This war took away our home, our orphanage and the City of Happy Kids Center, where we put our hearts and souls for 15 years. Our home is now empty, devoid of children’s laughter, our children and life. And children together with their educators were forced to flee literally under bullets on February 24 when Russian troops started attacking Kiev. But despite the war, we need to maintain our home, which we will be returning to very soon.
We remember the first hours with horror… But our heroic staff did the possible and impossible to save the lives of our wards, taking them back to their native villages, to their families, where they lived for two months. At the same time we were looking for a way to get the children to safety. We looked, we asked, we wrote. And fate smiled on us! Our children received an invitation from Jürgen Seitz, mayor of the city of Kahl on Main, Germany, the couple Ulrike and Harald Waitz von Eschen, Schloss Emmerichshofen.
It took us a long time to gather all the necessary documents, obtain permits and prepare the papers, and we are grateful to everyone for their support and help. The children are safe now, and we are very much looking forward to our return, but everything depends on our glorious AFU, for whom we pray every day.
Our home in Kiev is not given discounts, indulgences, deferrals, or opportunities to write off debts. We have to pay for the upkeep of our home and we ask all concerned to support our home. The goal of this project is to raise funds to pay for utilities in July and September 2022, and every 1 UAH is important to us.
Thank you in advance for your kind hearts and support!