Kirovo orphanage (boarding school, internat) for girls with mental retardness

The Letter from Mom of Children with Special Needs

A true story of a former charity foundation employee who six years ago became a real mother for a number of special kids in the Kalinovka orphanage

June 19, 2014, 21:00 2358
A River Trip Around The Legendary Khortitsa Island

Sixteen girls from the Kirovo Orphanage for girls with special needs enjoyed a lively trip by river bus around the legendary Khortitsa Island

October 8, 2012, 10:00 4020
Video report: The impressions of our guest from the USA

August 3, 2011 «The Happy Child» Charity Fund organized the visiting of three boarding schools in the Zaporozhe region for children with special needs. Maya was deeply impressed by the things she saw

October 24, 2011, 17:30 2992
Video report: One day in the life of “The Happy Child” Charity Foundation

Morning show on a local TV channel TV-5, meeting American foundation representatives and visiting three orphanages of the Zaporozhye region — through the eyes of our volunteer

September 28, 2011, 19:45 3041
Photo-report: A trip to Khortitsa National Reserve was organized for the girls – pupils of the Kirovo orphanage

Fascinating excursions are going on! On August 11th the pupils of Kirovo Orphanage visited the Historic and Cultural Zaporizhian Sich centre and the Zaporizhian Cossack Museum where fascinating excursions were held for them

September 5, 2011, 20:50 6451
«Subbota plus» newspaper: Handicapped children in Zaporozhye lack socks and fellowship

About the problems of children with special needs, which they face in orphanages

November 8, 2010, 16:00 4441
The Kirovo invalids house (branch for girls)

There are 57 children with deep intellectual backwardness in children's branch, the majority of them have parents, but they are compelled to spend all their time in the invalids house

August 25, 2010, 13:30 13542
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Happy Child foundation - effective help to the most needy children of the Zaporozhye region, Ukraine, since 2004

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Marianna Zhmurina
Marianna Zhmurina

Bronchial asthma

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Polina Belogurova
Polina Belogurova

Cerebral palsy, spastic diplegia

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You donated in 2023

$ 143 053

Our expenses in 2023
To 61 sick children $19 109
Medical equipment: $404
Humanitarian help: $73 912
To disabled children: $38 380
To children's village: $2 788
To orphans and poor children: $11 505
"Helpus" - help to adults: $340
Service expenses: $9 708
Total sum of expenses: $156 296

$6 417 905

donated since 2007