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The 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 KievWell water drilling project in Zeleniy Gay is completed
The well water drilling project in Zeleniy Gay has evolved into a drinking water supply project and is finished now. At the time of our visit last October, the building protecting the intermediate storage tank was in the course of completion.
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.
General assembly 2006
The general assembly of our association took place on December 8th, 2006 at the HĂ´tel Restaurant Bel-Air in Praz.
Start of general assemblyFirst phase of Kherson Baby House windows replacement project is terminated!!
The deadlines were met! The first phase of the project started last May is completed (see earlier articles to this project here and there) .
There is more than work
The major part of our time during a trip to Ukraine is devoted to visits, to discussions with multiple stake holders and to meetings at building sites. But there are also entertaining moments:
Supper with our Nikolaiev team
