Orphans, upon leaving huge impersonal institutional orphanages face an uncertain future, even homelessness, but for some there is a lifeline called Swindon House

There were just two of us, my son Pavel and me. All of our relatives had boys and girls and Pavel wanted also to have a brother or a sister as well.

It is now several years since Hope Now handed over the various ministries in Cape Town into local hands. However, Hope Now has maintained responsibility for some of the former residents of Rainbow House.

When they were just in their early teens Tanya, (14 yrs.) and Oksana, (13 yrs.) started attending the Baptist Church at Telepyno.  There they learned the ways of God and started to share what they heard with their parents.

When homeless and orphaned children are given new homes, we celebrate!  However, we may overlook the impact this has on the existing natural biological children living in the families that receive their new brothers & sisters. 

Beyond the seas, beyond the mountains and dense forests, on the eastern edge of Europe there is a splendid land with a euphonic name – Ukraine.

Life was very hard for the two Kratkii brothers.  The boy's fathers are unknown, for they were the result of their mother's lifestyle.  She lived in a smoke filled, dirty hovel with her constant companion, the bottle.