Ukraine

Ukraine Blessing Bag Trip 2010

Posted by hearts on Jul 19, 2011 in Ukraine | Comments Off

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A World Family

Posted by Rob on Feb 13, 2011 in Afghanistan, India, Ukraine, Videos | Comments Off

Hopeful Hearts Expands

Posted by Rob on Jul 31, 2010 in Myanmar, News, Sri Lanka, Ukraine | Comments Off

Hopeful Hearts is expanding into new “territory.” Please see the linked newsletter for details. Latest NewsLetter (If the above link does not work, copy/paste into your browser.) You know. . . . I really am a bit confused! I honestly never prayed the prayer of Jabez from First Chronicles 4:9. I am sure most of you are familiar with this prayer . . . “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory!”. Well this year God is enlarging the territory of Hopeful Hearts. In May Chris Diehl, Melissa Hough and myself found ourselves on the Hopeful Hearts version of “The Amazing...

Third Transition Home

Posted by Melissa on Feb 11, 2009 in Ukraine | Comments Off

Hopeful Hearts in 2008 opened its third transition home in Ukraine.  The first two homes were for girls, but this one was for the boys. The three transition homes help prevent children from living on the streets by housing selected children who have “graduated” from a traditional orphanage.  Although “graduation” typically occurs before age 17, orphan children are often released to the streets at much younger ages. The transition homes are operated by Hopeful Hearts (Ukrainian) employees, and Hopeful Hearts provides all living necessities for the children.  The...

Blessing Bag Trip 2008-2009

Posted by Kathy on Feb 11, 2009 in Ukraine | Comments Off

Christmas . . . just the word conjures up all sorts of images in our mind’s eye.  Snow, food, tinsel, lights, family. . . but not if you are an orphan in Ukraine. And that is why four years ago Hopeful Hearts started our  “Blessing Bag” project. All through the spring and early summer we pass out, fill, collect, and process shopping bags filled with Christmas for approximately 1,000 children.  Then, a couple of days after Christmas, 14 to 16 volunteers board a plane and make the journey to deliver Christmas to the children. This year was no exception: 13 of us left on December 27 and...

Transitional Living

Posted by Rob on Jan 6, 2009 in Featured, Ukraine | Comments Off

These pictures document conditions inside one of three transition homes owned and maintained by Hopeful Hearts. Compare these conditions to those found in several Ukrainian orphanages.