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This
portion of the website involves some of my personal work and
interest. I am helping the orphanage monthly on a personal
basis. There is always a need for sponsors; a trip to Russia
is planned for those who are sponsors. The projected date
for this trip is June 2003. If you are interested in additional
information or would like to become a sponsor, please contact
me via email: drobbins@ucmo.edu.
On August
1, 1980 a municipal educational (correctional) boarding school
was established, and it is listed as type 8 under the Russian
government. There is an internat (building where the children
live) that is the home to 140 children live (30% girls, 70%
boys). Most of these children are orphans, but some have been
separated from abusive parents. There is also a school that
is very well disciplined with good educational opportunities,
and another building for some of the staff to live in. This
complex is literally in the middle of nowhere, and this is
why your help is needed. It is 150km north from Moscow in
the Naro-Fonimisk region, and the area is called Vischegorod.
The orphanage is located in the middle of fields and a surrounding
forest. There is a village on each side, with a 20 km. distance
in each direction, and only a couple of dachas nearby, and
a very small store. The internat is extremely isolated. I
have been working with the Director, Pavel Ivanovich Laschenkov,
since 1999, and can tell you that he is a tireless advocate
for the children.
There
is a man in Germany, Herr Krüger, who has been helping
the orphanage for approximately 8 years. And, although some
money comes from the Russian government, it is very little
and goes for salaries, meals for the children, municipal expenses,
and other economic needs. The children could use more clothing,
and the buildings are in need of repair. As well, we hope
to construct another building and to purchase more equipment,
especially a bus to transport the children.
Here are
a list of the basic needs now:
- Expansion
of facilities. There needs to be a new floor added to the
internat
- More
vegtables, fruit, and sweets
- Clothes,
shoes for the children
- A roof
on the school building needs repairing
- Replacement
of windows at the school
- Additional
electricity and heating for a warehouse and garage that
was constructed during the summer of 2000
- Medical
and dental care for the children
- Educational
games, and more equipment for sports
- Scholarships
to help these young people become more independent. With
scholarships they could later go to Moscow and learn a trade
and computer skills.
Address:
Russia
143334
Moskovskaya Oblast
Naro-Fominskiy r-n
Vishegorod
d. 3-4, Internat
There
is not a focus on just trying to help those who need it in
Russia, but it is a way to help young people know that they
are thought of, and to know that there will be help for those
who sincerely want to make a future for themselves as productive
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