Kalinovka orphanage (Chernigovka district)

An Ordinary Miracle or a New Loving Family for a Special Child

We’re delighted to share our happy news with you – one more child, our unique little Alyosha from the Child’s Home in Kalinovka has been finally adopted

October 25, 2012, 12:40 8671
Learn, Learn and Learn!

Nine instructors from Chernigov Child’s Home in the village of Kalinovka visited a rehabilitation center "Prometei" in Zaporozhye and attended a training session on professional burnout

October 24, 2012, 16:00 3194
Englishmen in Kalinovka

Volunteers from Great Britain have spent more than a week with kids at Kalinovka boarding school

October 15, 2012, 18:45 4242
Give Kids a Chance

“Happy Home” for kids with special needs has been working in Kalinovka for two years. Now the volunteers of “Happy Child” would like to build another “Happy Home”. The renovation project has been approved and the construction begins in August

August 2, 2012, 10:00 9596
Ukraine’s Forgotten Children: View from an Orphanage

On Monday, BBC 4 showed “Ukraine’s Forgotten Children”, a movie which reveals the problems of abandoned children filmed by Kate Blewett and her crew

August 1, 2012, 12:40 4008
“Ukraine’s Forgotten Children” as I have seen and as I know them…

One month ago BBC 4 (UK) released a stunning documentary by Kate Blewitt, “Ukraine’s Forgotten Children.” The film offers the most complete and accurate picture so far of the warehouse system for disabled children and adults

July 23, 2012, 11:40 7317
Margarita Fights to Live

Margarita is still in and out of the hospital because of her condition, but she fights to live… even though the doctors dismissed her as a “disaster”

July 3, 2012, 12:40 4804
TV review: Ukraine's Forgotten Children

This harrowing film about the plight of Ukraine's 'social orphans' is almost unbearable

June 21, 2012, 11:40 3687
Help Us Make Our Great Dream Come True!

The building plan of the “Happy Home-2” in Kalinovka is almost completed. We again need your kind support to make this fairy tale dream of little orphans come true!

June 11, 2012, 12:00 2559
The Happy Child Foundation: A Fairytale Garden in Kalinovka

A volunteer weekend, which has been long ago promised, was finally held on Saturday, May 5 in the orphanage located in the village of Kalinovka, even despite the hot weather and rather late time for planting

May 31, 2012, 12:55 6588
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Happy Child foundation - effective help to the most needy children of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine

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You donated in 2026

$ 3 906

Full report

Our expenses in 2026
To 13 sick children $3 415
Medical equipment: $0
Humanitarian help: $4 451
To disabled children: $3 648
To children's village: $54
To orphans and poor children: $652
"Helpus" - help to adults: $1 114
Service expenses: $1 758
Total sum of expenses: $15 328

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donated since 2007