and make a donation to buy vaccine for children….
Max traveled to Kiev
This week Max made his second trip to Kiev. Since last time the boy has grown up tremendously and gained quite a bit of weight.
Artem goes to Kharkov
Updated news here!
Vika travelled by train to Kharkov, with Artem and a nurse. Artem needs his orthopedic problems to be examined at the specialized hospital in Khrarkov. more
Maria’s trip to Kiev
Vika travelled during the night by train to Kiev, with a girl called Maria and a nurse. It was Vika’s birthday… The three of them went to the hospital, where Maria was checked for genetic problems, as her mother as an alcoholic. Maria also suffers from a congenital heart disease. more
