Ukraine
The DAY weekly digest: Crime, repentance, and reconciliation
Restorative justice as a way to reduce the number of children in prisons
January 22, 2009, 9:00 2492
To invite an orphan to your home is to give him a part of your heart
The best presents for a child who has no parental care are not sweets or toys. The best present is a cosy and warm home where somebody waits and loves you. Though this home opens its doors only on weekends
January 16, 2009, 11:00 5546
The DAY weekly digest: Ukraine to train “professional mothers” to raise children in a Kyiv-area village
Ukraine, the home of 100,000 orphans or children who have been abandoned by their parents, has declared 2008 the Year of National Adoption. In addition to adoptions and fostering, Ukraine is now applying a new model of family-style upbringing for children
January 16, 2009, 9:00 3069
The DAY weekly digest: Children’s adult-like problems
Ukraine recently marked Children’s Day and practically all political figures and statesmen visited children’s institutions. At present, there are some 103,000 orphans and children denied parental care in Ukraine
January 15, 2009, 9:00 2545
The DAY weekly digest: “I want my mom!”- Kyiv hosts all-Ukrainian foster parents forum
The forum was organized on the initiative of the Ministry for Family, Youth, and Sports (Minsimii) and supported by President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine. It gathered some 500 children and parents from all over Ukraine.
January 14, 2009, 9:00 2512
Blended families celebrate Christmas
Two families that have added adopted children are Gary Frey with Alina, Andrew, and Brendan, and Lisa Lewis with Natasha, Jeremiah, Igor, and Lindsey. The children will spend their first Christmas together this year in the United States
December 19, 2008, 10:00 5414
News about Kalinovka
In recent months much has improved at Kalinovka, but it is only a small part of what still needs to be done
December 12, 2008, 10:00 5117
† Vladik Tikhonov died
For those 4 months we knew Vladik Tikhonov his name became a symbol of hope. It was the hope for his recovery and also for the rescue of other seriously ill children.
December 11, 2008, 8:00 7237
The tennis table setting programm in the orphanages of Zaporozhye region is on stream
In October and November, 2008, "Happy child" fund have been set several tennis tables in various orphanages of Zaporozhye region. We are glad to inform the readers of our site about the first results of tennis table setting program in the yards of the orp
December 8, 2008, 10:00 8375
TO LIVE TOMORROW – dreams come true
«To live tomorrow» - in such way we called a holiday for our kids who have finished their intensive part of treatment. They have experienced the most difficult part of their lives! So a simple children’s holiday, meeting the old friends outside the hospit
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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 2025
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Our expenses in 2025
| To 98 sick children | $91 585 |
| Medical equipment: | $23 022 |
| Humanitarian help: | $146 564 |
| To disabled children: | $80 388 |
| To children's village: | $3 719 |
| To orphans and poor children: | $9 726 |
| "Helpus" - help to adults: | $17 242 |
| Service expenses: | $38 347 |
| Total sum of expenses: | $425 735 |
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