Prazovje Orphanage, Ukraine.
Priazovje Orphanage is situated in the Dniproptrovs’k state of Ukraine which is home to 3.5 million people. The region is located east of Kiev, the capitol city.
The orphanage started in 2002 with 25 children being cared for. Up to this year it has been home to 36 boys and girls and this year they have been informed by the state that they will be receiving 14 more children. About one half of the children have been abandoned by their parents or they’ve been removed from their homes by the government, the others are true orphans. Children range in ages from 3 years to 18 years. They are loved and provided with good family style care
Since the opening, Priazovje has never received any government assistance, but is required to pay taxes. Further more, the number of children living at the orphanage is dictated by the government along with the expected care and items needed to be purchased for each child in order to maintain their status. Government institutionalized orphanages provide only the very basic of necessities with very little chance (10%) for children to lead successful lives once they are sent out to live on their own at age 16.
Food in the Ukraine is very expensive and most people have gardens so they can grow and preserve food. This past summer brought drought and most people had little or nothing to harvest. In addition to yielding poor crops, the cost of food at the market has risen due to supply shortages and political instability; example: meat prices have increased from $4 a kilo to $9 a kilo. Help is greatly needed to feed these kids.
How You Can Help:
These children have already experience so much trauma in their young lives. We want to assist this orphanage by helping with the funding for these children’s most basic need of nutritious food.
$25.00 will provide one child with food for one month.
$300.00 (less than a dollar per day) will feed a child for a year.
In partnership with Hungry for Life International
