Orphan’s Hope Ukraine is working with many orphans on daily basis in government orphanages, bringing love and working to give them a future with hope. The typical orphanages shelter about 250 children, who face great challenges. These children have a tremendous vacuum, missing the love and care of a family. Our focus is currently on orphanages located in Crimea, which is in the south of Ukraine. Typically about 20% are orphans whose parents died and 80% of the children are social orphans. Social orphans come from abandonment, abuse, and violence, with parents who were drug addicts or alcoholics. The stories are tragic. We have a tremendous need for monthly supporters for our work with Ukraine orphans. Currently in 2008 we have a shortfall of $2000 a month. Could you help us in meeting this need? You can "Click Here to Donate" become a monthly supporter

The cost to the life of an orphan in orphanages is hard to grasp unless you experience it firsthand and realize the needs of the children. You can start to appreciate the depth of their needs, the hurt, and often despair, when you understand that about 10% of these children commit suicide after leaving the orphanage (at fifteen or sixteen years old) and before their eighteenth birthday. 60% of the girls end up in prostitution, and 70% of the boys in crime. If only you could see how beautiful and normal these kids are in so many ways, the impact of loss beyond their control, and the power we have to make a real difference for them. The more time you spend with them, the more you love them and have compassion for them. Showers for the children come once a week, and all they have in the world could fit in a small drawer if they only had one. People who should protect you commonly steal what is given to help you. Add to this loneliness, a deep sense of rejection,  and the lack of adults with much time for you or to be a model in the normal things of life. You can see the tip of the iceberg in the young teenagers who are pushed into the world, unprepared for life and often hurting. They often don’t know how to do basic things like tell time, cook, shop, budget, bank, or even use a fork and knife. Without love, real help, and the light of Christ in their lives, they become tragic statistics ravaged by the corruption of the world and sin. We have seen how we can make a real difference together, and are giving our lives to love these children. Can you help us? The purpose of Orphan’s Hope Ukraine is to give these children real hope and a better life. During the years we have been working with these children we have achieved remarkable results, in the face of the face of the many challenges.  Please Help Us & Click to Donate  Weekdays our staff are working in the orphanages loving the children, mentoring, teaching classes, providing humanitarian assistance, tutoring, counseling, offering special programs, and much more. We have homes where Orphans who have just left the orphanages, are mentored and helped to make the transition. We need funding for these and are hoping to build our own house and ministry base for Orphan’s Hope Ukraine in the future. (See More) We also teach practical life skills and character development in the orphanage and transition homes. OH computers classes help develop children intellectually, as well as give practical skills. OH summer camps are the highlight of the year for many orphans, which God uses in wonderful ways to help them grow. Children are taken to homes on weekends to experience family life and give them chance to know the love and example there. On Sundays we take them to children’s church where they can hear God’s Word and learn more about Jesus. OH staff build close, one-on-one mentoring relationships with children. These relationships allow us to meet both basic and deeper needs, and better prepare them to have a successful life at those who love God and please Him. Orphan’s Hope has a great team working in the Ukraine, with a passion to see these beautiful children’s lives saved from tragic ends. Can you help us? Any help you can give will be used to make the greatest difference possible. Click Here for: Ukraine Donation Needs or Current Ukraine Projects Thank you for your interest and support for our ministry. May God bless you!