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Registered
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Ukraine News...
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The 'Seeway Trust
Ukraine'
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Elena Kulakova oversees a Seeway supported feeding programme in the Ukraine.
This time Tammy Swailes a close friend of Paster Elena Kulakova wrote, to explain that Elena's husband has recently undergone an emergency operation and although Elena had her news article all planned, she apologises for not having put pen to paper yet. But she simply hasn't been able to find time to write, what with running the feeding station for the children in her area and all that's involved in helping her husband who is now at home to recuperate.
I am sure your prayers in this matter will be much appreciated by Elena and we would like to thank Tammy for keeping us informed.
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The 'Seeway Trust
Ukraine' (background
information)
Seeway Trust has been working
in Ukraine since 2001, predominantly feeding children.
Because of
poverty, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse, sadly the children here suffer
greatly.
We formed the 'Seeway Trust
Ukraine' - which is a non governmental organisation (NGO) based in the Ukraine,
to enable us to feed and look after these children far more
effectively.
Seeway are currently involved here with two feeding
programmes.
Pastor Lena is based near Zhitomir, approximately 100 miles
from Kiev, the Ukrainian capitol.
Pastor Lena (left) and Yura.
She Pastors a church and oversees a feeding
programme for local children. There are 25 children who are given one good
nourishing meal, five days a week. This food will make a big difference to their
lives. In the winter they are also given vitamin tablets that help to keep out
the cold, which on occasions reaches 20 degrees below freezing.
Some of Pastor Lena's children receiving donated gifts at
Christmas.
Pastor Lena has introduced Seeway Trust to Pastor Sveta who
has a similar feeding programme in a village between Zhitomir and Kiev where a
number of children are given food which will help to keep them from starving.
Pastor Sveta (3rd from left) and her team.
A group of Sveta's children who are thankfully provided
with meals.
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Please
help
Pastor Lena and Pastor Sveta
Feed their
Children.
One full meal
a day - five days a week, for a whole month.
Will only cost
YOU £7
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A brief history of why Seeway
are working
at the Zhitomir area in the Ukraine.
Seeway Trust became involved with
feeding children in the Ukraine several years ago. We are currently working in
the city of Zhitomir which is situated about 100 miles from the Chernobyl
disaster. Ukraine became a state independent of Russian communism about 15 years
ago.
In some ways when it was a communist
state it was of great benefit to the people of the Ukraine. All were able to
work, which gave them regular food and the basic needs of life, even if life was
hard. Since that time, many are now unemployed, alcoholism and drug abuse among
the male population is very high, which in turn causes problems with family
breakup.
The
effects of the Chernobyl explosion on Zhitomir remain high, it is estimated that
out of the population of 350,000 people, 17,000 children and young people are
still suffering the effects to some degree. Coupled with the poverty in this
area, there is a very great need.
Young children on Pastor Lena's
feeding program - 2003.
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DID
YOU KNOW - 35 thousand children under
the age of 5
die
every day, - just through malnutrition? |
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If you feel you would like to help
- please contact us, your donation will make the world of difference to a child.
For more information on any of our
projects, please do not hesitate
to contact us - thank you.
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YOUR donations
will make the world of difference.
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