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For these newly-weds this time will be shrouded in struggle...

Sima & Masha are newly-weds with a new baby; such an exciting time of their lives! In reality, this time will be shrouded in struggle. B...

Meet Natasha

In today's blog we'd like you to meet Natasha, she is preparing to leave the orphanage system, the only environment she is familiar with,...

Lives in Extreme Poverty

In this blog we look a the cost of living for the average Russian... ask yourself, could you survive on this much?

Just 1 in 10 will find work

An agricultural college near Ryazan is currently home to thirty-five orphans (age 15 years +) who’ve been placed here post-orphanage; chi...

Naive and open to danger

For children brought up in orphanages, having those sensitive conversations that serve to protect them such as; Where do babies come from...

Confined to the 9th Floor

**Please note that since writing this article we received the devastating news that Sveta's son Vadim, age 9, passed away in January afte...

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

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

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