ADOPT AN ORPHANAGE

Adopt an Orphanage" is one of the main programs we hope to use in order to build relationships with the children before they leave the orphanages, as well as supply aid to the orphanages in general.  Over the last year, we have been building a relationship with the official in the Donetsk regional Ministry of Education who has governmental oversight over all the orphanages in the region that have children over six years old.  This official has asked us to focus our efforts on the nine orphanages in the region that house the most orphans.  These nine orphanages together are home to approximately 2,500 children.  We are seeking groups of Christians to partner with us in building relationships with the children in these nine orphanages.

Through this program a church, Bible class, care group, or some other such group will “adopt” a specific orphanage and take on this orphanage as their project.  We are asking such groups of Christians who decide to "adopt an orphanage" to commit to the following:

• Send small groups of people at least once or twice per year to visit the children at "their" orphanage and do activities such as conducting a Christian summer camp or VBS, delivering Christmas gifts, etc.

• Send Christmas gifts for the children at "their" orphanage through our "Christmas for Kids" program.

• Provide $1,800 per year ($150 per month) for the purchase of school supplies and a birthday gift for each child during the year.  We buy here in Ukraine the kind of school notebooks the children use, as well as pens, and present them to these orphanages at the beginning of each school semester.  We also hope to begin conducting a quarterly birthday celebration at these orphanages in which each child who has a birthday in that quarter will receive a small gift bag with basic hygiene supplies.

For more information about adopting an orphanage, please contact Andrew today at andrew@jeremiahshope.org