Ukraine

Transformation through Forgiveness and Love

"If Ukraine were to present a Volunteer of the Year award, it would be impossible to imagine a more deserving candidate than Zaporizhzhya’s twenty-three year old Ira Gavrisheva. Though tied to a wheelchair and suffering from misdiagnosed myasthenia gravi

January 4, 2008, 0:05 13169
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 11473
Zaporozhye Sanatorium boarding school #7 for the children with the recovering forms of tuberculosis

There are about 320 children in this institution, and about 24 of them are orphans

December 17, 2007, 0:05 15575
Photo reporting: President of Ukraine visits “Father's House” orphanage

President Victor Yushchenko paid a visit today to the Center of social care for children “Father's House” located in Kyiv region

November 29, 2007, 0:05 4378
Photo report: using donation from Marino P., Erich S., USA, Highlander, Israel, and parcels from Irina M., Switzerland, and Kahpo, USA

Children of "Sun" baby's orphanage and orphanage #3 of Zaporozhye received useful and interesting gifts

November 28, 2007, 0:05 7924
Save a child: Pavlenko Vladik, 8 years - brain tumor

Vladik has completed his treatment and temporarily doesn't require the welfare

November 16, 2007, 4:00 8019
Photo report: sport equipment purchased using Wes P. and his friends donation

22 balls, 12 skipping-ropes, 10 pairs of sports shoes, sports uniform were bought using this money

November 7, 2007, 0:05 7726
Save a child: Podgorniy Igor, 17 y.o. – Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Igor has completed his treatment and temporarily doesn't require the welfare

October 31, 2007, 0:00 13788
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Happy Child foundation - effective help to the most needy children of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine

They need help:
Igor Ostrohliad
Igor Ostrohliad

Dandy–Walker syndrome, spastic tetraparesis, epilepsy

Help now

You donated in 2025

$ 375 696

Our expenses in 2025
To 93 sick children $79 808
Medical equipment: $23 022
Humanitarian help: $132 448
To disabled children: $49 874
To children's village: $3 340
To orphans and poor children: $8 837
"Helpus" - help to adults: $9 934
Service expenses: $33 768
Total sum of expenses: $356 062

$7 427 029

donated since 2007