Ukrainian Life Connections connects caring individuals around the world with children in a ukrainian orphanage. we are a small volunteer run program and all your sponsorship donations go directly into the orphanage. ULC has sponsored a reading program for 2 years. other projects include medical and dental care, school supplies, graduate support and recreation.
please consider writing to and mentoring a child.
warmly,
Yana@ohfound.org
check out latest pictures of the kids at Zmiiv orphanage. we are coming up to the end of the school year. 10 children will be graduating and leaving the orphanage in June. more on that later. email me with any questions.
Yana
generously supported by all members of Ukrainian Life Connections , this reading teacher is saving these kids a lifetime of labels and frustration. i thank everyone for giving a gift that really matters and that keeps on giving. the reading teacher makes all her own reading props – she invaluable!
…I am waiting for your letter very much. I am so happy that you appeared…
.. and trying on many clothes sent by a caring sponsor from US. There were many much needed pants for boys, shirts, also gloves and rubber boots.
thank you!
Dear Friends and Sponsors!
The school year is well underway at Zmiev, the kids have returned to classes with renewed enthusiasm and fond memories of their summer vacation and meeting some of the ULC Sponsors.
> The letters are coming in steadily from both sides and it’s awesome. Children are anxious for your answers and more letters. I would like to remind you to get your November letters in by the 10th of November please. It will really help us if you can plan to get your letters in to Darby by the first week of each month.
> Let’s make an effort to write at least once a month and include some recent photos. The kids really treasure the photos and letters they get from their sponsors!
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> Things on the agenda this fall/winter are:
> 1.Dental work and more dental work! You may donate via check and we have set up an option to donate online for this through paypal. The link is on the blog:
> www.worldbeyondtheorphanage.com We can arrange dental work for your children, or for children in most need. We are also fundraising for Diana who needs serious jaw surgery.
> 2.Last year ULC sponsored one on one instruction from a reading teacher. The director of the orphanage asks if this can continue this year. It helped two children graduate into the next grade last year. One second grade girl, and one 12 year old boy who couldn’t read before that. It is definitely worth continuing. The cost is around $50 a month. Please let us know if you would like to sponsor all or any part of it.
> 3.We still haven’t done anything about birthday celebrations. The orphanage says it would be nice to celebrate all birthdays by the season. The cost of cake for all of the kids is around $70, four times a year.
> 4.There are children who are interested in taking English classes (after having such a wonderful time with our sponsors who went on the Black Sea trip in August). If we can sponsor that for 5 children, it would cost 5$ per child a week/ 20$ per child a month.
> 5.As for packages. Per Olga, these are things that are better to buy in Ukraine because of language or sizing issues: shoes, winter coats for kids over 12 years old, books, movies, hygiene and medical supplies. Most needed items are underwear, socks, gloves, hats, slippers, arts and crafts, games that don’t rely on language, puzzles, coloring books, color pencils.
> 6.We are trying to find a sponsor for Nadia C. She is in 9th grade and graduating next may. She is an amazing young woman, extremely talented in art. Terrible life story, but she has much potential. She is currently working on a portfolio to apply to art school after graduating May of 2011. We desperately need a sponsor for her. The art school is free, but all the supplies and other expenses she will need help with. We will be making her art into postcards to sell to raise money for her. Watch for more news on this soon.
7. There is an urgent need for all children to have boots for the coming wet and cold weather. The children walk to school every day and without boots they are having to spend the entire school day with wet feet . Any contributions that can be made towards this will be greatly appreciated!
Dear ULC Friends and Sponsors,
The attached photo is of a little girl named Diana, she is a new child at the Zmiev orphanage.
Diana needs two things that ULC can provide for her. #1, she needs a sponsor. #2 she needs jaw surgery and dental work.
We would like to find a good caring sponsor for Diana right away so she knows she has someone who cares about her personally. Please contact me ASAP if you would like to be Diana’s sponsor. Please tell your friends and family about Diana, perhaps others will want to sponsor her or help with the cost of her treatment.
We will be accepting donations towards Diana’s jaw surgery and dental work beginning immediately. As you can see from the photos, this little girl has BAD problems, and if they are not fixed she has no hope for a normal future at all. This is all correctable, and we hope her treatment can begin soon.
Thanks so much for CARING!!!
a big project this year is getting more dental work for the children. there are many new kids and some cases that require specialists. please read about Diana and her case.
2$ will pay for a consultation
100$ will pay for a root canal
many thanks
august 1 to 8 , 2010
30 children from Zmiiv orphanage were sponsored to travel to the black sea and spend one week at the seaside. 4 sponsors from usa joined them in ukraine. children spent their days swimming, playing under the sun, eating very good food and lots of fruit, singing, dancing, being creative and forming great friendships with curious visitors from america. it was an all around a great trip. all the kids are happy and didn’t want it to end. i wanted to thank each and every one of you for all the effort and help. please enjoy these pictures, and if you have any questions contact darby at www.ukrainianlifeconnections.org
