With your help, many families with children received food and gifts for their children. Each visit to the homes brought much joy. The families are grateful for the miracle they experienced. Photo: Katerina My dear friends,warmest greetings from my family!I wish you all a happy New Year and Christmas. May you experience consolation, sincere love,
Did you know that the Christmas in Ukraine is 7-8th of Januari
The children are looking forward to the Christmas party in Friend's House. They decorate the house with their own handiwork. / Katerina
Hannu & Oili Experience a White Christmas Text by Oili Räsänen Photos: Hannu Räsänen We had to fly from Finland to Ukraine to find a white Christmas! Both Kiev and Pisky are covered with clean soft snow. It does bother the traffic, but the kids (and Mirjam) love making snow angels. We enjoy the company of
Did we think we could escape the commercial fuss of Christmas by travelling from Finland to Ukraine? We ended up shopping with the Children's Embassy Team in a gigantic market: the season's foodstuffs for dozens of families in Kiev and Pisky and the refugee centre. The fuss in the market was rather tiresome, but the
To the East we flew, with an aircraft to Ukraine, on the mission given to us by our dear Lord, the Origin of Life. The words are inspired by an old Swedish psalm from 1696 “On You, our dear Lord” December 20th 2016, we were on Arlanda airport, terminal five, carrying four full suitcases. Ukraine
Father Frost is coming on New Years night and he places the gifts under the Christmas tree. You can still share your holiday joy with Ukrainian children. In Ukraine the Christmas celebration is on 6-7 January according to the Julian calendar. You can still donate joy to a child in Ukraine -
