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		<title>We wish you a peaceful new year!!!!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We heartily thank our donators and friends for their continuous support in 2025 and hope it will continue in 2026! 2025 was a difficult year for Ukraine, for the orphans and for the Friends of Svieta. Thank you for continuing to support the orphans in war-torn Ukraine. Take it easy and relax during holidays in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3 new projects in Nikolaiev</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Project No. 1: Repairing the orphanage: Director Iryna would like to repair the floor and ceiling, repaint the walls, and replace the lamps and sanitary facilities (since NBH used “dirty” water at the beginning of the war and many sanitary facilities were damaged). We propose paying a construction company 200 to 300 euros to send [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Visit to NBH in June 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The NBH building is intact and in perfect condition. The new head physician, Iryna Alexandrowna, is a very friendly and kind woman. Vika has met her before, but neither of them can remember where or when that was. NBH functions as a rehabilitation center and is open to children with all kinds of disabilities (physical [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vika&#8217;s trip to Nikolaiev from 6th of June till 16th of June 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Because there are still no flights to Ukraine, Vika flew to Chisinau (Moldova) and from there she took a bus to Odessa and then another bus to Nikolaiev. The whole trip lasted about 8 hours. Crossing the border between Ukraine and Moldova took only 40 minutes. In Nikolaiev there was real summer weather, it was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>News from Nikolaiev 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Much is new in Nikolaiev. The new director of the Nikolaiev Baby House (NBH) is Iryna Timofiychuk, replacing Nataliya Grigorenko. The NBH is now part of the Nikolaiev hospital. This is positive, as the hospital now has to provide an ambulance and a doctor if a child needs to be transported. The access path to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Yuriy needs our help</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 11:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yuriy was brought to safety in Chernovtsy in 2022. There we supported Yuiry for the first time. Now Yuriy is back in Nikolaiev at the NBH and has received new glasses. We are happy to pay for the new glasses. Yuri has a lactose intolerance. He therefore needs special food to eat. 3 months of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Oxmadet children&#8217;s hospital in Kiev damaged</title>
		<link>https://www.svieta.org/2024/07/kinderkrankenhaus/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 19:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The children&#8217;s hospital in Kiev was damaged by a missile. This deadly tragedy occurred on 8.7.2024. At the moment there were no children from Nikolaiev in Oxmadet Hospital In the past, Oxmadet Children&#8217;s Hospital has treated almost all the children we sent to Kiev for treatment. It is sad that the war is causing such [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Footpath project completed in Nikolaiev</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In these times of war, the Nikolaiev Children&#8217;s Orphanage (NBH) operates mainly as a rehabilitation center and kindergarten for disabled children. Parents take their disabled children to therapy sessions or kindergarten and use the new entrance and the new footpath. The obstacle course for wheelchairs or baby carriages is a thing of the past. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Next project in Nikolaiev</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 14:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[May 30th, 2024 The new project has started. “Labor shortages have become one of the main problems for businesses experiencing hiring difficulties, and the search for work is taking more and more effort from managers,” Bloomberg reports. Because of the new law we were not sure any more we would have enough employees, that‘s why [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trip to Nikolaiev in March 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Rudolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vika traveled on March 22nd to Nikolaiev. It was her first trip home after almost 2,5 years. As there are no flights to Ukraine directly, Vika had to travel through Moldova (Chisinau). Then she had to take a bus from Chisenau through Odessa to Nikolaiev. The buses are departing almost every hour, that&#8217;s why you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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