The Big Sister program received $300 from Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (FRUA) and a Social Justice Endowment Fund grant of $2000 from the Lexington United Methodist Church!

The money will enable us to give a “sister” to four more children in 2009-2010 and purchase our own video camera to record our children's progress, their first words and beautiful smiles! We plan to create a video guide on how to start a Big Sister program in your own community and train sisters to work with young children.
 
This news comes in a day after we received some wonderful updates from the coordinators of the program on site. Firstly, two more children from the Big Sister program were adopted this year! Secondly, our “sisters” received very positive feedback from the caregivers and the administration of the Baby Home during a recent staff meeting where the results of 2008-2009 program were discussed.
 
We thank all of you for your support!