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Project Managers Ruth and Rob Stevens,
and Nataliya Berg.
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Kiev, Ukraine
Youth for Ukraine
Youth for Ukraine works in various humanitarian
projects in conjunction with the Ukrainian Red Cross, City and
Regional Administrations, the Ukrainian Ministry of Education,
and the United Nations Chernobyl Project.
Youth for Ukraine provides training to
youth and youth-at-risk, as well as underprivileged
individuals by providing assistance to orphanages,
single mothers, low-income families, and the handicapped.
Among their programs:
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Seminars for prison personnel to bolster their
work with young delinquents;
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Anti-drug programs;
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Volunteer training programs, which train young
people to assist in the above tasks, via musical concerts; mini-seminars
on the topics of human relations, communication, leadership,
etc.; group discussions on topics such as drug addiction, alcoholism,
violence, crime prevention, etc
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Each of these German wheelchairs is worth over $500, something very
few Ukrainian invalids could afford. |
At the UN Chernobyl center in Ivankiv, Ruth presents wheel chairs
to two handicapped boys (who are accompanied by their mothers). |
Bananas are regarded as a very big treat to needy children in the
Moskovsky area of Kiev. |
Humanitarian Aid
Preparing to unload truckload containing
eight tons of humanitarian aid.
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Next step is to sort it, and then give an
account to the customs office.
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Each of these German wheelchairs is worth
over $500, something very few Ukrainian
invalids could afford.
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Rita, from YFU (right), presents
wheel-chairs to Valentina (center),
the local director of the Red Cross.
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Youth
Programs
Our “Around the World in 80 Minutes” team,
together with some of the youth counselors
of the “Zuravushka Summer Camp”.
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Linda, Cheryl, Leilani and Andrew during at performance for institutionalized
children
of the Boyarka Orphanage near Kiev.
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The Kiev City Hall asked us to do a musical performance in one
of the central parks for
the "Day of the Child", for an audience
of over 4,000.
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Dance routine in our "Around the World in
80 Minutes" shows, performed at 24
youth camps in the Kiev area during
the summer season.
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Assistance
to Orphanages
Cheryl, Linda and Lena distributing snacks to
the children of an orphanage in Obukhov.
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Bananas are regarded as a very big treat to
needy children in the Moskovsky area of Kiev.
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Residents of the Boyarka orphanage proudly
show off the gift cups they just received,
each with their own name on it.
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Robert presenting the director of the
Pushavoditsa Orphanage with 75 pairs of
eyeglasses prepared for individual orphans.
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A puppet show for the children of the
Boyarka Orphanage.
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The young audience at the Tripolia
Orphanage, south of Kiev.
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Assistance
for the Handicapped
At the UN Chernobyl center in Ivankiv, Ruth
presents wheel chairs to two handicapped
boys (who are accompanied by their mothers).
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Robert visiting a member of the “Optimist”
organization of handicapped people in Kiev,
who we help with wheel-chairs and clothing.
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YFU volunteers donating a wheel chair to
Tatiana, who has been crippled for 4 years,
and survives on a pension of $10 a month.
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Rita, Robert andWolfgang just gave this
woman a wheel chair, who for the two past
years has been struggling to get around on
crutches.
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Social
Rehabilitation
Motivational skits are part of our
performances in prisons, this at the Youth
Facility in the Poltava Area.
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Attentive audiences tend to appreciate
the entertaining message, which help
them to reflect on their lives.
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We've found music and songs to be a real
key in "connecting".
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Performing at the women's prison in the
Dnipropetrovsk area.
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Seminar for prison workers, motivational
ideas and input.
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Victoria talking with a group of boys at
the youth prison.
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Our presentation team with the staff of a substance-abuse rehabilitation
center in the Kiev Area.
Two guards on left flank Youth For Ukraine multi-cultural staff (L-R)
Roman (Ukrainian),
Project Manager Robert Stevens, Natalie (Indonesian), Tania (Ukrainian),
Leilani (USA),
Jan (German) & Cheryl (USA).
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