Children’s drawing contest

Children’s drawings are like small windows opening the wonderful world of fantasy and fairy-tale, such unreachable for most adults. Everyone who visited Otchiy Dim these days had a wonderful chance to take a look into this world. As last week we summed up the results of drawing contest at Otchiy Dim among children of the Centre of Social Care and Children of Family Care. Children were proposed the following creativity directions – “Otchiy Dim”, my life today; Holidays, Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Harvest Day; My future; World around me.

The winners were chosen in two age categories 6-10 years old and 11-15 years old, altogether 25 children took part in contest, 68 masterpieces of young artists were performed before jury. Children were awarded with finances for the first places. The best pictures were used to decorate the calendar, which will bring joy through the whole year to all its proud owners – our friends and partners.

Winners in first age group 6-10 years old
I – Bondar Nadiya, Dahnenko Vitaliy
II – Sirenko Nadiya
III – Pidakyra Vova

Winners in second are group 11-15 years old
I – Yaschenko Marianna
II – Shemet Sergiy
III – Kononiuk Angela and Shemet Sergiy

«Bright Nativity star!»

New year 2010 at “Otchiy Dim” International Charity Foundation has started with revival of traditional Nativity Play, with performance we have visited many our friends and partners, governmental and non-governmental organizations.

This wonderful play brings us back to two thousand years old events, when Son of God, Jesus Christ was born on earth, for everyone who believeth in Him would be saved and eternal life.

Among the main characters at the Nativity we’ve seen – shepherds, angel, wise men, king Herod, salesman, death, Ukrainian girls – beautiful and singing. These were the characters performed by participants of the theatre studio “Dialogue” and music group “Singing Hearts” from Otchiy Dim”.

Bringing the Good News of the Birth of Christ, our children were wishing peace, love, health and wealthy to everyone! It was so wonderful to see happy faces of people, shining of watched performance and songs, from warmth and kindness of our children!

«It's so easy to help!»

On Christmas Holidays eve cell-connection company Life made a wonderful present for ‘Otchiy Dim’ International Charity Foundation and children’s Centers all over Ukraine, who work with street kids, orphans and children left without parental care. This gift was a start of a new national charity program “It’s so easy to help!” realized for a couple years in a row.
The purpose of this charity program is to attract attention of society to the problem of abundance and orphan hood and to gather finances to support such children, their development, education and care.
This year it was very easy to join the charity project – you just had to bye an image for mobile phone, by sending an sms, or just call to 2009, and in such way donate for orphans and children. It was very wonderful that all finances gathered from selling animation images the Life Company has doubled and is going to give to children’s centers all over Ukraine, and “Otchiy Dim” is among them.
We are very grateful to the Life Company leadership for taking a great responsibility to help orphans and children left without parental care in time when economical crisis in our country has influenced the abilities to donate and take part in charity.
The action keeps on going and we wish much people to join this wonderful charity project “It is so easy to help!” and to experience a great pleasure of making good deeds!

‘Father’s House’ presents new projects

On December 7, “Father’s House” International Charity Foundation participated at the Festival of Social Projects, organized by the Governmental Social Service for family, children and youth. More than 200 applications were received to take part in the festival and only 60 best were given a chance to represent themselves at the Festival. This year it took place at the centre of Kyiv, the “Radisson SAS” Hotel.

“Father’s House” represented three projects, which will be realized in 2010. The first project is the Centre of Mother and Child which will render support to pregnant women and mothers with small babies and are experiencing difficult life conditions. The second project – is the youth dormitory “Social Centre” aimed to support graduators of the governmental and non-governmental children’s institutions, and have no own place to live are in difficult life conditions. The third project is Farm Care Centre – it’s innovational project for Ukraine. It’s goal is based on communication of children in conflict - with adults and animals.

The participants of this event were – The Minister of Ukraine in family youth and sport affairs – Yuri Pavlenko, the assistant of the Minister of Ukraine in family youth and sport affairs Rostislav Drapyshko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria in Ukraine Mr. Joseph Markus Vyketich, the director of the governmental social service for family, children and youth – Natalia Lykianova.

All the participants were proposed few master-classes on abilities of work with social networks and search of new donors for realization of new projects.

“I was born Ukrainian”

On November 25, at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Exhibition Centre, Father’s House’ children got a special award and gratuity for their fashion collection performance at the All-Ukrainian “Flax Festival” Contest.

“I was born Ukrainian” – is the name for this bright collection of flex clothes prepared by the creative group from “Otchiy Dim” and dedicated to the beauty of Ukrainian women: a mother, daughter and beloved bride.

The audience and jury had a chance to watch colorful flea models of clothes with hand-made decorations. At the show the children performed the images of - mother, field flowers, teenage girls and boys. And in the end the bride in flax dress decorated with red flowers came out.

Professional designers, artists and modelers came to participate in the festival from all over Ukraine and Russia. The jury was headed by Vjacheslav Zaitsev, famous Russian couturier. The jury and invited guests were: Olga Bogomolets – doctor of medical science, head doctor of laser clinics of the Dermatology and cosmetology institute, Nina Matviyenko – People’s Artist of Ukraine, Alla Tarasevich – the head of all-Ukrainian Charity Fund “Zhyvodaine Dzherelo”

The “I was born Ukrainian..” collection created by: Kovreva Kateryna, Krykyn Natalia, Roshke Olena, Glyschenko Vera, Girak Lyudmila and Sasha Shtermer.
The models were: Vikylova Alla, Vikylova Ira, Tsarenko Natasha, Petrysenko Olesya, Tsarenko Mykola, Tsarenko Olena, Roshke Daniil, Roshke Anastacia, Pechenkova Maria, Oksenenko Sergiy and Tsarenko Valentyna.