Recent Posts

  1. New: sign up for Newsletter

    How can I stay inform about activities of ‘Les Amis de Svieta’?
    1. I visit this web site regularly
    2. I subscribe to RSS and receive all changes on this web site that way. I need an RSS-Reader for this.
    3. New: I subscribe to the LAdS Newsletter and receive regularly information about activities and about needs in Ukraine directly delivered to my mailbox.

    more

  2. 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.

    Our car for this 6,000 miles trip with one of the drivers at the wheel!

    more

  3. 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.

    more

  4. 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!

    Donations can be made here.

    more

  5. 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.

    more

  6. 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 pool

    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!
    🙂

  7. News about Nikolay

    The saga continues for our protégé Nikolay…

    more

  8. Flu vaccines for Nikolaiev Baby House

    At the end of November 2006 director Olga Ivanovna had urgently contacted us. The Ministry of Health had no more money to buy the flu vaccines needed to avoid an epidemic this winter.

    more

  9. News regarding the Montessori pilot project

    As announced in last June’s article, a good part of the September/October trip was dedicated to the realization of this project which particularly lies at our heart.

    more

  10. New collaboration with the association “an Orphan’s Bright Star “

    We are happy to announce our new collaboration with the humanitarian help association “an Orphan’s Bright Star” (OBS).

    more