Dear friends!

I hope everyone is enjoying the long awaited holidays or just simply sunny days! We continue working!
Our news are as follows:

The boy from Svjatogorsk, Ukraine, Danil I. , 4 years, cancer, who we searched a clinic for his stabilisation after the chemo therapy and the operation of removing his tumour for, has completed a rehabilitation course at the specialised clinic in Kharkov. The doctor is happy with the result. Danil started to walk. He is expected back in Khrakov in a couple of months for a repeated course.

Vladislav Y. , 20 years, city of Zhitomir, short bowel syndrome, total necrosis of the small intestine, still remains in a critical situation. A clinic in Germany was found which agreed to take him for treatment. We are preparing the necessary documents. His situation has gotten a wide response, due to which we collected the necessary sum for the monthly support his family and his special nutrition as well as his medications need for the next half a year. Thank you to everyone who is taking part in his fate!

Our new children:

Zahar Z. , 8 years, ICP, Moscow region, needs a special apparatus which will enable him to walk autonomously. The government and foundations have refused helping him. His mother said in a letter: “I’ve been looking for this apparatus for a long time now! As soon as he got the complicated operation on his back, his legs have become significantly less toned. But even after the operation the muscles on his back and legs are very weak. Our orthopedist highly recommends this apparatus. It’s a universal method for rehabilitation. In a fixated upright position all muscle groups are put to work. It completely takes the stress from the spine, redirecting the weight of the legs onto the soles, which gives an imitation of natural walking.”
www.motomedtech.ru/rus/209/325/document326.phtml
The apparatus NF WALKER costs around 9 thousand euros.

Anechka Ch. , 3 years, heart disease, Moscow, needs a heart operation. The child fights her disease
from birth, survived a couple of operations. Now she has gained the necessary 12kg and she is ready for the main operation on widening the arteries. The demands on her heart are growing every day and any delay is very dangerous. For a treatment in the German clinic Asklepios, Anechka needs 14 thousand euros.

We have collected around 3000 euros for the help of children from the orphanage in the town of Nikolaev. In cooperation with the head of the orphanage and with our volunteers in Ukraine we are now deciding how to most effectively use this sum to cover up the main deficits that the orphanage has which are products, medication, clothes, furniture. Thank you all for your support!

If you want to send over things to this orphanage, contact our coordinator for humanitarian aid and family support, Lena: +49 177 2515039
Money transfers are accepted to our main account with a note “Kinderhilfe Nikolaev”.

Despite the time of holidays, the amount of work for our departments for work with clinics and foundations has radically increased. Overall we have 15 cases we are currently addressing. For an effective way of dealing with this work we need volunteers! If you want to join our group, message or call me! We will teach you what and how to do!

We also invite anyone willing to try themselves as a volunteer and to connect with already in-place volunteers, to our first DAY OF THE ORTHODOX VOLUNTEER, which will take place in Cologne on the 4th of July. More information is available on our website orthodiakonia.de
I will be hoping to see you there!

HURRY TO DO GOOD!
Your Alina

Prayers list for June-July

For the health: Inf. Ioan, Matvej, Matvej, Denis, Andrej, Daniil, Konstantin, Pavel, Elena, Elisaveta, Elisaveta, Dmitri, Valeria, Maria, Yaromir, Daniil, Anna
Youth. Andrej, Denis, Pavel, Maxim, Daniil, Lazar, Michael, Ilya, Anna, Iulia, Sofia, Ariadna
Vasilij, Vladislav
For the response: Nina