News
09.07.10 Season of rest and recovery is open!
For twenty-five children from the "My Family" Centre of family care, continues the season of rest and recovery! Along with caregivers and tutors children went to the village of Stormove, which is located 15 km. from the city of Evpatoria. This year we experienced difficulties in finding finances to provide children with rehabilitation, mental and spiritual rest, and making our best effort, we turned to friends and partners of "Otchiy Dim" for help.
08.06.10 Travelling artists from Germany visited “Otchiy Dim”
Last week we had a very interesting guess visiting the children in “Otchiy dim” - the artists from Germany “2wheels4change” traveling by bicycles from Germany to Mongolia. On their way they stop to entertain children and adults. One of their stops on the roads of Ukraine became “Otchiy Dim”. Children were glad to have these unusual and interesting guests, and they easily find a common language, as emotions and sign language usually sys more than words.
19.04.10 Nadya and Khrystyna have got a family!
There is a pleasant moment at the Centre of Social Care – two sisters Nadiya and Khrystyna are adopted! Now they have new loving father and mother and also three more brothers and one sister! We are very glad, that these small girls will now grow in and develop in full family.
15.07.10 Greetings to everyone from the Treasure Island
Today is the 26th day at the camp. Every day we are surprising and enjoying the wonders and blessings of God, which accompany our journey. Several days it was raining almost with no stop, so we couldn’t swim in the sea. But we used this time to make closer friends, learn about each other and just to talk on different topics. Interesting contests, competitions, debates, and especially the activities helped to reveal the talents and tastes of children.
15.06.10 "5 years of fruitful cooperation with USAID Agency"
"Otchiy Dim" International Charity Foundation where the unique methods of support and social adaptation are developed for orphans and children left without parental care. It is support with finances by Ukrainian and international charities for 5 years already cooperates with USA Agency in international development USAID within the program "Family for a child" («Ðîäèíà äëÿ äèòèíè»).
25.08.10 News from the "Treasure Island"
The half of the camp flew by… The first shift of educators stood their watch and gave authority to the next shift. "It was not easy, but very interesting", - told us the educators. Especially sad for children to part with those to whom thease months we've been bounded and grow fond. Life in the camp is extremely dynamic, so in a relatively short period of time kids get so many new impressions, experiences, discoveries that have greatly and positively affect their formation, character formation, and new habits.
06.07.10 “Treasure Island Camp” - 2010 in the midst ...
... Today is 25th day at the camp. This year's theme of the camp is - "Journey to the Father's House". We travel paths of the Israeli people in the Sinai desert. We pass on the way a lot of interesting stations: Mount Sinai, Temptation, Bread of heaven, sin, greed, etc., on which we find most important life lessons. And also we are swimming in the beautiful warm sea, sunbathing, and playing different games, engaged in creative, delicious eating and sleeping well. |
Special events
03.04.10 “Shvydko” restarurants help “Otchiy Dim”
On April 2, at the net of “Shvydko” fast-food restaurants the charity action “Let’s help together” has been started, thanks to which sport ground for “Ochiy Dim” will be finally built. Everyone who during the period of April May will come to the “Shvydko” restaurants to taste their favorite Ukrainian dishes can join to this good deed.
03.02.10 «It's so easy to help!»
On Christmas Holiday eve cell-connection company Life made a wonderful present for ‘Otchiy Dim’ International Charity Foundation and children’s Centers all over Ukraine, who work with street kids, orphans and children left without parental care. This gift was a start of a new national charity program “It’s so easy to help!” realized for a couple years in a row.
13.04.10 “Strengthening the families” – first step to support the families, who received orphans!
On April 23 – 25 for the first time in Ukraine “Strengthening the families” conference for adoptive and foster parents will take place. The biggest push for organizers of this conference has become a desire to thank parents for their hearts open to orphan kids, and the desire to support and inspire them in it. |
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