Kalinovka orphanage (Chernigovka district)

Latest news from Kalinovka orphanage

Last Thursday we traveled to Kalinovka with Dr. Mariana. She checked all of the children with medical concerns, gave recommendations to Olga Nikolaevna, the local medic, and wrote out a list of the most necessary medicines

May 6, 2008, 0:05 7610
News from the Children’s Home in Kalinovka

A month has passed since the publication on our website of the article on Kalinovka that found such resonance, “It’s Not Possible to Keep Silent.” It is time to sum up the results

March 21, 2008, 0:05 14973
It’s Not Possible to Keep Silent!

What is happening at the facility for disabled children at Kalinovka (Zaporozhye Oblast) is simply intolerable in a civilized society. The death of an orphan child in a remote village where there is almost complete lack of medical care—is this really poss

February 21, 2008, 0:05 27057
Photo Report: Visit of Volunteers to the Home for Disabled Children at Kalinovka, 29 December 2007 and 22 January 2008

Returning from Kalinovka, I always find it hard to find the way back to myself from what was seen and experienced. But then there emerges an overwhelming desire to go to work and change something for these children

February 15, 2008, 0:05 13244
Photo Report on the Trip by a Team of Volunteers to the Chernigovskii Internat for Children with Special Needs (at Kalinovka)

"What still sticks in my mind are the eyes of Little Alyosha, a boy lacking complete arms and legs. Pity—that is not the word with which to describe my feelings, [rather] it is a feeling of despair and an ache that you feel in every cell of your body"

December 27, 2007, 0:05 11503
Photoreportage: Children’s Facility at Kalinovka—Our Pain...

A qualified pediatrician was with us on our team this time. Discouraging though the outcomes were of the brief physical exams, they nevertheless made it possible to understand what sort of aid will really be of use for these children

October 20, 2007, 0:05 22195
Photo reporting: "From Heart To Heart - 3" trip to Kalinovka and Molochansk orphanages

Abandoned children at Kalinovka are not supposed to suffer. And everything possible in our power will be done, so that they do not suffer

June 19, 2007, 5:15 24903
A photoreport: “From Heart to Heart – 2”: a trip to the rural orphanages of Zaporozhye region

Having see so many manifestations of evil, you want to do more good. We have all understood how trifle our everyday problems are. These children helped us see what is the most important and what is less important in our lives

March 21, 2007, 6:10 36086
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Our expenses in 2025
To 96 sick children $90 190
Medical equipment: $23 022
Humanitarian help: $146 367
To disabled children: $79 070
To children's village: $3 477
To orphans and poor children: $9 361
"Helpus" - help to adults: $12 383
Service expenses: $38 295
Total sum of expenses: $417 307

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