Dear Hope Now. Thank you very much for hosting the summer programme in Kompas Park. Your generosity enabled us to organise many summer activities for 75 orphans, in a continuation of your No Child Left Behind Programme, now called Fresh Start for Children.
The Institute has designed a new special training course that builds on your ideas in healthy approaches and techniques that have proved successful in dealing with special needs children. In the past, we limited our training to one teacher trainer at each of the orphanages. Now we have expanded the training to include every teacher in the orphanages who deal with such students.
The Institute hosted participants from various orphanages to perform their shows on the motto "We are healthy and happy". We were glad to have representatives of Hope Now there to see the progress of these children. To continue and build on the good work already done we need to provide the orphanages with special sports equipment in order to train their bodies and minds to overcome bad habits. We appreciate your wish to donate 2,000 to supply children with these urgent things.
In June 2010, we would like to hold a summer vocational camp at Kompas Park for special needs students. This would last for two weeks. At this camp, students would have an opportunity to meet professionals from various occupations and learn about a range the job opportunities .At present the students' knowledge of jobs is limited to teachers, nurses and cooks because this is all they have seen living in the isolation of institutional life. This camp would broaden the scope of career choices available to them. We have several volunteers who have agreed to participate in the project. In order to implement the programme, we are requesting funding from Hope Now.
We look forward to cooperating with you in the future and hope that you will look favourably upon our request for funding. Sincerely, Tatiana Pakhomova Coordinator of Fresh Start for Children
If you would like to send a child to this camp it will cost 50GBP for each of the two weeks.
Plans are well underway for summer 2010 at Kompas Park
Imagine you are nine years old and live in a cramped apartment in a
crumbling tower block in the poorest part of the city. You long to be
somewhere where you can run outside, play games, go for picnics and
swim.
Greetings to you dear brothers and sisters. Peace be to you. God has blessed me with a ministry in a Christian church called "Calvary". I am an administrator of the church.
01.02.2012 Pray for Alla, Lena, Ksenya and the team presently working in Calcutta for another two weeks with Tear Fund projects
02.02.2012 Pray that the Mission Fund, which undergirds all that is done both here and in Ukraine, will have the finances to meet all our obligations
03.02.2012 Pray for all the older people that came to our Christmas party in Cherkiassy, that the Lord will bless them whatever their situation or background
04.02.2012 Pray for those who had a well installed last year, that as they share their water they will get opportunities to share their faith also
05.02.2012 Pray for all those who are attending the Bible School that they can give adequate time to studying, working and being with their families
06.02.2012 For all the foster parents of children supported by Hope Now, that they will have patience as they have to deal with problems that occur from time to time
07.02.2012 Our auditors visit the Southampton offices today to audit our accounts – pray that all will be in order as figures are checked
08.02.2012 Give thanks for all the volunteers that come into the office and give of their time so sacrificially, doing jobs at times without even being asked
09.02.2012 Pray for Frank and Lin as they plan for the summer at Kompas Park, and visit churches to speak about the varying areas of service possible
10.02.2012 Pray for Misha and all the staff at the Ukraine office as they consider all the requests from those asking for help
11.02.2012 Pray that all the plans for the Annual Weekend Away next month will come together well, and that people will register early while rooms are still available
12.02.2012 Pray for Alla Kostyunina, Director of Kompas Park, that she will be given wisdom in her decisions and management of the Park
13.02.2012 Give thanks that the young people in South Africa are doing well with their education, and pray for wisdom for Margaret Ferguson as she guides and directs them
14.02.2012 On this St Valentine’s Day, pray for the students we support who are in relationships, that they will be sensible and keep up their studies
15.02.2012 Pray for David and Valerie Reddaway as they oversee the Bible School, and the Church planting and twinning programme
16.02.2012 Pray for Jon as he attends a Men Meet meeting in Milford on Sea this evening
17.02.2012 Pray for Jon and Ali as they travel to Buckinghamshire to attend the Vetinerary Christian Conference this weekend
18.02.2012 Pray for Maria Shevchuki of Kuchkivka village as she celebrates her 86th birthday today
19.02.2012 Pray for the Directors and Staff of Orphanages we are involved with, that they will look after their children with love and dedication
20.02.2012 Pray for the young girls in Swindon House, and boys in Cornah House as they learn new skills which will prepare them for their futures
21.02.2012 Pray for Jon in his many responsibilities, that he will have wisdom in each decision that he has to make
22.02.2012 Pray for Lidia Savelieva and her vision of a sheltered home for older people to be realised, and pray for finances to come in for this project
23.02.2012 For Larisa Vovk in her work of overseeing the work being done with children in the orphanages and cottage homes
24.02.2012 Pray for Jon and Ali as they travel to Carlisle for the Northern Vet’s Christian Conference
25.02.2012 Pray for Cyndee and Darrell Knight and the work they do in the American Office for Kompas Park
26.02.2012 Pray for the Food Programme in Ukraine, especially through this winter time, that all those in need will receive help and no-one will be overlooked
27.02.2012 Pray for Vitaly and Ludmila Sidenko in their work with the African Students at 2nd Baptist Church, and Ludmila’s work with the deaf community at the same church
28.02.2012 Pray that we may be able to assemble a team of dentists and nurses to treat the children in the internats
29.02.2012 Give thanks for all our supporters who pray regularly for the work of Hope Now, and give sacrificially month upon month – pray the Lord will bless them as they bless the people of Ukraine
