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Pilgrims do the fundraising for street kids in Kenya
In the mid of January the team of the charity fund “Pilgrim” will head for Kenya. Just like a year ago the Ukrainian missionaries ahead with Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko and American partners from the saddleback church ahead with pastor of missions Steve Rutenbar will visit orphanages Gilgal and Oasis of Hope in Kenya that had become partners.

In the Christmas marathon at the TBN channel The President took part.
In the late december in the Christmas marathon on TBN Russia the first president of the state of former street kids “Republic Pilgrim” Andrii Dudin participated.

Pilgrims performed before blind people
At the world wide day of disabled people the former street kids came to give a concert to Ukrainian volunteering organization of people with sight disabilities. They were singing, recited poems and played musical instruments.

Adult rehabilitation in «Pilgrim» – «till the edge of the world!»
Charitable fund «Pilgrim» is already 12 years actively works with addict people and alcoholics. Pilgrim started in a small house from the seaside of Mariupol. Nowadays the web of a rehabilitation centers have extended across all the Ukraine moves ahead the Russia and goes to the Western Europe. Alexander Matyushin – itself having the addicted past, is a head of congregation of the rehabilitation centers.

One more kid adopted by “Eagle’s nest”
Alyona Koval has been living in different orphanages since the age of 10 and she’s been dreaming to have a real family. During the conference of the alliance “Ukraine without orphans” her dream came true.

Ukraine must have been wishout orphans!
In the mid of November in Kiew there was a conference “Ukraine without orphans”. For the first time over 500 delegates from all over Ukraine gathered together at the national event like that which took place in Congress hall of President Hotel, they assembled to discuss the strategy of efficient help to orphans and to kids left behind without parental care.

Former street kid and pastor – pilgrim visit Western Europe
Pastor of the “Church of Good Changes” Gennadiy Mokhnenko alongside with his foster son, former street kid, champion of Ukraine in boxing Roma Chebotaryov were invited to European churches of Czech Republic and Germany.

Non pedagogical poem by pastor pilgrim
The long awaited novel of the pastor pilgrim Gennadiy Mokhnenko “Nonpedagogical poem” was issued. Its issue is dedicated to the 10 th anniversary of the center of children’s rehabilitation “Republic Pilgrim” which was opened by the Charity Fund “Pilgrim” in Mariupol, Ukraine.

Do you know heroes of Bible?
Former street kids in Republic Pilgrim study Bible actively.

The sports race of the disabled man in a wheel chair dedicated to ”Republic Pilgrim”
Last Sunday there was triathlon competitions in Orange County, CA. It was quite unordinary contest. All the partakers were disabled people. Fermin N. Camarena – one of them – dedicated his race to “Republic Pilgrim”.

I feel myself a scoundrel
“White on the Black”. The journal of the pastor – pilgrim about the next trip of the team of white Muzungus to the Black continent.

My cry and my rears in the middle of the night
“White on the Black”. The journal of the pastor – pilgrim about the next trip of the team of white Muzungus to the Black continent….

New kids in the project “Young mother”
In the freezing January evening at the threshold of the building where the project “Young mother” is located a girl of 18 showed up with her 4-month-old daughter Vika. The child was in a very bad condition, so cold and dirty. She was directed to the fund “Pilgrim” by the local authorities – regional service of youth and family, they were asking the fund workers to render the help to the mother with the baby since their lives had been exposed to risk.

The Pilgrims are for “Africa without orphans”
On February 4 th the international team of missionaries from Ukraine, Russia and the US initiated by Gennadiy Mokhnenko has started to Equatorial Africa for the 5 th time, they went to Kenya to work in local orphanages, to render help to black street kids and orphans. This time there are 43 people in the team, they all were doing fundraising, raised food, medications, clothes, toys etc. to support and to improve living conditions of the poorest layers of population of the Earth.

The pilgrims’ mission. Visiting juvenile jail at St. Nickolay’s Day.
In the 18th of December the senior students from “Republic Pilgrim” visited local Juvenile jail No7 of Mariupol .

The former street kid from Mariupol has found his sister in Italy
18-year old Sergey and 16-year –old marina had no idea about what happened to each other for 10 years.