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The runaways are found, the drug den is emptied
These days the workers of the Charity Fund “Pilgrim” made an urgent raid to find runaway teens. The raid ended up successfully. Some new street kids were taken to the center of children’s rehabilitation along with the runaways.
The project of public sponsorship “Crumbs”
The Charity Fund “Pilgrim” summarized the funds raised with the help of the project of public sponsorship “Crumbs”. The President of the Charity Fund Gennadiy Mokhnenko thanked at the press conference all the Mariupolites who pay attention to the donation boxes in the shops and show interest in street kids in such a way.
For the kids not to feel abandoned
The Charity Fund ” Pilgrim” started actively render the help to the specialized orphanages and kids wards in city hospitals where there are children with HIV+ status. A head of this ministry is Iryna Matyushina, a spouse of the pastor of congregation of the rehab centers at the Charity Fund ” Pilgrim”. She does fundraising each month and with her team goes to such hospitals to render the aid.
Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko ministered to the history makers
In March Gennadiy Mokhnenko visited a church in Zaporozhye where he preached at celebration of the 3rd birthday of the church named ” History makers” and the rehab center for addicts named ” Good harbor”.
Bike racing against orphanship in Ukraine!
One of these days there was a setting of the Alliance “Ukraine without orphans” where pastor Gennadiy Mokhennko, president of the charity fund “Pilgrim” was representing his unordinary which is so typical for him, project to attract attention to the problem of orphanship in Ukraine.
Former street kids tried to knock out the world champion in boxing
The world champion in heavy weight in versions IBF/IBO/WBO Ukrainian Vladimir Klychko hold a workshop for the best sportsmen –partakers of the All Ukrainian social program “We build Sports Ukraine together”.
Gennadiy Mokhnenko has celebrated his birthday in “House of bread”
On February 27th 2011 the pastor of the Church of Good Changes in Mariupol, Ukraine, Gennadiy Mokhnenko has celebrated his birthday in the church “House of bread” in Sacramento, the USA, – the Christian portal invictory.org with the link on The House of bread informs.
In Republic Pilgrim paying tribute to defenders
The celebration of the day of the defenders of fatherland was really unusual in Republic Pilgrim. february 23rd this year was bright due to the initiative of the girls and all the boys were more than delighted.
Emergency open letter of pastor Gennadiy to Christians, pastors and bishops in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.
The adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the European Convention, a resolution to same-sex couples to adopt children, opens a new page in the spiritual history of our countries and requires us to awareness of certain realities, and a special level of responsibility, which, I believe, lies with the Church!
“Republic Pilgrim turned 10”
The state of former street kids “Republic Pilgrim” celebrated its first anniversary – 10 years since it’s been founded! The mayor of the city of Mariupol and many other authorities like state service departments’ chairmen, teachers, graduates from Pilgrim and many other friends of the center were invited to the celebration.
ADVENTURES OF “THE ITALIAN GUY” IN THE US
He had conquered one of the highest mountains in the world – Kilimanjaro, rode 9300 miles on his bike having started his way in Mariupol and having finished it in Vladivostok. He didn’t give up when all the life circumstances were against him. Who is this strong- willed and outstanding young man. His name is Sergey Kucheruk, he is an adopted son of the Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko. The story of his tough life moved me up to tears.
«Saying good bye to the autumn»
Despite of the tension of the last few months and heard shootings, the life in Republic Pilgrim is going on. To prove to it the special holiday took place dedicated to the farewell with the autumn. The children of Pilgrim took a very active part in the process of preparation for the event, starting with setting of the hall and preparing quite serous pieces of drama that have become a visit card of the children’s republic. Each of the kids with their performances wanted to bring joy and to cheer up the guests and there were quite a few of them.
Coming back to life
The citizens of Republic Pilgrim were warmly greeted and hospitably received in the Western Ukraine. They could stay in a comfortable place and were temporarily enrolled in the local public school. But it is known that nothing is as sweet as home, surely they missed Pilgrim and Mariupol. Besides during the evacuation it was hard for the workers of Pilgrim to help those who needed help in Mariupol while all the kids were so far away. The calls with the requests to help were rather frequent.
Pilgrims – refugees.
The concentration of the military equipment around Mariupol and the firing in the eastern part of the city made the pilgrims urgently to leave the walls of the center “Republic Pilgrim”. In the last day of the summer right in the middle of the night under emergency the evacuation was organized once again. All the Pilgrims kids alongside with the kids fostered by the families from the fund “Pilgrim” left the city.
The worldwide bike action “World without orphans”. The end of the4th stage
The last, 4th stage of the worldwide bike action “World without orphans” that was going through the whole Russia has been completed. Starting with the year 2011 the partakers of the action have overcome the distance of 9320 miles. In July 30th the bikers arrived in the furthest point of Eurasian continent – the city of Vladivostok. These days the last participants of the action have come back to Ukraine to start getting ready for the next stage of the worldwide trip.
The former street kids have competed this year’s stage of the bike action “Russia and the world without orphans” in Vladivostok.
Vladivostok has become the final destination point of all- Russian bike trip “Russia without orphans”. On Wednesday, July 30th the third stage has been completed – with the marathon along the street of the corner capital.
