LOVE RUSSIA CHARITY

The Open Hearts Youth Group run by Dasha, aims to empower children from vulnerable homes as a preventative step to keep them out of orphanages. She already cares for the children whose mums have found help at the Women's Crisis Centre, and is now helping children in her wider community who are gravitating towards the Volkhov site in search of a stable and loving safe space. Katya is 14 and lives close by. She grew up in an orphanage and remembers her parents from infancy but

Not all have the privilege of a childhood in a secure, loving home. Some lives are dominated by relentless let-downs and tragedy. For Andrey, this led to orphan status, homelessness and drug abuse. Born in Ukraine, Andrey is now 26 years old and this is his story. A family that fell apart. As a young boy, Andrey's father left the family and his mother became an alcoholic. We don’t know all the details, but shortly after, his mother was paralysed and she died. The only remaini