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A drug addict since 11 years old – just to join his buddies!
In order to get the doze Igor who is 17 now hadn’t had to steal. Within 6 years of his drug experience his “good – hearted” friends brought drugs to him. Just because they want him to use IV drugs with them.
Scrapbooking as a craft and as an art.
Scrapboking has been popular in Europe for quite awhile and in Ukraine this fashion has only been starting. The girls in “Republic “Pilgrim” started learning this type of craft since it can become a source of their income in future.
New currency in Ukraine!
After the election of the new president of “Republic “Pilgrim” one of the first tasks in the state of former street kids was to introduce a new – authority currency -“ pilihrivna” with a portrait of the new president on it.
The medieval epoch in the walls of “Pilgrim”
In the center of children’s rehabilitation the Knight tournament was held where every young knight, – former street kid, – learned a reverent and a subtle attitude to their beautiful lady.
Common, pilgrims!
Young pilgrims participated in the holidays of boldness. It was a peculiar experience of unequal struggle where High School students from “Republic “Pilgrim” could compete in their strengths with High School Students from public school No 18 in the contest “Common, boys”.
African project of Ukrainian former street kids
The guys from “Republic “Pilgrim” earnestly got into the story of pastor Gennadiy about his trip to Kenya. At the setting of the government of republic in agenda there was a question: how can former street kids of Ukraine help their Kenyan brothers?
Open journal of Ukrainian Pastor –Pilgrim Gennadiy Mokhnenko from equatorial Africa.
Day 8 Sunrise at slum and pancakes at zero latitude. Blood from vein instead of Coke and our rally in Masai Mara. Flies eating the eyes and arrival in Paradise!
Open journal of Ukrainian Pastor –Pilgrim Gennadiy Mokhnenko from equatorial Africa.
Day 6 Traffic police salutes and music masterpieces in the barn. Dancing of ushers and the percentage of “bikes” among children. The fight for cookies and a guard with a whip.
Open journal of Ukrainian Pastor –Pilgrim Gennadiy Mokhnenko from equatorial Africa.
Day 4 Mother cut by pieces and ex-Muslims around Steve. “Oasis of Hope”, and Ukrainians on the equator. Getting acquainted with the local homelessness and whether fire or arson.
Open journal of Ukrainian Pastor –Pilgrim Gennadiy Mokhnenko from equatorial Africa.
Day No2 Almost like our dogs and melancholy about icy water. First Moses and pale faced pastor – Muzungu! Greetings to our traffic police and spiritual – military bases!
The bike action around the world “Russia without orphans” will pass through Krasnoyarsk.
The partakers of the action “Russia and the world without orphans” have arrived in Krasnoyarsk. – They are the adoptive fathers from Ukraine with many of their adopted kids – altogether 35 of them – bikers of different ages. They have 5000 miles behind their shoulders – along Ukraine and Central Russia. This summer they are carrying out their third Russian and fourth stage of the bike action around the world – it takes place in Siberian region this time – from Yekaterinburg till the Baikal.
Mariupol children are happy in the new
Igor and Lyudmila Fayn made a decision 2 years ago to foster those children who are deprived of family care.
The adoptive father of 32 kids rode his bike alongside with his adopted sons from Ukraine to Omsk
The bike action “Russia without orphans” has reached Omsk, they had started last year in Ukraine. The leaders of the bike trip intend to make a worldwide trip on their bikes with the goal to call upon people to adopt. In Omsk the bikers plan to relax in the water –park and to give a special gift to the mayor Dvorakovsky .
The third stage of the worldwide bike action “World without orphans”. From the Urals to the Baikal lake.
In June 18th of 2013 in Russia the third stage of the world wide bike action of the former street kids “World without orphans” has started. This stage will take place in the Russian Federation and will be of the biggest scale. Its participants are willing to ride over 3000 miles through Siberia.
«Young mother» grows
The project “ Young mother” that has been functioning at the Mariupol Charity Fund “ Pilgrim” since 2011 keeps on taking an active part in lives of kids and their young parents. Within this period of time over 50 mothers alongside with their babies went through the program. In most cases among those who apply for the program there are those who found themselves in tough life circumstances, mothers- orphans, young mothers, victims of abuse in families as well as women with kids who have alcoholic or drug addiction.
«To be the reason of changes in someone’s life is such a privilege»
Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko — about his own experience of adoption The members of the church have adopted about 100 kids by now. The “loudest” adoption was of 7 kids with awful diagnoses and the Isayevs were brave enough to do it. By the way, it was Eugenii and Svetlana Isayev who had adopted first kid with HIV positive status in Ukraine. They surely did it with support of Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko.
