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  1. Gas burner project at Zeleniy Gay

    Updated news here!
    Last year, we carried out a project to supply well water to the specialized orphanage of Zeleniy Gay (Kharkov region). We made a control visit last April and can state that everything functions in the best way and thanks to this project, the orphanage could save half of operating expenses for fresh water supply.
    This brought orphanage director another idea: consider a similar operation for its two ancient gas-burners (one of which doesn’t even run anymore).

    old gas heating unit for hot water

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  2. New: sign up for Newsletter

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  3. 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!

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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!
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  8. 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!

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  9. The Kherson Baby House windows replacement project is finished!

    The 2nd and 3rd phase of this long-term project are finished to everybody’s satisfaction. The results are very impressive 🙂

     

    The south side of the building at the end of 2005 and in April of 2007

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  10. 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 origin

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