Love Russia Charity; Blog

Olga's Tough Start in Life

A support group, run by Love Russia mentor Alina, cares for several orphan mothers including Olga. This is Olga's story told in her own w...

Capable in the Kitchen

When you grow up in a family, you always see meals being prepared. From that, we develop an understanding of where our food has come from...

Meet Lena and Vera

Life is hard enough for for orphanage leavers even when things are going relatively well… But when real challenges arise, support from a ...

Love Healing Wounds

"I never knew what a family was. Living in an orphanage, I did not feel loved and was told that after leaving I would end my life badly

Ever wondered 'Why Love Russia?'

By looking at 4 areas of struggle and comparing them with the UK, we'll try to explain why we support the projects we do. INCOME The ave...

Never Giving Up!

Valya lived with her grandma before the orphanage until she could no long afford to keep her. She did not know her father and only met her m

IMPORTANT UPDATES to PayPal's Giving Tuesday

DECEMBER 3rd is GIVING TUESDAY We're taking part in PayPal’s Giving Tuesday. This time they are offering 10% extra on all donations made ...

Returned like faulty goods

At age 3 Dimitry was adopted from an orphanage and lived his childhood with a family. But at age 15, when behaviour became a challenging, th

A different kind of Family

Their carer *Lena told us about Andrei and Yana's developmental problems due to previous neglect, that they did not know how to feed the

THE PHOENIX TRAINING APARTMENT...

For family members who decide to ignore the advice of medical professionals and keep and care for a child that's different, life can be

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