United Nations Global Report on Human Trafficking Click the link below to read the UN's very informative 2009 report on global trafficking. This is a report that anyone who works against trafficking should read:
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Executive_summary_english.pdf
One Million Arrows: Raising Your Children to Change the World "God has called His people to leave a legacy of godliness for the next generation. One Million Arrows picks up on that high calling and casts a God-sized vision for parents who long to see their children used by God in mighty ways...it will challenge you to raise your children as ambassadors for Christ rather than casualties of the culture-war." —Review by Dennis Rainey,...
Faith Based Responses to Trafficking Please use the link below to download this article:
http://comission.org/files/fboreponsetrafficking.doc
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Building a Bridge of H.O.P.E. Resource Guide This resource guide is an introduction to the world of adoption and orphan care ministry for both pastors and laypersons seeking to help move their church community to care for orphans. The booklet includes simple steps to provide a framework for this process. The enclosed DVD includes videos such as the Building a Bridge video for use at a worship service to raise interest in adoption in a...
Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian "Gary Haugen explores what it means to really care about those who suffer--and it isn't necessarily the path we might expect. We tend to think of soup kitchens and painting buildings as ways to express our compassion for those in need, but Gary makes a convincing argument that fighting for justice on behalf of the poor is a powerful, effective way to make a long-term difference in their...
This Immoral Trade: Slavery in the 21st Century Based on her compelling and convincing report to the British House of Lords, this high-profile advocate (Baroness Cox) for the world's poorest victims offers an urgent call to action for Christians worldwide.
For more info or to order, click here: http://www.amazon.com/This-Immoral-Trade-Slavery-Century/dp/0825461316/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267559647&sr=8-1
How to Support a Child Who Has Been Abused This pamphlet gives step by step advice for responding to a child when they've told you about abuse in their life:
http://www.ccpas.co.uk/Documents/Help%20-%20help%20abused.pdf
Trafficking Prayer Guide Use this prayer diary over a period of three weeks to focus your prayers on the issue of trafficking, praying for the victims of trafficking and for change around the world. You could use some of the entries in church services or house groups to inform people and encourage them to pray about the issue.
Click here to view this prayer guide: http://www.stopthetraffik.org/downloads/prayer_diary.pdf
Not for Sale: Raising Awareness, Ending Exploitation This is a must read for all those seeking to understand the issues surrounding sexual exploitation and abuse in our society today - the human cost of prostitution and the scourge of trafficking for sexual exploitation exposed to our senses as never before.
Commissioned by CHASTE this book drives home a message for our times. Using a wide range of literary styles and modes of communication from...
Looking at Ourselves to Help our Children Heal Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis explains the importance of parents being willing to look at their own histories as well as their expectations as they seek to connect with their children.
Looking at Ourselves to Help Our Children Heal from Tapestry on Vimeo.
| Type: Video | | Related Organization: Empowered to Connect |
Parenting Strategies That Connect Watch as Dr. Purvis provides practical insight to parents about how they can effectively correct their children while still empowering and connecting with them.
Parenting Strategies That Connect from Tapestry on Vimeo.
| Type: Video | | Related Organization: Empowered to Connect |
Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches
The gospel of Jesus Christ—the good news that through Jesus we have been adopted as sons and daughters into God’s family—means that Christians ought to be at the forefront of the adoption of orphans in North America and around the world.
Russell D. Moore does not shy away from this call in Adopted for Life, a popular-level, practical manifesto for Christians to adopt...
Stop the Traffik Human trafficking is a fraught and hotly debated information minefield—sometimes just getting to grips with the basics and the sheer scale of the problem can be over-whelming.
STOP THE TRAFFIK’s new book is designed to help youngsters to students to teachers to professionals—navigate this minefield and engage with this global issue in a practical and useful way. Demonstrated...
Trafficking and Women's Rights "Based on extensive research and collaboration across Europe, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of burning issues in the debate on trafficking in women. Practitioners, academics and policy-makers contribute up-to-date information and policy recommendations. The book is an invaluable contribution providing an innovative multidisciplinary approach to trafficking, including chapters on...
Affirming Persons--Saving Lives Have you been looking for an AIDS curriculum that deals forthrightly with the many complex issues that must be addressed to save lives? Look no further!
Affirming Persons-Saving Lives responds to the real concerns of real people facing the dangers of HIV transmission and AIDS. Designed for multi-cultural Christian education settings, this groundbreaking resource also can be adapted for use by...
Castaway Kid "Before you sit down to read Castaway Kid by Rob Mitchell, I would suggest that you obtain a box of tissues. This compelling story grabs from the first page and helps you to understand what real loneliness and rejection feel like. More importantly it puts into perspective the most important things in life, such as a relationship with God. This is a splendid example of how the hand of God can...
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew "As both an adoptee and president of Jewel Among Jewels Adoption Network, author Sherrie Eldridge brings an original approach to the topic of adoption. In an attempt to inform adoptive parents of the unique issues adoptees face, she discusses adoptee anger, mourning, and shame and adoption acknowledgment while using case studies to illustrate how parents can better relate to their adopted...
Sharing God's Heart for Orphans with your Kids Are you looking for helpful tools in sharing with your kids about God's heart for orphans? Then look no further! This site has some great resources:
http://www.hopefororphanskids.org/hfokids/index.html
| Type: Websource | | Related Organization: Hope for Orphans |
The Local Church and Foster Care Video This video by Cornerstone Church (where Francis Chan pastors) describes the need for the church to care for the modern day orphans. We, as followers of Jesus Christ, need to be concerned with those marginalized and forgotten by the rest of society.
Mark Richt’s Adoption Story Watch this video where UGA Coach Mark Richt and his wife talk about their story of adoption and how it has changed their lives.
New HIV Adoption Visa Laws This year the Obama administration put into effect a new law which will waive the former law which required HIV positive adoptees to receive a special visa. HIV positive orphans will now be able to be processed under the same procedure as orphans without HIV.
For more info on this new legislation, click here: http://chrisitianallianceblog.org/?p=236
Updated Global Orphan Numbers -- 2010 Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC is one of the world’s top researchers on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and a host of issues facing orphans. Recently, Dr. Hillis shared with us the just-released U.S. government assessment on orphans and vulnerability children, which was delivered to Congress in December, 2009.
The report delivers highly-important...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Miracle in Franklin Watch this video which tells the amazing true story of one family's journey to adoption.
Ukraine Makes Progress in Placing Children in Homes This article shares about Ukraine's successful push for national adoption and fostercare. Learn more about the progress being made in this Eastern European country:
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/51172
Wrapping Around Adoptive Families How to Provide Support to Those Called to Adopt:
"There are many different ways to minister to God's orphan children and to the adoptive families that have welcomed these children home. This booklet from Focus on the Family makes it clear that struggling adoptive families need their church families to support them during times of trials. While the suggestions in this booklet may not apply to...
Haiti's Orphan Crisis Follow the link below to read two articles from Together for Adoption about Haiti's Orphan Crisis. Though these articles are geared towards Haiti, they have themes that are applicable to orphancare around the world.
http://www.togetherforadoption.org/?p=5761
Adoption is for a Lifetime Join author Nancy McCullough as she shares her fascinating story of how God orchestrated her adoption from Hong Kong. She relates her struggles related to the unknown reason for abandonment, which resulted in a wounded spirit and the inability to bond with her adoptive mother. God blessed her with wonderful parents, a loving husband, and two adopted girls from China. Take a...
Guide for Parenting Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Click the link below to read this helpful tip sheet for parents with adoptive or foster children who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
http://www.wifostercareandadoption.org/library/966/fasd.pdf
Prayer Guide Based on Psalms Though this prayer guide is specifically geared towards the January earthquake in Haiti, it is also applicable for helping to guide prayer for those in need around the world.
http://ow.ly/13VUH
Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family Real-Life Solutions to Common Challenges
"Adoption is a high calling from God, and the Christian home is primary soil for planting seeds of faith. But how will post-adoption challenges affect this growth? Most agencies do not prepare you for unexpected challenges like an adopted child fighting with his new siblings, not wanting to be touched or showing signs of reactive attachment disorder...
The Connecting Link In The Connecting Link: What Parents Need to Bring Healing to Their Children, delivered at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference, Dr. Purvis provides parents with a better understanding of why children from hard places use distancing strategies, and how they can help their children replace those strategies by giving them voice, empowering them to make choices and helping them...
Focusing on the Whole Child Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis talks about the need for parents to focus on every aspect of their child’s wellbeing in order to help them heal and overcome their challenges.
Focusing on the Whole Child from Tapestry on Vimeo.
Children from Hard Places Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis outlines the common characteristics of children from hard places and offers insight into what these children need most to help them heal and become whole:
Children from Hard Places from Tapestry on Vimeo.
The All Inclusive Handbook To Adopting A Child "This all-inclusive guide will take you throughout the entire adoption process, from beginning to the end. This book will give you information significant for helping you decide if adoption is right for you, how to prepare for it, how to speed up the adoption process, what to expect during the adoption process, how to handle drawbacks you might encounter, and how to handle sensitive...
Transformation Station Curriculum Box Set from Metro Ministries Use the one tool that has years of experience and long-term credibility behind it. Transformation Station has been proven effective both domestically and internationally, connecting with children from diverse background and cultures.
As a young man in ministry, Pastor Bill Wilson struggled to find a way to connect to children. This led him to develop his own curriculum. As a pioneer on...
While We Wait: Spiritual & Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt "Adoption is a beautiful event, and building a family through adoption is a loving and selfless act. But the decision to adopt and the many stages that follow are often pock-marked with tears, distress, anger, and disappointment. While We Wait, written by a mother while she struggled through the process herself, is a hope-filled collection of reflections on the everyday, practical aspects of...
Engaging the Church for Disabilities Ministry Join Charlie Chastain and Michael Norton as they share about the state of the disabled population in Russia and Eastern Europe. The disabled population of Eastern Europe is one of the most overlooked people groups struggling to find its way within post-Soviet society. Beyond their physical and mental impairments, the disabled of Eastern Europe also struggle to overcome discrimination due to...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Wisdom and Revelation: Keys to Hope and Healing Join Jenni Means as she shares keys to bringing hope and healing to adopted children. Great session for English speakers to watch, since it is in both English and Russian. This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
You can watch the video right on this page, but if you would like to use it in your church or ministry, you can also download...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
When Helping Hurts - Book and Webinar Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in strategies that do considerable harm to poor people as well as to themselves. When Helping Hurts is a book by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development that directly addresses these assumptions.
The book provides foundational concepts and clear...
Hands That Heal: International Curriculum to Train Caregivers of Trafficking Sex trafficking is modern-day slavery in which people are exploited and sold in the commercial sex industry. Holistic care is necessary for traumatized survivors to find healing from their abuse and to learn the skills needed to succeed in beginning a new life.
The FAAST curriculum, Hands that Heal, is a comprehensive, Christian curriculum to train global caregivers who are frontline providers of...
Not Your Everyday Conversation: Talking With Children About the Difficult Realities of Adoption and Foster Care Along with the joys and blessings of adoption and foster care come some difficult and often painful realities – issues such as grief, loss, abandonment, past trauma and the need for forgiveness, just to name a few. It is important for adoptive and foster parents to be prepared to help their children navigate these emotional and complex issues, and to make sense of their own personal...
What Became of Romania's Neglected Orphans? A BBC investigation has uncovered appalling conditions and abuse in adult institutions in Romania, 20 years after the fall of Nicolai Ceausescu exposed conditions in the country's orphanages.
Click here to watch the video news report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8425001.stm
A Friend for Every Orphan Join Nikolai Kuleba, head of child and family services in Kiev, as he shares his dream that every orphan would find a believing friend (or, "one believer in the life of every orphan"). This video was taken at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Mass Media - Reformation of the Mentality of a Nation Join Sergey Demidovich as he shares about ways to use media to influence national thinking about adoption and orphans. Sergey Demidovich is the Director of the TV studio TV-Together, as well as the representative for the TV channel TBN Ukraine. He is an adoption advocate and does training for nationals across Russia and Ukraine. This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Prayer Ministry—Breaking Generational Curses Many families fear adoption because they fear “genetics” – “is it true that as the child grows up, he’ll become like his alcoholic father or drug-addicted mother?..” This seminar, by Peter and Tamara Dudnik, addresses those fears and how to deal with them through prayer. This seminar was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
The Prevention of HIV among at-risk Youth Join Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC and Vitalii Ozernii as they discuss prevention methods for preventing HIV among at-risk youth. After watching their session:
• Participants will be able to describe the relationship between HIV and Orphan problem in Ukraine and Russia
• Participants will be able to identify effective approaches to HIV prevention education among high risk youth using...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
The Tragically Relaxed State of Christianity Today This talk by Gennady Mokhnenko addresses:
The dangerous longing for comfort in modern Christianity
Life of a Christian – a difficult journey or a relaxing cruise?
The Church should understand the problem
An honest call to action
This talk was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
How to Start and Run a Training School for Foster Families Watch here as Mikhail Pimenov, the director of the foster care training school "Family" shares how individuals can start up their own training schools for adoptive and foster parents. This session addresses the following themes:
Types of training for potential foster parents
How to start a training school for foster families; training specialists and forming a team.
...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Types of Family Care; Adoption, Foster Care, etc. Join adoption advocates Petr and Tamara Dudnik as they provide answers to frequently asked questions: what is the difference between adoption and foster parenting, does the government support families that take children – and if so, then how exactly, etc.
This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. ...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Difficulties in Raising Adopted Children Join adoption advocate Tamara Dudnik as she shares about difficulties in raising adopted children, and how to overcome those difficulties.
Session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
How to Practically Help Adoptive and Foster Children Motivation/Filtration/Preparation/Support-- Join Mikhail Kozitsky and Dr. Susan Hillis as they share four steps towards helping adoptve and foster families:
Participants will be able to describe compelling magnitude of orphan problem and sure reward in caring for orphans
Participants will be able to describe profile of families who are likely to be prepared to care for orphans
...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
The Magnitude of the Orphan Problem Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC shares the most up-to-date government statistics on the magnitude of the orphan problem, as well as offers hope for potential solutions. Video footage from the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
God's Heart for Orphans and Adoption Gennady Makhnenko speaks at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Gennady is the head of the largest rehabilitation center for street children in Eastern Europe.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Theological Foundations of Adoption TV producer, Sergey Demidovich, shares the Biblical foundations for adoption. The video is taken from Mr. Demidovich's session at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Strategy for Church-Government Collaboration Nikolai Kuleba shares about key strategies for church/government collaboration at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Mr. Kuleba is the head of child and family services for the city of Kiev.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Keys to Healing for Children Peter Kravchuk speaks at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Peter is the father of 21 adopted children, as well as a board member of Light of Love, an NGO that provides training for adoptive and foster families.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Orphan Outreach Summer Internship Need an internship? Orphan ministry needs you!
There are millions of orphans around the world. James 1 says pure religion is taking care of the widows and orphans. This summer you can help orphans through an Orphan Outreach internship. Communications Director Tiffany Taylor says, "We have internships for college-age students and also young adults who are really interested in orphan ministry....
| Type: Available | | Related Organization: Orphan Outreach |
International Adoption: The Human Rights Position Great paper on UNICEF & International Adoption from Dr. Elizabeth Bartholet, Harvard Law Professor. Read her abstract here, or click the link below to read her entire paper.
"Abstract
International adoption is under siege, with the number of children placed dropping each of the last several years, and many countries imposing severe new restrictions. Key forces mounting the attack...
40 Day Prayer Guide for Orphan Care Check out this GREAT 40 day prayer guide for orphan care. Will you commit to praying with us for the next 40 days?
Click here to download the prayer guide: http://www.pearpod.com/oc/downloads/40DaysofPrayer.pdf
Orphanage in Eastern Europe Needs Volunteers The Bila Tserkva orphanage for children with special needs is looking for volunteers in the Spring and Summer months to play with the children. Five are confirmed HIV positive and several others are awaiting diagnosis. There are 50 children aged 0-5. It is located 90 minutes outside of Kiev.
Ukraine Medical Outreach will be assisting the staff in providing better care for the children. ...
Creating a Healthy Adoption Culture in Your Church Watch this video where Dr. Purvis shares what it takes to create a healthy adoption culture in your local church:
http://vimeo.com/7528139
Fields of the Fatherless Rate:
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In Bible times, God maintained a special provision for the less fortunate. As His people harvested their fields, they were instructed to always leave a portion of the crops for those in need.Today, God's heart continues to beat for the poor, the widows, and the fatherless. And as His children, our divine commission remains the same, a directive that's nothing less than the heart of the Christian...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
Basic Orphan Statistics for Russia
According to data from the Health and Social Development Ministry, more than 730,000 children in Russia either have no parents or have been abandoned by their parents. Of this number about 200,000 of them live in orphanages and internats.
In 2007, 123,000 new orphans were registered by the state with 120,000 of them being placed with extended family members, adopted or placed in...
The Blind Side Movie Rate:
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"The Blind Side" depicts the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own.
Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set...
How to Start an Adoption Fund in Your Church Rate:
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While many families have room in their hearts and homes for a child, they all too often become discouraged and do not answer the call to adopt due to monetary concerns. Though we have assisted hundreds of families with financial grants and will continue to do so, the need for grants far surpasses any one organization’s ability to provide. We cannot do this alone and implore you to begin a...
Ten Ways Every Christian Can Care for Orphans Rate:
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143 million orphans and waiting children. Yes, it's a BIG number. And it can be difficult to know how one person can make a dent in a reality so daunting. However, one Christian -- every Christian -- can make a difference. There are many things believers can do on behalf of the orphan and waiting child. This full color brochure from FamilyLife's Hope for Orphans...
East-West Church And Ministry Report Rate:
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The East-West Church & Ministry Report is edited and published quarterly by Dr. Mark Elliott. This report seeks to encourage Western Christian ministry in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union that is effective, culturally sensitive, and cooperative. It also serves as a forum for the exploration of a variety of issues relating to...
| Type: Journal | | Related Organization: East-West Church and Ministry Report |
The Angel of Grozny From Publishers Weekly
In this searing journey through a traumatized Chechnya, two children orphaned by the civil war—Timur, a violent street urchin, and his sister Liana, a waif molested by her uncle who becomes a kleptomaniac—symbolize their country's agony, abandonment and lingering dysfunctions. Norwegian journalist Seierstad (The Bookseller of Kabul) includes them in a gallery of...
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Gift of Adoption Video Rate:
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"The Gift of Adoption" is a free 10 minute video which encourages and inspires those considering international adoption. To view the video, go to http://ob.org/orphanspromise/ and then click the "Gift of Adoption video" link on the lefthand side of the page.
This video is available in Russian as well. For more information on how to order a copy of this video in...
| Type: Video | | Related Organization: Mission Emmanuel (CBN Ukraine) |
A Helper to the Fatherless: Orphan Summit Tackles Orphans and Adoption Issue Even on paper the statistics look appalling-- 103,000 orphans in Ukraine, 1,200 babies are abandoned at birth and left in maternity homes and 6,000-6,500 parental rights cases make their way to court each year.
Between the ages of 16-18, orphans in Ukraine graduate from state-run orphanages. Lacking the ability to find employment or to keep a job, these teenagers often live on the...
Database of all adoptable children in Russia This website is the official government database of all orphans in Russia who are eligible for adoption. The site is only in Russian, but can be translated using Google Translate here:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usynovite.ru&sl=ru&tl=en
This site provides insight into the magnitude of...
Life Skills Curriculum for Orphan Grads Rate:
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The Life Skills Curriculum was designed as a course for future orphanage graduates. Its purpose is to supply the youth with knowledge, tools and skills needed for their independent living and successful integration into society. Originally it was created to be taught on the orphanage grounds but can be adapted for other facilities and conditions.
Curriculum description...
| Type: Curriculum | | Related Organization: Mission Emmanuel (CBN Ukraine) |
Resource Development Manager Needed We are wishing to expand the borders of our current ministries in order to improve the quantity and quality of the help offered to the homeless children of Vladivostok. The long term vision of Living Hope is to set up and manage a 24-Hour Shelter and Rehabilitation Youth Centre.
We understand the necessity of raising awareness so as to raise funds for this shelter project. The need is real, the...
| Type: Available | | Related Organization: Living Hope |
"Offering Healing and Hope for Children In Crisis: Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children" This module is the third of several modules being prepared by Crisis Care International to train caregivers to work with children who are in difficult or crisis situations. The diagram on the next page depicts the curriculum plan. The core module, Trauma and Crisis Care, is the foundational module and should be studied before the specialized units branching from the hub. The specialized modules...
Adopting the Hurt Child "Adopting the Hurt Child" by Gregory Kack and Regina Kupeckyaddresses the frustration, heartache, and hope surrounding the adoption of special-needs children. You will find value in the easy reading style, practical parenting strategies, and refreshing insights to the challenges you face. Revised and updated, this practical resource includes information on foreign adoptions.
To...
Adoption and Foster Care Resources in Russian Rate:
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This is a list of over 15 Russian resources on adoption and foster care, that are very useful for Russian-speaking believers ministering to orphans:
Legal help for Adoptive Parents
Юридическая помощь усыновителям
http://www.risknetwork.ru/resources/?id=90
Comprehensive Information about Adoption, Foster Care, and Gaurdianship
полезный ресурс по усыновлению, опеке и приемным...
God's Heart for the Orphan...and Me! Hope for Orphans new childrens' curriculum "God's Heart for the Orphan...and Me!" is an exciting, interactive children's Bible study designed to expose the children at church and home to God's passion for orphans and waiting children. The material engages children to discuss what God calls His followers to do for orphans. It also offers tools to enable kids to take action and...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Hope for Orphans |
Welcome Home: Eight Steps to Adoption Rate:
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When it comes to making a decision about adoption, many people get stuck between thinking and doing. Fears, uncertainties, and doubts keep people from being able to make an informed adoption decision. That is why Hope For Orphans created this guide. They provide easy-to-use adoption information from a Christian perspective in this beautiful full-color 30-page guide that will equip you to navigate...
| Type: Booklet | | Related Organization: Hope for Orphans |
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family--and addressing their special needs--requires care, consideration, and compassion.
Written by two research psychologists specializing in adoption and attachment, The Connected Child will help you:
-- Build bonds of affection and...
If You Were Mine (DVD Workshop) Hope for Orphans® If You Were Mine DVD workshop has helped thousands of families nationwide, inviting them to investigate adoption from a biblical and practical perspective. Now available as a video workshop, If You Were Mine is perfect for small groups, as a one-day event, or for individual families, encouraging them toward wise, loving decisions and healthy expectations about...
| Type: Video | | Related Organization: Hope for Orphans |
If You Were Mine (Workbook) Hope for Orphans®, If You Were Mine Workshop has encouraged thousands of families nationwide to investigate adoption from a biblical and practical perspective.
This workbook accompanies the If you were Mine Workshop. It will help you make wise, loving decisions and have healthy expectations about adoption.
This comprehensive resource explores the following topics:
God's heart for...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Hope for Orphans |
HomeBuilders: Considering Adoption & Directory of Helpful Resources and Organizations Purchase HomeBuilders: Considering Adoption (Study Guide) and receive free Hope for Orphans Directory of Helpful Resources and Organizations (click here to purchase: http://www.shopfamilylife.com/hmb-considering-adoption-study---h4o-directory-so.html)
HomeBuilders: Considering Adoption (Study Guide)
Have you ever wondered if adoption is what God wants for your family? If so, this five-week...
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The Cry of the Orphan What is the church going to do about the world's 143 million orphans? This broadcast features speakers Kay Warren, Dennis Rainey, Paul Pennington, Benedict and Kathleen Schwartz, and Bob Coy. Hear their passionate pleas for action on the issue of suffering orphans, their call to Christians for justice, and their biblical model of how compassionate activism works—straight from the...
Adoption Tax Credit Information "The Adoption Tax Credit was expanded under President Bush in 2001 from $5,000 to $10,000 and set to grow each year based on inflation. It is currently $12,150. However, unless Congress acts to extend it, the Credit will drop to only $5,000 at the end of 2010. Two bills now in Congress recently would preserve the Adoption Tax Credit, including the "Adoption Tax Relief...
NavPress Adoption Book Kit According to recent research, over one-third of Americans have considered adopting. NavPress has put together a comprehensive resource kit of books that offer heartfelt encouragement, practical advice, and needed resources to those who may adopt.
This kit includes one of each title:
Questions Adoptees Are Asking
Parenting Adopted Adolescents
Parenting the Hurt Child Revised...
Wounded Children, Healing Homes Why doesn’t our child return our love? What are we failing to understand? What are we failing to do? These questions can fill the minds of adoptive parents caring for wounded, traumatized children.
Families often enter into this experience with high expectations for their child and for themselves but are broadsided by shattered assumptions. This book addresses the reality of those unmet...
House Parents Needed in Vladivostok Hope For Life Home is looking for a Russian-speaking couple to be house parents in a home in Vladivostok for 8 orphan children. The house is set up to hold 8 kids and a set of house parents in the upstairs and 8 kids and a set of house parents in the downstairs. The upstairs has house parents and 7 kids. They are currently remodeling the downstairs and praying for a set of house...
Parenting Adopted Adolescents Adoptive parent, social worker, author, and speaker Dr. Gregory C. Keck offers support, new ideas, and suggestions on managing difficult family situations specific to adolescents, especially adopted adolescents. You will find humor and relief as you realize your role in your child’s journey. Also appropriate for teachers, youth pastors, and mental health professionals.
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The Whole Life Adoption Book Read this book for insights into every aspect of adoption, from vital issues to introductory questions, including updated information on the adoption process, both in the U.S. and internationally; an in-depth look at the developmental stages of adoption for families and children; the impact of adoption on birth children in the family; and practical parenting suggestions to handle the unique needs...
Russia's Growing HIV Epidemic The HIV epidemic in Russia is increasing more rapidly than in any other country in Europe. Read this article to learn the history of HIV in Russia, as well as the explanation for it's rapid growth.
"The terms HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), typically first call to mind Africa. But increasingly the public is coming to realize that HIV...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Mission Specialties, Inc. (MSi) |
Psychology of Orphans Psychology of Orphans was written by Dr. Lyudmila Shipitsyna, Rector of the Institute of Special Education and Psychology Saint-Petersburg, as a resource book for students, researchers, academics and professionals. Those who work with orphans and families with special needs children affected by social and psychological problems will find Psychology of Orphans valuable.
Any potential adoptive...
A Dress for Anna: the Story of the Redemption of the Life a Ukrainian Orphan "Every little girl loves a pretty new dress, and my daughter, Anna, was no exception. Trembling with emotion, she ripped open the department store bag that contained her new dress, tights, shoes and undergarments. Then, she pulled out the lavender floral print dress, caressing the silk lining and rubbing her face in the soft fabric.
“Platya,” She...
The Great Gilly Hopkins This book by Katherina Paterson tells the story of Gilly Hopkins, a determined-to-be-unpleasant 11-year-old foster kid who the reader can't help but like by the end. Gilly has been in the foster system all her life, and she dreams of getting back to her (as she imagines) wonderful mother. (The mother makes these longings worse by writing the occasional letter.) Gilly is all the more...
When Love Is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder Newly updated and expanded, this book is power packed with parenting techniques for guiding challenging children back on track! Part I includes understanding Reactive Attachment Disorder, it's causes and symptoms. Part II has the solutions! Praised by parents throughout the world as saving their sanity and their families. Used by many agencies and professionals to train parents to help emotionally...
When a Stranger Calls You Mom This book offers a child development and relationship perspective on why traumatized children think, feel, and act the way they do. It is a guide for foster/adoptive parents and professionals living and working with traumatized children.
Some reviews on this book:
"This book is a lifesaver!! We adopted a boy from Russia three years ago and have had attachment issues from the beginning. Been...
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children Katie, an abused, neglected, and poorly attached child, spent the first years of her life with parents who cared little about her. As a result she is an angry, unhappy, and manipulative kid. Is there any hope for her to grow up and become a healthy and happy adult? In BUILDING THE BONDS OF ATTACHMENT Dr. Daniel Hughes follows Katie through her life with abusive birth parents and many foster homes,...
Treating Attachment Disorders: From Theory to Therapy "This book couldn't be more timely. After three decades of developmental research establishing the importance of attachment processes in emotional regulation and stress responsiveness, therapists of many orientations are pondering how to apply these findings in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Previous books relating attachment theory to clinical concerns have been heavily...
AIDS Experts Say Russia Needs New HIV Strategy By DOUGLAS BIRCH (AP)
MOSCOW — AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase.
AIDS specialists meeting here urged Russia to adopt successful strategies such as needle exchange programs and heroin substitutes such as methadone for...
Adoption Grants and Loans Adoption is our ultimate goal in caring for orphan children as it enables them to become a part of God's perfect plan…a family. While many Christian couples have the desire and resources to care for a child, initial costs keep many from following God's call to adopt.
Lifesong Legacy Fund
Interest Free Loans
The Lifesong Legacy Fund offers interest free loans to help couples overcome the...
Aggressive-Defiant Child: a tutorial for Teachers and Foster Parents Do parents, or teachers always like their child’s behaviour? Few kids are the model of perfection ( I haven’t met any yet, but there may be one or two!) and kids do things that disappoint or displease us. Sometimes they can behave in ways that really annoy us; the angry, defiant child is a good example. How do you change an angry, aggressive child into a cooperative child?
Firstly,...
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
Every year increasingly larger proportions of both internationally and domestically adopted children are arriving in their families not as newborns a few hours or days old, but at several weeks or several months or even several years of age. They arrive in loving, idealistic, but often ill-prepared families who may or may not have received all of the background information they need.
The...
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self In BEING ADOPTED: THE LIFELONG SEARCH FOR SELF, author David Brodzinsky illustrates common developmental pathways of adoptees as they occur throughout the life span. It probes the complex issues that are involved in this ongoing life process. Five themes run throughout this book: the experience of adoptees; developmental perspectives; normality; search for self; and sense of loss.
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Guest Apartments in Moscow The link below provides a list with detailed descriptions of various guest apartments available in Moscow, many of which belong to various Christian ministries.
Christian Counselor Training in Ukraine
Kiev Family and Counselor Training Team is launching a new initiative – a distance education program. With so many great changes in the former Soviet Union in the last 20 years, people suffer from enormous amounts of stress. People suffer from alcoholism, drug addiction, marriage problems, depression and anxiety.
Christian counselors in this part of the world play a very...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Kiev Family & Counselor Training Team/Vos'ozhdenie Center |
Child Abuse in Russia Thousands of Russian children die each year at the hands of their own parents
April 9, 2009
In January 2009 under a bridge outside of Moscow, the body of three-year-old Daniel Boiko was found. The boy was first starved, and then thrown alive into the river with a car battery tied to his neck. The child was killed by his foster parents. These same parents were accused of the...
Russian Bibles - Free! East European Harvest supplies Russian bibles free of charge to missionaries, pastors, or anyone that needs them. The Bibles can be shipped overseas for about $0.50 to $1 a piece and within the U.S. for a third of that. They are free, but they can only be shipped if there are funds available, so donations are greatly appreciated.
EEH is always looking for avenues to distrubute the New...
| Type: Bible | | Related Organization: East European Harvest |
Eastern European Summit for Children at Risk challenges Christians to step out of their comfort zones -- ANS News Story Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Eastern European Summit for Children at Risk challenges Christians to step out of their comfort zones
By Peter Wooding
Special to ASSIST News Service
DONETSK, UKRAINE (ANS) -- With 160 delegates gathered for the Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church March 17-19, Mikhail Kozitsky an NGO of Christian Foster Families in St Petersburg, Russia...
List of Books on Adoption and Foster Care This site offers a good list of books on adoption, attachment issues, parenting adopted children, and children development.
Site on At-Risk Youth At-Risk.org has been compiled as a resource for parents and the general public in search of information about at-risk youth. This site will present you with information and articles about helping at-risk youth. The Works Cited page of this site will reference any at-risk youth resources that were used to compile the content for this site.
Whats Being...
Is God Really My Father? Have you ever wondered why you were alive? What is the purpose of life anyway? Here you will learn that God has always loved you. He has real peace, hope, happiness and heaven ready for you if you really want them. A powerful outreach/evangelism tool, illustrated in full color. All of that along with lovely color illustrations with side-by-side text columns.
Available in Russian...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Hope International Missions |
Older Child Adoption Training Older Child Adoption Training Program
Adopting a child over the age of three is an incredible blessing to the child, living birth relatives and the adoptive family. But it’s often not easy to assimilate a child with life experiences into family life. Both children and adoptive families can feel overwhelmed with all the adjustments that are required.
The Lord has a...
Attach-- Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children Many children throughout the world do not benefit from adequate parenting during their early years. Their foundation for healthy development is damaged so they have difficulty in forming loving, lasting, intimate relationships. This condition, known as attachment disorder, can be triggered by abuse, neglect, abandonment, separation from birth parents, birth trauma, maternal depression, chronic...
Joint Council on Children's Services The Joint Council works to ensure that orphaned and vulnerable children can live, grow, and flourish in a family. Advocating for high standards, ethical practices, and child-centric policies, Joint Council educates governments, professionals and families all with a goal of finding a safe, permanent, and loving family for every child.
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Adoption Learning Partners Adoption Learning Partners provides the highest quality online adoption education. Our course list includes comprehensive training for parents preparing for an international adoption. The following online courses meet Hague training requirements for international adoption:
The Journey of Attachment
Attachment is an essential component of any healthy, happy family. Adoption, however, may...
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control The Beyond Consequences Institute, LLC was created to educate and provide the resources for helping children with severe acting out behaviors. Many of these children have been previously diagnosed with such disorders as reactive attachment disorder, bipolar, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, depression, and the list goes on and on.
Most traditional techniques accepted amongst...
Project 1.27 God loves children. But for 80 years too many children and youth have been languishing in the U.S. foster care system. That’s too long. Over 120,000 of them are legally free for adoption and waiting for their forever homes and every year their numbers keep growing. It’s costing taxpayers $283 million a day! In 2005 there were 875 legally free children in Colorado. But something amazing...
Attachment Disorder Website We offer information on adoption / attachment and bonding issues, and Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) to families and professionals. We are also the official home of Families by Design providing educational materials and seminars.
The goal of this site is to provide help for each wounded child with attachment disorder, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)...
Ukrainian Alliance for Orphans This is a wonderful opportunity to help the Church in Ukraine with their work with orphans. In recent years, many Ukrainian groups have joined together in an alliance working for children at risk. Today, this alliance is gathering information about the work done with orphans across Ukraine so that they will then be able to submit their findings to the government in order to attract...
| | | Related Organization: Mission Emmanuel (CBN Ukraine) |
Hope Exists: Exploring Abuse and Its Effects: A Handbook for Young People If you are interested please contact me through the contact information below and I will be able to provide you ahead of time with details as of how we can make this resource available to you.
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| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Arts for Life International Inc. |
Ukrainian NGO Seeks Information A Ukrainian NGO, partnered with a UK-based Christian charity, is seeking advice on expanding their ministry. They would like to set up a shelter for street children where they plan to run a feeding programme, a day centre, a night shelter, rehabilitation programmes for those involved in substance abuse and counselling and reconciliation programmes for the families. Any help...
Mission Emmanuel (CBN Kiev) Mission Emmanuel is the CBN World Reach office located in Kiev Ukraine. A special orphan focuses project of Mission Emmanuel is The Gift of Adoption. Some of the focuses of The Gift of Adoption include adoption promotion, life skills training for orphan grads, summer camps for orphans and producing short films to promote adoption and work with orphans. Please contact us directly...
| Type: Curriculum | | Related Organization: Mission Emmanuel (CBN Ukraine) |
Developing Wood-frame construction We're helping the Ukrainians to move into a new and unique type of construction for their culture. Normally they use concrete and bricks to build. These traditional methods are tedius, expensive and most often out of reach of the budgets of many in ministry. Our networx are teaching the Ukrainian nationals, in particular men, how to use their local resources from their own...
| Type: Wanted | | Related Organization: International Networx |
The Middle Mom: How to Grow Your Heart by Giving It Away ...a foster mom's journey Every foster parent knows how hard, yet rewarding, it can be to care for a child with a difficult past and an uncertain future. Christie Erwin has been a mom, in the middle, for countless children over nearly two decades. In this poignant and insightful book, she honestly shares the reality of making yourself vulnerable to the pain and indescribable delight of giving your heart away to...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Campus Crusade for Christ |
Juvenile Institution Material We have Bible study discussion sheets available in English and in Russian. These utilize a topical, discussion format that has been effectively used with kids in detention centers, prisons, orphanages and in aftercare situations in several countries. We also have discipleship booklets (English only for now) and a drug and alcohol recovery curriculum in English designed for the...
| Type: Curriculum | | Related Organization: Straight Ahead Ministries, Inc. |
Administrative Assistant for Universal Aid for Children Ukraine Administrative assistant for Universal Aid for Children Ukraine, an international non-profit humanitarian reach out program
· fund raising campaigns
· clerical work
· net working with sponsors
· light accounting
· excellent computer skills are a must
· multiple languages spoken a plus
· part-time 3 days a week open to discussion....
| Type: Ministry Position | | Related Organization: Universal Aid for Children |
New Life Radio - Moscow New Life Radio Satellite Network - Moscow, provides Christian radio programming throughout Russia, the former Soviet Union, Europe, and Israel, using direct to home satellite radio channels on HOTBIRD and ABS satellites: Internet radio to the Russian-speaking world at (www.NLRadio.net) and FM radio stations. NLR began as Russia's first Christian FM radio station (1996), and...
| Type: Audio | | Related Organization: New Life Radio-Moscow |
Sunday School Curriculum on Children at Risk More than 1.2 billion children around the world grow up without hope and basic necessities. This large group is normally untouched by the message of God's love and compassion.
What can we do?
Red Card: Standing Against Oppression, Providing Hope is a dynamic, new Sunday School curriculum by Caleb Resources on children at risk. The curriculum is designed to help families understand...
"Staying Safe" Curriculum in Russian Staying Safe is a training curriculum designed to help leaders equip small groups of children (ages 6-14) to stay safe from potential sexual abuse and sexual assault, with lessons on Self Esteem, Personal Safety, Saying No!, and Being Safe. It was written to be used in orphanages or shelters for street children, but can be used in other settings for foster families or families in...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Arts for Life International Inc. |
Recommended Mission News Subscriptions Want to keep up with what's going on in world missions? Here are ten of the top mission news sources that are recommended by Missions Catalyst:
Missions Catalyst News Briefs - The news digest from Missions Catalyst; focused on missions-related stories. Stories are all previously published material from a variety of sources. Comes out twice a month. Web and email, no RSS...
HIV/AIDS Resources from Samaritan's Purse Resources for Teaching Youth
Youth are the future teachers, medical professionals, and business leaders of the world. And in many developing countries, they are also the most at risk of HIV infection. Samaritan’s Purse focuses on mobilizing, equipping, and training (MET) Christian leaders to fight the epidemic within their communities. The resources described below are used for part one...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Samaritan’s Purse |
In a Fairy-Tale Village, Russian Orphans Thrive Kitezh is an experimental orphan community about 190 miles southwest of Moscow that combines features of an orphanage with those of foster care. With its colorful wooden cottages, Kitezh appears as distant from the cruelty of the children’s frequently alcoholic and abusive parents as it is from the stale, often crowded government institutions where many Russian orphans still live.
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Centre for Children with Disabilities Opens in St Petersburg Families are benefiting from a new service in St Petersburg which is providing care for children with disabilities for up to three hours a day. The Day Care Centre which has just opened its doors in St Petersburg provides a safe and welcoming place for children, and allows parents to take care of daily chores with the knowledge that their child is being well looked after.
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: EveryChild |
Children and Young People Living or Working on the Streets: The Missing Face of the HIV Epidemic in Ukraine In the last five years several small-scale surveys were conducted of the target group [children and young people living or working on the streets] in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities of Ukraine, as well as an analysis of the policies relating to this target group, and in 2003 the MoFYS [Ministry of Family, Youth and Sport of Ukraine] published a national report on 'homeless and neglected...
Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian In Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian, International Justice Mission President Gary Haugen leads us on a journey to freedom from the triviality and fear that can stifle our lives. Set against the frontlines of today's battle against slavery and injustice, Haugen shows how common people are called to uncommon courage - and how we, too, can be a part of God's...
Restoring Children of the Streets This workbook manual developed by Action International Philippines is for assisting Christians in ministering the gospel and compassionate care for God's glory, especially to the 160 million street children and 143 million orphans of the world and other children at risk.The manual (valued at $10) has been distributed to ministries and used worldwide and is available to you free of charge to use...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Action International Ministries |
The Italian "The Italian" is a compelling slice-of-life drama that has a great deal to say not only about the appalling conditions faced by orphans in Russia today, but about the determination of the human spirit and the need for love that exists at the center of every human heart. "The Italian" is a film tuned to the realities of life in a harsh environment, where cruel and violent deeds...
Conference Recordings from The Christian Alliance for Orphans' Summit Session recordings from the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit IV are now available for purchase. General sessions were recorded as DVDs and breakout sessions as CDs. These resources provide an excellent opportunity to learn from other orphan-care professionals and church leaders. Church-specific breakout sessions equipped attendees with toolkits for starting or improving an...
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: Youth Involved in Prostitution, Pornography & Sex Trafficking Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children is a booklet by Youth Advocate Program International which gives an overview of the commercial sexual exploitation of children and efforts to prevent it. Around the world hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of children are involved in the sex trade. This third booklet in a series on international youth issues focuses on these children. It...
Church Orphans Ministry Starter Pack Thinking about setting up an adoption or orphans ministry in your church but unsure where to start? This kit contains everything you need to launch a Church Orphans Ministry and furnish your church's resource library with excellent biblical and practical resources on adoption and orphan care.The Starter Pack includes the following:
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hardback Book
Fields of the...
Children in Crisis - Module 2: Street Children Curriculum & Module Developer: Phyllis Kilbourn, Ph.D. This module is a part of the Children in Crisis training series developed by Phyllis Kilburn. The material in this 18-lesson module (202 pages) is designed to train those working, or desiring to work, with street children. A foundational course, it helps participants understand who street children are and why they are on the streets. It...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Christian Radio in Russian This Christian radio station, put on by New Life Radio, offers music in Russian and English.
The Christian's Response to the Fatherless When you hear of the millions of orphans worldwide, does it seem overwhelming? In this message, Dennis and Barbara Rainey extend God’s invitation to every Christian to care for these precious children in a variety of ways. Find out how you can serve the orphan – from prayer and mission trips to foster care and adoption. No matter how God is calling you to get involved, you can be...
Reaching Children in Need This book is valuable reading for anyone concerned about children at risk worldwide. In Reaching Children in Need, the founder and International Director of Viva Network, Patrick McDonald, tells the story of how Viva Network began. He introduces the issues facing children at risk, the Christian response to these huge challenges, and the vision for networking to enhance and mobilize action for...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Launching an Orphans Ministry in Your Church: Paperback w/ DVD Do you ever wish your church could have a ministry to orphans, but you don’t know how to start? With this easy step-by-step guide, you are given the principles and practical tools needed to launch an effective church orphans ministry. This guide includes a vision-casting DVD hosted by FamilyLife President, Dennis Rainey that will introduce you and your church’s leaders to existing...
Terrify No More In Terrify No More, Gary Haugen, president of the Christian humanitarian organization International Justice Mission, tells the account of IJM's efforts to rescue young girls from forced prostitution in Svay Pak, Cambodia. Written with the aid of communications consultant Hunter, the story tells of girls sold into sex slavery by their families or tricked into it by the promise of legitimate work....
Dateable: Are You? Are They? Passion. It's the fuel for success, for dreams, for life. But too many teens focus their energy and passion on the wrong thing-the wrong person. Dateable pulls no punches in telling teens the truth about dating while also directing their passion toward a greater purpose in life. Teen relationships seldom last, the authors point out, so why should teens invest so much of themselves emotionally,...
Dangerous Surrender Surrender. It is not an inviting concept, is it? Yielding. Relinquishing. Our very nature resists these concepts.Intimacy with God. Now that is far more appealing. Don’t we all long for a deeper personal experience of God’s presence? In her book, Dangerous Surrender, Kay Warren takes us on a startling adventure, across the globe and over the backyard fence, bringing us face to...
The Five Love Languages of Children Loving our children isn't always enough. Learning to speak their love language communicates your love in ways they'll understand right from the start. Unconditional love is something all children can understand. Gary Chapman's book, The Five Love Languages of Children can help you make your child feel secure, loved and more willing and open to interact with you and your family.
This resource can...
Not for Sale Human trafficking generates $31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people around the globe, half of them children under the age of eighteen. In his book, Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade, award-winning journalist David Batstone profiles the new generation of abolitionists who are leading the struggle to end this appalling epidemic. ...Not for Sale is a campaign of...
Ways the Faith Community Can Begin to Address HIV/AIDS The Children's AIDS Fund (CAF) believes there are two main areas of involvement for the faith community in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: education and outreach. Education programs can provide needed information, which will both help prevent the spread of HIV disease and foster an understanding of the epidemic and its effects, which will lay the groundwork for compassionate outreach.
Children Demand a Verdict Children need clear and direct answers to their questions about God, the Bible, sin, death, etc. Directed to children ages 7-11 this question and answer book by Josh McDowell tackles 77 tough issues with clarity and relevance, questions such as: Why did God make people? How do we know Jesus was God? How could God write a book? Is the Bible always right? Are parts of the Bible make believe? Why did...
Faith Comes by Hearing Audio Bibles Audio Bibles connect modern technology to the Word of God, with the timeless result of sharing Scripture with people who hunger for spiritual knowledge. Faith Comes By Hearing has compiled the largest catalog of Audio Bibles in the world with ongoing translations being worked on. Currently, Faith Comes By Hearing offers 329 Audio Scripture recordings in 278 languages reaching 4.3 billion...
AIDS and You: A Christian Response to AIDS AIDS and You, by Patrick Dixon, was originally published in 1989, as a shorter version his book, The Truth about AIDS, to encourage a practical compassionate response to AIDS by churches of every denomination, focused on community care and prevention. It has been revised and updated at the request of people from all over the world, who have asked for a short "action" book about...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: ACET Russia |
Life Goes On This resource manual on AIDS from ACET is available in Russian only, but below are the chapter headings in English.
Basic Information about AIDS
Counselling
Learning to Live with HIV
ARV Therapy
Family and Motherhood
Palliative Care
A full listing of chapter headings and topics covered in this manual can be found here in English.
The manaul can be...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: ACET Russia |
The Skeptic's Guide to the Global AIDS Crisis AIDS is the biggest public health problem the world has ever faced. Yet with all the available information, many of us know little about it. There are thousands of books, websites, and professional documents about AIDS, but it takes time to search them to find the simple facts and information that dispel the myths about this pandemic. Motivated by the obvious need for a manageable tool, Dale...
USAID Project Profiles: Children Affected by HIV/AIDS No generation is spared the catastrophic consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. From newborn babies of HIV-positive mothers to elderly caregivers, the disease does not discriminate. One of the most tragic consequences is the toll on children. In 2003, more than 15 million children under age 18 had lost one or both parents to AIDS. Along with grief and abandonment, children in affected...
The Hope Factor: Engaging the Church in the HIV/AIDS Crisis The enormity of the global AIDS pandemic threatens to overwhelm us. More than 3 million people died of AIDS last year—about 8,000 per day—and another 5 million were infected with the pernicious HIV virus. And the numbers are growing.So what role do we, the Church play in this growing crisis? The church must continue to give hope to the hopeless—those languishing alone. We must...
Russia: Mothers With HIV and Their Children Face Stigma and Discrimination As Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic spreads, thousands of HIV-positive mothers and their children face pervasive discrimination and abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
"Russian law protects all HIV-positive people from discrimination, but the government has turned a blind eye to the very real discrimination these women and their children face. The stigma of HIV/AIDS is with...
Responding More Effectively to HIV and AIDS This guide encourages communities and churches to respond to HIV and AIDS by challenging unhelpful attitudes and practices, providing information regarding infection, HIV tests, medicinal drugs and supporting adults, children and carers affected by HIV and AIDS.This resource can be viewed here or downloaded as a pdf here.
Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds In many Bibles, Christ's words are set apart with a red font. It should be obvious, but this distinction helps remind us that when God becomes Man and that Man speaks it's probably something we cannot afford to miss.So why doesn't the church take these "red letters" to heart? Why aren't we doing more to be Christ's hands and feet to the poor, the disenfranchised, the weary, the ill, the...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
Life Doesn’t Wait: Romania’s Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV "More than 7,200 Romanian children and youth between age fifteen and nineteen are living with HIV—the largest such group in any European country. They are Romania’s miracle children, the survivors among the more than 10,000 children infected with HIV between 1986 and 1991 in hospitals and orphanages as a direct result of government policies that resulted in large numbers of...
HIV/AIDS A Church-Sized Problem HIV/AIDS A Church-Sized Problem Tom Correll Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN Author’s Note: HIV/AIDS is an issue of great complexity. For example, you cannot separate AIDS from poverty. Should emphasis be put on prevention or care? How should scarce resources be allocated? Preventing mother to child transmission seems obvious, but the reality is that the child will become an orphan and the...
Children in Crisis: A New Commitment Children in Crisis spells out the role of the church in a biblical, God directed response to the ills of children This unique book acquaints the reader with the problems of street children, sexually exploited children, children of war, child laborers, the girl child, children with HIV/AIDS and more.
After exposing the problems, Children in Crisis shows the reader how some have responded. It also...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Children affected by HIV/AIDS Compassionate Care Parents, caregivers and professionals all join together in writing this important book on how to effectively and compassionately care for children with HIV/AIDS and AIDS orphans. Keeping to the practical style of Dr. Kilbourn’s other handbooks, this book gives ideas and examples of effective strategies in caring for children affected in some way by AIDS. The book defines the importance of...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Celebrating Children Full of cutting-edge, practical information, this is a comprehensive reference book written by over 50 contributors from all around the world. Celebrating Children draws on the experience of both government- funded programs and small, sustainable community- based initiatives to address concerns of readers such as a holistic mission to children and the development, evaluation, and monitoring of...
An Ounce of Prevention "An Ounce of Prevention" by Don Schmierer (in Ukrainian)
In our complicated world, parents, young people and youth leaders frequently face the subject of homosexuality. For most people there are far more questions than answers. Author and seasoned counselor Don Schmierer provides a balanced perspective of this complex issue, discussing its various physical, emotional and...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: New Hope International |
Christians in the Age of AIDS: How We Can be Good Samaritans Responding to the AIDS Crisis Written early in the HIV epidemic, this book explores numerous issues for those in the faith community wanting to respond with compassion to those impacted by HIV/AIDS. Divided into four sections: AIDS and the World, AIDS and the Church, AIDS and the Family, and AIDS and the Individual Christian, the book's 13 chapters cover such topics as: Medical facts, the ministry challenge, ministry models,...
The Church's Response to the Challenge of AIDS/HIV: A Guideline for Education and Policy Development Churches engaged in HIV/AIDS educational programs and policy development may use this resource as an outline of the issues to consider in the process. Developed by a committee of 25 individuals involved in HIV medical research and treatment, HIV education and ministry, religious education, and local church ministry, the guideline covers topics such as: the church's role in society and the HIV...
UNICEF's "Fighting HIV/AIDS: Strategies for Success 2002-2005 " Fighting HIV/AIDS: Strategies for Sucess 2002-2005As HIV/AIDS spreads through nations, it disproportionately affects the world's most vulnerable: women, adolescents and children. Those affected are routinely denied their rights to education, economic opportunity and health care, and to protection from exploitation and harm.
This publication looks at the global development challenge posed by...
Kaiser Report: Multisectoral Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic The Kaiser Family Foundation has prepared a primer on The Multisectoral Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, which explains this concept and summarizes key research assessing impacts to date in many of the worst affected countries, including effects on population structure and demographics, individuals and households, the public and private sectors, health, education, agriculture and food security,...
Up to 1 Million Russians May Be HIV-Positive UP TO 1 MILLION RUSSIANS MAY BE HIV-POSITIVE Between 600,000 and 1 million residents of the Russian Federation are infected with HIV, according to Vadim Pokrovskii, head of the Federal AIDS Center. Speaking to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's subcommittee on health, which held a session in Moscow on 23 September, Pokrovskii said more than 330,000 cases of HIV have been registered,...
Unite for Children Unite Against AIDS This UNICEF program strives to bring the specific needs of the most vulnerable children and adolescents into the HIV debate. The program works to prevent infection among adolescents and young people, to prevent mother to child transmission, to provide pediatric treatment and for the protection of orphans and vulnerable children.The report is available in English and in Russian.
UNAIDS 2006 Global AIDS Report The 2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic contains the most comprehensive set of data on the country response to the AIDS epidemic ever compiled. Not only did 126 countries submit full reports, but, for the first time, civil society was actively engaged in the collection, review and analysis of these country data. In addition, UNAIDS received more than 30 separate reports from civil society,...
U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Russia 2007 Over the past decade, Russia has experienced one of the fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world. Russia identifi ed its fi rst case of HIV in1987, and until 1995 the prevalence rate remained low. In 1996, the infection rate exploded with 1,515 new cases. After reaching its highest level to date in 2001, the annual number of newly diagnosed cases of HIV/AIDS in Russia has remained...
The AIDS Crisis: What We Can Do Over forty million people today are living with HIV/AIDS. The reality is dark. But in darkness, even one small flame of light makes a difference. And the church of Jesus Christ is bringing light into the darkness of the AIDS crisis all over the world.
Like these churches, this book is a flame. Deborah Dortzbach and Meredith Long offer personal stories, up-to-date statistics and their years of...
Russia Battles to Protect Children from HIV/AIDS "Government clinics and orphanages do their best, providing treatment and a caring environment but the one thing the toddlers really need - which government institutions can't provide - is a loving family."Please read the entire article here.
Disturbing Voices: The 2005 Saddleback Global HIV/AIDS Summit Here it is! Your one-stop resource for learning and life change. Hear and experience the 2005 Disturbing Voices HIV/AIDS Conference at Saddleback Church in this new collection of CDs. Listen to 7 general sessions and 16 workshops. Your church, your life, will never be the same
The Sessions can be ordered in the following formats:
Disturbing Voices: Complete Set, 25 Downloadable MP3 Files...
Race Against Time: The 2006 Saddleback Global Summit on AIDS and the Church In this 3 DVD set you can discover why and how local churches can care for the sick the way Jesus did with messages from 18 leaders of churches and ministries, health and relief organizations, and government and international agencies.
The sessions are practical, easy to understand, and inspiring. In addition to your faith being strengthened and your hope renewed, you will learn a specific...
President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR is an HIV/AIDS plan that focuses on 15 countries with the highest HIV/AIDS rates. Please see the link below on more information for PEPFAR's work with orphans and children at risk.
"The Emergency Plan expects to support treatment for 2 million HIV-infected people, prevent seven million new infections, and support care for 10 million individuals, including orphans,...
Limited Knowledge of HIV Risk And Prevention In Armenia A joint study by the National Centre for AIDS Prevention, UNICEF and UNAIDS indicates that adolescents and young people aged 10-24 from vulnerable and higher risk groups in Armenia have insufficient levels of knowledge to protect themselves against the spread of HIV infection, according to a study launched today.
To read this article click here.
HIV/AIDS, Law and Human Rights: A Handbook For Russian Legislators HIV/AIDS, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A HANDBOOK FOR RUSSIAN LEGISLATORS -developed and published collaboratively by TPAA and UNAIDS in the Russian Federation, Moscow 2005This edition of the Handbook, which is based on Handbook for Legislators on HIV/AIDS, Law and Human Rights (1999) published by Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Inter-Parliamentary Union, has become the...
HIV/AIDS and the Global Orphan Emergency: Its Implications for Russia The Power Point presentation of statistics from the Centers for Disease Control HIV/AIDS as compiled by Dr. Susan Hillis, can only be obtained by contacting Cristi Hillis as government regulations prohibit posting the presentation directly on this site. The Power Point presentation is available in English and in Russian. Please email Cristi Hillis and she will be happy to...
| Type: 2006 Summit | | Related Organization: Mission Specialties, Inc. (MSi) |
Health Training Material for Street Children from the World Health Organization The World Health Organization has put together a training package with activities to help workers understand how to help street children deal with some of the issues they encounter on a daily basis which affect their health.
The training packet is broken down into modules which can all be downloaded as a pdf. file.
To access this training package go here and then scroll...
CrossRoads HIV/AIDS Education Resources CrossRoads is a character-based educational strategy dedicated to helping communities around the world discover the hope, life, and truth of Jesus Christ in the midst of devastating social crises like HIV/AIDS.Better Choices Resource Pak This multimedia package can be used to train the local church and prepare them for outreach in their local communities and overseas. The Better Choices Resource...
AIDS: Christian Action and Compassion How should Christians respond to AIDS?
Dr. Patrick Dixon, founder of ACET, shares in this article how Christians should respond to the AIDS crisis. As he states, "So often as Christians reacting to AIDS we do nothing or find ourselves rushing to open our Bibles, to declare to ourselves and to others that something is wrong. Yet in our sudden response we can loose sight of God's mercy,...
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Abandoned Children Born to HIV-positive Women: Analysis of the Situation in Russia "Abandoned Children Born to HIV-positive Women: Analysis of the Situation in Russia" aims to provide Russian political leaders, as well as all concerned, with information on issues related to HIV transmission from mother to child and abandonment of children born by HIV infected women. The Report discusses reasons for such abandonment and formulates suggestions related to the...
A Survey of Russian Doctors on HIV/AIDS Synopsis: Russian doctors are on the front line of the struggle against HIV/AIDS in their country, where the epidemic has surged in recent years. As those responsible for diagnosing, treating, and counseling patients with HIV and AIDS, they have unique insight into the trajectory of the epidemic, the adequacy of current government policies designed to fight HIV/AIDS, unmet needs, and priorities....
Taking Aim at HIV/AIDS Conference Summary The Taking Aim at HIV/AIDS--Conference challenges Christians to confront the HIV/AIDS crisis. On November 15-17, 2006, Tearfund (UK) and Peter Deyneka Russian Ministries (US) hosted the "HIV & AIDS Forum of Good Practice and Networking." This forum took place at the Second Baptist Church in Moscow, Russia, and attracted 153 participants from 15 countries, representing 92...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Peter Deyneka Russian Ministries/Association for Spiritual Renewal |
HIV/AIDS Toolkit: What Your Church Can Do
HIV/AIDS Toolkit: What Your Church Can Do Rick and Kay Warren, Elizabeth Styffe and others. With more than 40 million people infected worldwide, the task of bringing the love and acceptance of Christ to those living with HIV/AIDS is overwhelming. We must reach out together and welcome those infected into our lives, homes and churches....
Buckner Foster Parent Takes National Award in Latvia "Biruta Stepina earned the award by opening her home to deaf-mute Latvian children. She is the only foster parent in the country who knows sign language. According to Buckner, the children under her foster care are Dima, Ivo and Inga. All of them are between 7 and 8 years old, and two are deaf-mute. (Biruta has become Dima's guardian.) "Please read this article in its entirety here.
World Mission Atlas Project This site contains various forms of information including maps, tabular data sets, and written descriptions. The information is helpful in assessing the current status of Missions progress throughout the world. It is a constantly expanding site that seeks to produce a strategically significant World Missions Atlas. The WorldMAP consortium is comprised of Evangelical organizations. Collectively we...
Faith in Action Study Bible: Living God's Word in a Changing World Unlike any other Bible available, Faith in Action Study Bible introduces a new and innovative “commentary style” notes system that’s divided into paired notes: “There and Then” and “Here and Now.” “There and Then” notes provide background information and/or explain or amplify the meaning of the text. “Here and Now” notes explore a...
Running a Hotel in Montenegro : Real Jobs for Young People "...There are five youth care institutions, often dealing with mildly or severely disabled youngsters. Bijela boasts one large children’s home, Dom ‘Mladost’, with a whopping 170 children that we would call “normally abled children” between the ages of 0 and 18 years old. ....The main worry is that virtually all these children will have to remain in the...
Aid at the Beginning and End of Life: Russia's Baptist Medical Personnel Have High Hopes M o s c o w – Abortion was the prominent form of contraception in the former Soviet Union. One therefore finds older women in Russia who have had as many as 20 abortions. Russian Baptists want to do something about this on a number of levels, for the issue involves more than simply convincing a pregnant woman that she should give birth to her child. Their programme combating abortion is...
Accredited U.S. Adoption Agencies ABC Adoption Services, Inc. Adopt-A-Child, Inc. Adoption Associates, Inc. Adoptions Together, Inc. Alaska International Adoption Agency Alliance for Children Beacon House Adoption Services, Inc. Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, Inc. Children's Home Society and Family Services Children's Hope International Children of the World Adoption Agency, Inc. Christian...
HIV Seroprevalence in Street Youth, St. Petersburg, Russia Reliable data on HIV infection among Russian street youth are unavailable. This study assessed HIV seroprevalence among street youth in St. Petersburg and described social, sexual and behavioral characteristics associated with HIV infection.
Please see the report in its entirety here.
Children: The Missing Face of AIDS in Russia UNICEF CEE/CIS
Moscow, 14 November 2005 – Every day more than 100 new HIV infections are registered in the Russian Federation, with children and young people affected as never before. “The epidemic in Russia has a young face and is fuelled by stigma and discrimination,” said Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent...
Narnia Center Vacation Bible School Series Pleas note that some of the VBS materials are no longer being published but are available for reproduction through Xerox copies. The English originals are also available. Please contact Narnia Center for information on how to receive these materials.
That You May Believe, Five Lessons from the Gospel according to John introducing children to Jesus through stories of people who met...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Narnia Center |
Leaving The American Sector
Leaving The American Sector by EEO Director Jeff Thompson is an exciting and inspirational story in the vein of "God's Smuggler" by Brother Andrew. For 12 years Jeff made secret missions behind the Iron Curtain. In the process he was caught by the East Geman Secret Police (the Stasi) and a covert plan was developed by the Stasi to apprehend him.
This is a story that will encourage,...
The Five Love Languages of Teenagers Believe it or not, it's possible to make teenagers feel loved without embarrassing them in front of their friends. Dr. Gary Chapman will help you connect with them emotionally, on their terms. There's never been a more important time to tell them you love them, and no tool will be as effective as their love languages.
This resource can be purchased in English from any major book retailer and can...
Russian Books From Narnia Center Narnia Publishing prints Russian language books and develops videos that shape a Christ-centered character. The primary focus of Narnia Publishing is to publish books for children and youth and those who minister with them. In addition to publishing translations of western authors, Narnia seeks to encourage, develop and publish emerging national (Russian) Christian children's authors. Narnia...
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Narnia Center Training Material The following are some of the resources available from the Narnia Center.Manual for Training Sunday School Teachers, by Narnia staff and others. (Original Russian work developed by Narnia Center staff and associates) This is a comprehensive training manual that can be used by Christian Educators to train Sunday School teachers, or can be used by a group of teachers or individuals to train...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Narnia Center |
Olya, Kolya and Friends “Olya, Kolya and Friends” is a sing-along song puppet theatre production done in partnership with the children and children’s ministry leadership of the Church of Grace in Kirovo-Chepyetsk, Russia. The video explores the theme of friendship with Jesus through a variety of childhood trials and difficulties in relationships.
| Type: Video | | Related Organization: Narnia Center |
Narnia Center's Children's Ministry Magazine Our magazine is printed four times a year. Published in Russian, its purpose is to serve as an information network connecting a wide variety of leaders in children’s ministry spread out over the vast expanse of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other regions where Russian is the common language. It includes seasonal articles related to Sunday School, Harvest festival, Christmas, Easter and the...
| Type: Journal | | Related Organization: Narnia Center |
Missionaries Needed for the Former Soviet Republic of Georgia The Evangelical Mission Society of America (E.M.S.A.) needs missionaries for its work in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.We are evangelical and interdenominational. Laboring in the former U.S.S.R since 1993. Headquarters in the capital city of Tbilisi. Housing (for singles) in newly renovated rooms in secure missionary compound supervised by career missionaries. Married couples with or...
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Orphanages Stunt Growth, Families are Better The following is an excerpt from an article written by St. Louis (Reuters) By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent."Children raised in orphanages are stunted physically, emotionally and intellectually but good foster care can help orphans start to grow again, researchers said on Friday. An experiment in which foster homes were set up in Romania showed that children taken out of the...
Narnia Center Seeking Curriculum Development Consultant Narnia Center in Moscow is searching for a person to work in the area of developing curriculum for the Christian Education of children. This person must have a good theological education, a solid understanding of developmental psychology, practical teaching experience with children ages 4-12 both in churches and other settings, must have good skills writing in Russian and must be at...
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Russia: Drug Addiction Treatment Requires Reform (Moscow, November 8, 2007) – Russian health policies are failing to adequately treat drug addiction, compounding the country’s serious illicit drug use and drug dependence problem and further putting drug users at increased risk for other serious diseases, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. ...Please read this entire article in English or Russian.
More Children than Ever Affected by HIV/AIDS A three-day conference on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia was held in Moscow in May 2006. Among the topics discussed were the rising numbers of children orphaned or abandoned because of the diseases. This article by Claire Bigg with RFE/RL reports from Russia's only clinic for abandoned children living with HIV, near the city of St Petersburg.Please read the article here.
The Cold War Is Over, but the War Against HIV Has Yet to Begin "In 2005, Russia unveiled a plan that would provide prevention services to at least 80 percent of those populations deemed high risk by 2010.Yet, as of 2007, prevention services are falling short of what was promised. International health consultant Cesar Chelala has assessed the prevention services in Russia and has concluded that they are "non-existent". He did note that a program...
Russia's Abandoned HIV Children This article by Emma Simpson of BBC News Moscow addresses the high rate of child abandonment by HIV positive mothers and the discrimination endured by these children.Please read this article here.
Multi-Language Media Multi-Language Media (www.multilanguage.com) offers Christian resources in foreign languages including Russian, Ukrainian, and Romanian. Their online catalog contains Scriptures in over 90 languages, Christian books in about 45 languages, the "Who Is Jesus?" tract, Bible-based ESL materials, children's resources_old, the JESUS video in over 300 languages, plus a variety of Christian...
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Christian Camp Leadership Training in the CIS Many who work with youth in the CIS are conducting, or have considered conducting, a summer camp. The problem has been where to find help: training, printed resources, information. Be encouraged - you can have a successful camping ministry this summer. Help is available! Christian Camping International/Russia (CCI/Russia), which serves the CIS and Baltics, offers training workshops, literature,...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Global Outreach Group |
Caring for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS The report looks at how the epidemic undermines children's health and schooling, and reinforces marginalisation and deprivation. It explores the options for the care of children in communities affected by the AIDS epidemic. Beginning with the premise that the parent-child bond is the basic building block of child development and the family the basic unit of society, the report looks at ways to...
Ministry Manager Ministry Manager is designed for an individual on support. It helps you stay organized and stay connected with your partners and supporters. People have a tendency to pray and give to those they hear from frequently. Ministry Manager takes a lot of the time and pain out of communicating with your supporters so you can do it more often and more easily. Ministry Manager can help free up your...
Russia Losing Battle Against HIV/AIDS
Russia has recorded 402,000 HIV/AIDS cases, but more accurate estimates place the number between 1.2 million and 1.3 million.
Approximately 17,000 people out of the 402,000 recorded cases have died from AIDS-related causes.
The number of new cases reported in the first quarter of 2007 increased by 8% to 10% compared with the same period last year....
ECPAT Anti-Trafficking Country Reports This ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) study covers the reasons and ways in which children are trafficked, and potential prevention strategies. How states deal with cross-border prostitution and separated minor asylum seekers is also considered in this new research, as well as the legislative environment and the application of rules...
Listen to the Children, Listen for a Change To purchase this resource, please go to GLINT's online bookstore, search the title and scroll down to select the language of your choice.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Gospel Literature International (GLINT) |
The Holy Bible For Children The Holy Bible for Children in Russian.To purchase this resource, please go to GLINT's online bookstore, search the title and scroll down to select the language of your choice.
| Type: Bible | | Related Organization: Gospel Literature International (GLINT) |
The Big Book of Bible Games If you've ever questioned the spiritual value of "Duck-Duck-Goose" or "Wink'em", but still want to let kids have fun - here's the book for you. Active Bible learning games for children ages 6 - 12. To purchase this resource, please go to GLINT's online bookstore, search the title and scroll down to select the language of your choice.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Gospel Literature International (GLINT) |
Bible Stories For Children Bible Stories For Children, by Margarita Grey To purchase this resource, please go to GLINT's online bookstore, search the title and scroll down to select the language of your choice.
| Type: Bible | | Related Organization: Gospel Literature International (GLINT) |
103 Questions Children Ask About Right from Wrong This book by Dave Veerman focuses on questions actual kids have asked about right and wrong. Fun cartoons help illustrate the questions, while simple answers, Bible verses, and related questions assist children ages 4-8 to understand each entry.To purchase this resource, please go to GLINT's online bookstore, search the title and scroll down to select the language of your choice.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Gospel Literature International (GLINT) |
I Want to Enjoy My Children If you didn’t plan for them -- or even if you did, having kids may threaten to spoil the fun of marriage. This book shows how to make parenting a fascinating, pleasant journey, wherever it may leadTo purchase this resource, please go to GLINT's online bookstore, search the title and scroll down to select the language of your choice.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Gospel Literature International (GLINT) |
Stomping Out the Darkness The powerful message of the best-selling book, "Victory Over Darkness" written especially for young people. Provides youth with the keys to their identities, worth and acceptance as children of God. To purchase this resource, please go to GLINT's online bookstore, search the title and scroll down to select the language of your choice.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Gospel Literature International (GLINT) |
What the Bible is All About Young Explorers The classic Bible handbook has been revised and updated to make the Word of God even more accessible to children. To purchase this resource, please go to GLINT's online bookstore, search the title and scroll down to select the language of your choice.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Gospel Literature International (GLINT) |
The Messiah Story Sine Ministries has developed "The Messiah Story" in audio and print formats. This story weaves the Bible's Gospels into a single, unique history of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The storyteller Maxus, his young friend Andrew, and the other characters will captivate you. The story will permit you to understand and appreciate the person of Jesus Christ in a deeper way.This could be...
Orphanage Graduates Mentor Younger Orphans The Friends of Russian Orphans, a non-profit organization in Yaroslavl, Russia, has encouraged orphan graduates who have successfully participated in their Post-Orphanage Support Program to form the Graduates' Council. The members of the Graduates' Council serve as role models and invest in the lives of those still in the orphanage through various activities.
To view this...
Heaven Help Me Raise These Children! Janey DeMeo's parenting book, Heaven Help Me Raise These Children, is available from CarePoint Ministries.Heaven Help Me provides biblical direction for practical parenting issues, and especially works as a 12-week small group study, although it can also be read individually.Please tell your church about it and see if they'd be interested in ordering some for a group study.Contact Janey for more...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Orphans First |
JESUS Film flannelgraph set Each set contains over 200 colorful flannelgraph figures which can be used to illustrate 48 stories from the life of Jesus. THe figures are based on "The Story of JESUS for Children" which is produced by Campous Crusade for Christ. The are printed on durable felt for long-lasting use.Purchase information can be found here.
| Type: Curriculum | | Related Organization: Kids Around the World |
Abandonment Prevention Programs During the past five years, successful programs to prevent the abandonment of newborns in birthing centers have sprung up in several regions of Russia, including Sverdlovsk region (“Aistenok”), St. Petersburg (“From Despair to Hope”), Khabarovsk (programs in City Hospital #11 and Children’s Hospital #9), and Gatchina (organized by “Warm Home” and other...
Modernizing Child Welfare in Russia with Early Intervention With funding from the United States Agency for International Development, Firefly developed a three-year intensive training that combines research, coursework and supervision to instill modern practices within the Russian professional community. At the same time, government officials receive briefings so they will align government funding and regulations to support newly trained providers.To read...
Fort Deluxe Apartments - Moscow & St. Petersburg Are you traveling to Moscow and in need of a place to stay? Don't stay in a hotel! Rent an apartment instead. Save money and have all the amenities of home. Special discounts for missionaries.
Visit Fort Deluxe's web-site for a listing of dozens of apartments in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Other services are also available: (contact Sergey Shvedov for...
Apartment - Moscow (Tyopli Stan) The Christian & Missionary Alliance guest flat in Moscow is open in a new location near the Tyopli Stan metro station. This 3-room apartment will sleep a total of 12 people comfortably.
Room 1 has one set of bunk beds and a single bed, sleeping 3.
Room 2 is a common living room equipped with TV, VCR and stereo, and will sleep 3.
Room 3 is a family room with a queen size bed...
Apartment - Moscow (Novi Cheryomushki) Traveling to Moscow, Russia? Wondering where to stay? Association for Spiritual Renewal has two apartments available for rent in the southwestern part of the city.
Conveniently located close to the Christian Center, which houses 30 different organizations, these apartments are a 10-minute walk from Novi Cheryomushky metro station, western supermarkets and...
| Type: Apartment/Hotel | | Related Organization: Association for Spiritual Renewal |
International Shipping Service You don't have to call multiple carriers or check multiple web sites to gather rates and service information. Freightquote.com has already done it for you! Their online solution needs only a few pieces of information from you, and then it returns a complete menu of options. You choose the carrier, service, and price that best fits your need. Then book, track, and manage all your shipments in...
Abandoned to the State 1998 - It is seven years since the declining Soviet Union released the last of its most renowned political dissidents, and closed a chapter of notorious human rights abuse in psychiatric hospitals and GULAG prisons. Yet today, in another archipelago of grim state institutions, the authorities of the Russian Federation are violating the fundamental rights of tens of thousands of innocent citizens:...
Foster Care in the U.S. and Russia, the Same but Different A brief, general explanation of foster care as it is in the U.S. and in Russia.Read the article here.
President Putin's Annual Address to the Federatin Assembly 2006 President shares understanding of the problems and goals for the fourth national project, which includes policies concerning families and orphans.Read President Putin's address here.
Changing Russia's Approach to Orphans This RIA Novosti article makes the point that the state's efforts alone are not enough to help orphans transition successfully into life after the orphanage and that the public needs to help. Unfortunately, the article also points out that there is a sense of apathy among most Russians towards orphans.See the entire article here.
Needed: Program Manager VacancyProgram ManagerResponsibilities• Participation in the development of strategic plans of the company• Program managing in Moscow and regions• Work with the contract employees for program realization• Participation in the development of program budget• Controlling program budget together with the Head of the office and the Accountant • Controlling the preparation...
| Type: Ministry Position | | Related Organization: KidSave International |
Needed: Fundraising Manager VacancyFundraiser ManagerResponsibilities · Participation in development of fundraising strategy of the company· Searching funds for the organization· Organizing charitable events· Participating in development and writing the requests for Sponsors· Participating in report preparations for SponsorsRequirements· Higher education· Fluent oral and...
| Type: Ministry Position | | Related Organization: KidSave International |
The Sacred Bath: An American Teen's Story of Modern Day Slavery Author Theresa Flores shares her story of trafficking and slavery while living in an upper-middle class suburb of Detroit Michigan. At fifteen years of age, she was drugged, raped and tortured for two long years. Kept in bondage, forced to pay back an impossible debt. All the while living at home, attempting to keep family safe and attending school during the day along side of her abusers. Only to...
Inside the Adoption Agency: Understanding Intercountry Adoption in the Era of the Hague Convention This exciting new book that targets the adoption community of professionals and prospective adoptive parents is titled Inside the Adoption Agency: Understanding Intercountry Adoption in the Era of the Hague Convention. The National Council for Adoption recommends this book and states, "The Erichsens are leading pioneers of Intercountry adoption. Part history lesson and part how-to guide,...
Moldovan Children Struggle to Cope with their Parents' Economic Migration As parents leave their children in the care of relatives or neighbors, the children struggle to adapt to life without their parents. "The ones who suffer most, with or without money, are the children,” says UNICEF Project Officer for Child Rights Radu Danii. “Though many of them have better toys and clothes because their parents are working abroad, consumer goods cannot...
Human Trafficking Survey: Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine The objectives of the survey were to analyze general public attitudes towards employment abroad and human trafficking as well as to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking in these five countries.
Statistics for Children in Crisis Worldwide- Exploitation Up to 27 million people are enslaved through sexual exploitation and forcedlabor, and nearly half of these are children . This is more than double thenumber deported during the 400 years of slave trade to the Caribbean, North and South America, but often the problem is hidden from view.
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Statistics for Children in Crisis Worldwide- Abandonment Other children have run away from abusive families, or have been abandonedby parents who cannot cope with bringing them up. In Romania, at least 9,000babies are abandoned at hospitals every year .
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Statistics for Children in Crisis Worldwide- Trafficking So many are vulnerable and far from home, unable to come and go freelybecause they have been trafficked from one country to another. Forced ortricked into leaving their homes, children find themselves in a foreigncountry, with no-one to help them escape the exploitation waiting for themthere. An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year - it isthe fastest-growing form of...
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Statistics for Children in Crisis Worldwide- Basic Needs Children's health and wellbeing are threatened when their basic needs arenot met. 27,000 children die every day because of hunger or preventabledisease . 100 million children live or work on the streets . Some estimatesare 160 million
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Sexually Exploited Children: Working to Protect and Heal Dr. Phyllis Kilbourn and Marjorie McDermid provide us with hands-on, practical resource for people who are ready to respond to the need of exploited children. The authors of this volume outline helpful strategies and specific actions to combat this crisis. They also present effective healing and prevention programs. Sexually Exploited Children is...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Get Well or Else- Forced Drug Treatment "The bill would allow Russia's schools to send pupils under the age of 16 to treatment centers without their consent through a special judicial procedure involving a trial. Parents’ consent would be required, but the fate of orphans and children whose parents are absent for long periods or seriously ill would be left to school administrators."Read the full article by Galina...
On the Threshold of Hope "With each page, Dr. Langberg leads you through your journey understandingly, gently, safely and compassionately. True accounts from survivors testify to the fact that there is hope and healing for you and will help you better understand yourself. From dealing with the trauma to understanding how it has damaged your body, emotions, thinking, relationships and your spirit, you will be enabled...
Sport, Recreation and Play This UNICEF report states, "Through sport, recreation and play, children and adolescents learn to exercise judgement and think critically while finding solutions to problems. They promote the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play, teaching teamwork, self-discipline, trust, respect for others, leadership and coping skills. Essential to ensuring that children develop into responsible...
Violence Against Disabled Children "Children who live with a physical, sensory, intellectual or mental health disability are among the most stigmatized and marginalized of all the world’s children. While all children are at risk of being victims of violence, disabled children find themselves at significantly increased risk because of stigma, negative traditional beliefs and ignorance. Lack of social support, limited...
Children and Disability in Transition in CEE/CIS and the Baltic States The goal of this report, in keeping with the global mandate of UNICEF, is to provide information and analysis that can be used to protect children with disabilities and promote the fulfillment of their rights.This report is available in English and Russian.
The Moldovan Orthodox Church Gets Actively Involved in UNICEF Social Campaigns “We want these resources to help the Church accomplish the important mission it has in each community: the one of supporting families in need, helping and protecting children at risk, and promoting the family as the best environment to bring up and educate children,” - UNICEF Representative Ray Virgilio Torres
Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 The Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 provides practical examples of ways in which children can be given distinct attention and visibility in the analysis of poverty and in policy priorities, while also stressing that data collection has to be improved and made more accessible in order to allow the impact of policies on children to be effectively assessed and addressed.Scroll down the page at this...
Romani Children in South East Europe This UNICEF report details the challenges facing Romani children in South East Europe and poses recommendations to help end discrimination and secure the rights of all children.
Mentally Disabled Children and Youth in Romania This UNICEF report strives to identify real solutions so that young people and children with mental disabilities may benefit from the best of care and living standards. Hopefully, the recommendations and conclusions in this report will help to the achieve this objective.
Uzbekistan: Childhood Under Threat This UNICEF article highlights several issues that threaten the well-being of children in Uzbekistan and makes suggestions on ways to protect them.
Challenge to Civil Society: Russia's Amended Law on Noncommercial Organizations The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a report on Russia's controversial law on nongovernmental organizations. The authors state that the law places "disturbing" restrictions on NGOs.To read the report in its entirety, click here.
The Ministry of Justice has Proposed Restricting Missionary Outreach Four proposed amendments may pose the most serious threat to missionary outreach since the creation of the 1997 Religion Law.This article by A. Verkhovsky for Sova details the four amendments and the possible implications if they are passed.
Russia: A Change to Religion Law? "In what seems the most serious proposal in recent years to tighten up Russia's 1997 religion law, parliament's religion committee has begun to consider four draft amendments, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. These would make it impossible for unregistered religious organisations to hold large-scale religious meetings and allow only centralised religious organisations to invite foreigners...
Russia: Sharing Faith in Public - a Fundamental Right "Recently, local officials have given Forum 18 News Service contrasting reactions to public preaching. This appears to indicate growing disagreement over whether or not the "free dissemination of religious convictions" - as upheld by the 1993 Russian Constitution - is a right subject to state permission."See here to read this Forum 18 News article in its entirety.
EBF Anti-Trafficking Resource Book 2006 The European Baptist Federation workgroup to fight human trafficking has put together a useful resource to help churches become active in battling human trafficking. The resource include Biblical basis for church involvement, suggestions for action and several Bible studies.
Romania's Segregation and Abuse of Infants and Children with Disabilities This report is the result of an 18 month investigation by Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) into the human rights abuses of children with disabilities in Romania. This report documents a broad range of atrocious conditions for children with disabilities inside Romania’s institutions. While Romania has reduced its orphanage population and created foster care placements for many...
Romania's Blighted Street Children This BBC article discusses the growing problem of street children in Romania and the increasing dangers they face.
Creative Activities for Children in Drop-in or Residential Centers This ECPAT resource offers activities for children of various ages. Most of the activities are low-budget and do not require a large amount of space. Each activity is designed to promote a positive skill or trait such as sympathy for others, patience, problem solving, and communication.
Project Hope: Aiding Disabled Children in Russia This article describes in part the situation for physically disabled orphans and illustrates how one group made a difference. Project Hope is an initiative of International Guardian Angels Outreach.
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: International Guardian Angels Outreach |
Foster Care Roundtable Round Table Discussion on Foster Care family support programsAn important aspect of these programs is the formation by foster parents of support groups. Such groups have been meeting for almost two years in the Volgograd region and play a central role in their overall efforts to prevent orphanhood. Features of the Volgograd model· Parents and children work together with other civic...
Family Centers and Foster Care Programs Family Centers and Foster Care ProgramsBy Ekaterina Vadimovna Celenina, Nadezhda Fund
Families for Teenagers at RiskOlder Orphans and Orphanage Graduates in Various Forms of Foster Care.Post-Institutional Adaptation
Extension of the child’s stay in the orphanage.
Social Adaptation Programs in technical schools and colleges.
Crisis centers for temporary housing and care....
| Type: 2006 Summit | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
Juvenile Justice in the Republic of Moldova This 72 page UNICEF report gives an in-depth explanation and evaluation of the juvenile justice system in Moldova.
Ending Child Abandonment in Romania This article highlights the joint effort of UNICEF and local child protection agencies in Romania to break strong cultural and rooted patterns that encourage child abandonment.
Breaking the Cycle of Child Abandonment in Tbilisi, Georgia This UNICEF article highlights the success of Mother and Infant Shelters in helping mothers in need keep their children. The shelters are funded by UNICEF in partnership with World Vision and help keep families intact.
300,000 Children in Serbia Live in Poverty and Exclusion This UNICEF article highlights the findings of The State of Children in Serbia 2006. The report finds that over 155,000 children in Serbia are poor and that an additional 155,000 are at risk of falling below the poverty line. It additionally points out the extreme exclusion of Roma children, children deprived of parental care in residential institutions, children living with...
Ministry Centers for the Support of Orphanage Graduates Children’s HopeChest Ministry Centers for the Support of Orphanage GraduatesPrincipal preconditions for establishment of Ministry...
| Type: 2006 Summit | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
Combating the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes What is trafficking in children for sexual purposes? How to recognize children at risk and child victims of trafficking? This book is available for download as a pdf file and answers these questions and more.
ECPAT International has extensive information available on their web-site dealing with the issue of commercial exploitation of children.
European Baptist Federation Forms Workgroup to Fight Human Trafficking The European Baptist Federation has formed a workgroup to combat human trafficking. The EBF believes no other group is better prepared to assist the victims of human trafficking than the Church. Find out why here.
Human Trafficking Epidemic in Bulgaria and Romania This article from The Sofia Echo highlights the problems of human and drug trafficking in Bulgaria and Romania.
2006 US State Department Report of Trafficking In 2006, the US State Department published a report on human trafficking around the world. The report designates each country as a country of orgin, transit or destination. Each country also recieves a rating based on the level of trafficking in the country and what the government is doing to combat human trafficking.
Russia was rated one of the worst countries in terms of...
Crisis of Children Trafficked in Moscow This Angel Coalition resource highlights the crisis of children trafficked into Moscow for prostitution. The city currently has no shelters to address the needs of minors who have been trafficked into Moscow and responds by either detaining or deporting them. This resource also highlights several shelters for victims of human trafficking in other areas of...
Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Sexual Exploitation This protocal serves as in introduction to the problem of human trafficking in Russia and presents a plan of ways to combat it. The Angel Coalition is focused on combatting human trafficking and has several other resources available here.
Raptim Travel Raptim Travel specializes in offering discount airfare for those traveling for missionary, humanitarian or NGO purposes, providing assistance with both individual and group travel.
Hope and a Future Viva Network has produced a 'handbooks' series, which are based on case studies of various child development programmes. They will be particularly useful for those considering setting up a project, but also for those already working with children. Hope and a Future is focused on ministering to street children.Free downloads are available here.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Friends in Need Viva Network has produced a 'handbooks' series, which are based on case studies of various child development programmes. They will be particularly useful for those considering setting up a project, but also for those already working with children. Friends in Need is focused on ministering to orphans in the community.Free downloads are available here.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Jobs for Life Looking for resources on work with children at risk? Viva Network has an excellent directory of materials available for organizations like yours.
Check out this practical manual, along with a number of others, available online for free. If you don't already have it, you will need to download a free version of Acrobat Reader to view these files. Hardcopies are also available for $10 +...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Body, Mind and Soul Looking for resources on work with children at risk? Viva Network has an excellent directory of materials available for organizations like yours.
Check out this practical manual, along with a number of others, available online for free. If you don't already have it, you will need to download a free version of Acrobat Reader to view these files. Hardcopies are also available for $10 +...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Voice in the Streets Looking for resources on work with children at risk? Viva Network has an excellent directory of materials available for organizations like yours.
Check out this practical manual, along with a number of others, available online for free. If you don't already have it, you will need to download a free version of Acrobat Reader to view these files. Hardcopies are also available for $10 +...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
UNICEF Program In Chechnya Helps Children Heal Psychologically A UNICEF psychosocial recovery program is helping children heal from the physical and psychological trauma experienced during the war in Chechnya.
To read this article click here.
Chernobyl Disaster Continues To Affect The Health Of Children Twenty Later UNICEF hopes to remind the world that children in areas affected by Chernobyl continue to suffer even though they were born years after the event. High rates of childhood thyroid cancer and iodine deficiency disorders continue to plague children born and growing up in these areas.
To read this article click here.
MTS Travel MTS Travel specializes in offering discount airfare for those traveling for church, mission, relief and development purposes. They provide assistance with individual and group travel.
Fellowship Travel International Fellowship Travel specializes in offering discount airfare for those traveling for non-profit purposes. They provide assistance with individual and group travel.
Ministry Travel Ministry Travel specializes in offering discount airfare for those traveling for ministry or non-profit purposes. They provide assistance with individual and group travel.
Financing Adoptions This website offers a list of adoption grants, loans, etc. to help families who would like to adopt but do not have the funds.
Christian Foster Care (Ukraine) Foster Care has been started successfully by New Hope Ukraine in the Lviv region, while caseworkers in the Volynska, Cherkaska and Odeska regions have been trained in recent months. Foster care training of caseworkers (who in turn are training foster families) is done by New Hope Ukraine's national coordinator, Oksanna. Training does not take place in a classroom setting, but on demand and on an...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: New Hope International |
Papochka- Adoption Video in Russian This touching 10 minute video in Russian offers inspiration and encouragement for Russian families considering adoption. To get your own copy of the DVD, please contact Nataliya Khomyak (see below).
| Type: Video | | Related Organization: Mission Emmanuel (CBN Ukraine) |
Camp Staff Handbook Christian Camping International offers these handbooks in Russian, Latvian, and Georgian.Written by Viktor & Anna Artemov, Dave & Elfrieda Loewen. Edited by Irina Rechitskaya, Alexander Dubchak. Senior Editor: Alexander Kharitonov.
Visit Christian Camping International's website for more information or to purchase these materials.
100 Cool Games for Christian Youth Collection, in Russian, of new and innovative games and activities from Russia and the United States. 100 new ways to have fun in small places, great halls, outdoors, and on the move.
Compiled and edited by Alexander Kharitonov. Games from the book "Great Group Games for Youth Ministry" © 1994 Group Publishing, USA and are translated and published in Russian with the kind...
Healing the Children of War Healing the Children of War is designed to give practical guidance to those who desire to be of service to little ones whose lives have been shattered by conflict. Joining Dr. Phyllis Kilbourn as authors are qualified professionals, many of whom, like her, have lived through civil wars alongside the children who suffered unspeakable horrors. Used in over 70 countries this book is an excellent tool...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Convention on the Rights of the Child Convention on the Rights of the Child
Text in PDF Format
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989
Entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49
Preamble
The States Parties to the present Convention,
Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the...
Children on the Brink 2004 Children on the Brink 2004: A joint report of new orphan estimates and a framework for action
Author: UNAIDS, UNICEF and USAID Price: Free No. of pages: 42 Publication date: July 2004 Publisher: USAID Languages: English - available as a PDF only. Also available in French and Spanish.
Please go here for your free copy of Children on the Brink.
Millions of children are growing up without...
Christian Psychologist (Moscow) Marina Buligina is a Christian psychologist who works at a fee-for-service drug & alcohol treatment center.
No Apologies: The Truth About Life, Love and Sex (in Russian) Are you looking for resources for your ministry to children? The Association for Spiritual Renewal in Moscow has an excellent bookstore, full of materials like:
The New Testament for Children (in Russian)By Gilbert Beers, 368 pages containing 49 stories, color illustrations, hardcover
No Apologies: The Truth About Life, Love and Sex (in Russian)By Focus on the FamilyThis book gives young...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Association for Spiritual Renewal |
Handbook on Youth Counseling "Handbook on Youth Counseling " by Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler (in Russian)
A comprehensive, up-to-date resource for the 50 major issues facing today's youth. In the work of a lifetime, the authors have developed this easy-to-use handbook to help parents, teachers, pastors and youth workers guide today's young people through the minefields on the path to adulthood....
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: New Hope International |
Launching an Orphans Ministry in Your Church Do you ever wish your church could have a ministry to orphans, but you don’t know how to start? With this easy step-by-step guide, you are given the principles and practical tools needed to launch an effective church orphans ministry. This guide includes a vision-casting DVD hosted by FamilyLife President, Dennis Rainey that will introduce you and your church’s leaders to existing...
Russian Govt Adoption Website This official government website provides a host of good information about orphans in Russia. It has everything from official orphan statistics to rules for international adoption. Unfortunately, the majority of the site is solely in Russian. The top right of the home page does have an English option, which will lead you to a few pages in English.
Crisis Care Training Curriculum Announcing...
A New Training Tool!
Curriculum & Module Developer: Phyllis Kilbourn, Ph.D. This 15-lesson module (212 pages) provides an understanding of the impact of trauma-produced losses in the life of a child and how to restore those losses. The lessons place emphasis on holistic ministry, covering various effective intervention principles that promote healing and facilitate...
| Type: Ministry Model | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Street Children: A Guide to Effective Ministry This handbook is uniquely designed to train workers among street children. Examples are given from every continent and many cities that reveal the nature and extent of this global crisis. Several authors explain who street children are, where they can be found, why they are on the streets and the nature of their trauma. Street Children also gives a profile of the street worker, examines bonding...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Offering Healing and Hope to Children in Crisis Training Seminar Training Seminar: Offering Healing and Hope to Children in Crisis May 17th to 20th, 2006 Charlotte, North Carolina
Please download file for further info: Training Seminar (pdf 559 kb)
Or contact Crisis Care Training International through the contact information above.
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Countries And Peoples Of The World CD ILS International, in cooperation with Adopt-A-People Clearing House, has just released the "Countries and Peoples of the World" CD. This huge reference work, which took six years to complete, contains information on every nation and each of the 16,000+ ethno-linguistic people groups of the world. There are over 34,000 pages of...
Children's Ministry Training In Stavropol Children Mission offerred a 10-day course for Russian-speakers who would like to learn how to share Christ with kids and follow-up with them. Students not only acquired knowledge in various fields of children's ministry, but also practiced leading a child to Christ, memorizing Bible verses and telling life-changing Bible stories.
The workshop took place in...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Children Mission |
Learn Russian: The Institute of Strategic Languages and Cultures GET PRE & MID FIELD RUSSIAN LANG. TRAINING THIS FALL/SPRING -- Studying at the Institute of Strategic Languages and Cultures (ISLC) (formerly Russian Language Ministries) will give you a good head start in learning the needed language and culture. Their experienced staff is called by God to equip you in the Russian language & cross-cultural skills you will need to be effective in ministry....
Jesus My Very Best Friend Here is the plan of Salvation in a simple story with supporting Bible verses on each page. Colorful illustrations beautifully represent our multicultural world. This is an evangelistic tool with the ability to reach the hearts of children all around the world with the love of Jesus.
http://www.gospelpublishingmission.org/books/jmvbf_russian.php
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Hope International Missions |
VISAS for Missionaries or Religious Groups Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) offers Russian Visa Letters of Invitation:
For missionaries and religious groups
For single, double and multi-entry visas
Summer Camp for Orphans Volunteers who wish to participate in summer camp for orphans in 2007, please contact Andriy Nazarenko for more information.
| Type: Ministry Position | | Related Organization: Orphans' Future |
Street Children Literature To view more information about this curriculum or to order it, please click here.Offering Healing and Hope for Children in Crisis "Today millions of children live aimlessly on danger-filled city streets—both at home and around the world. These street children are vulnerable, powerless and without a voice. The situations the children confront daily lead not only to physical...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Children's Videos in Russian! Children's Videos in Russian!
Granny's Place , a series of 12 ten-minute videos, has been produced by Pioneers Children's Media in Russia for Russian-speaking children ages 4 to 12. Tapes are now available for use in your orphanage, camp and Sunday School ministries! Lesson plans, designed to be used with the video series, are also available.
Granny's Place is:
...
| Type: Video | | Related Organization: Pioneers |
Papers on Russian Youth Visit Mark Harris' site to read any of his informative papers on Russian youth. The papers available on the site are:
1. Ignorance and Apathy: Background Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices of Evangelical Youth (an ethnographic approach) 2. Filling the Vacuum: Factors in Coming to an Understanding and Appreciation of the Gospel 3. The Experience of Conversion as Reported by Young...
World Christian Resource Directory Have you ever wondered where to look for good Christian resources for use in your ministry? There are many great publishers and distributors with materials in every language, but where do you find them?
This site provides information on resources in many different languages for missionaries and Christians worldwide. You may be especially interested in the Russian Christian Video Directory, and...
| Type: Websource | | Related Organization: World Christian Resource Directory |
Let Your Heart Be Broken
To read more about the Bates' work in Bucharest, Romania, please go to:http://comission.org/organizations/?id=345
STREET KIDS: One young man who had his leg amputated because of gangrene died this week in a Bucharest hospital. We were so saddened because he died so young--had no one. His only possessions were a New Testament and Bible Course that we had given him. The hospital had burned...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Inasmuch Romanian Children's Home |
Sampling of Internet Resources on Children at Risk Editor's Note: For valuable lists of links to organizations and reports dealing with post-Soviet orphans and street children, visit the following Web sites: Beeson Divinity School Global Center:http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/links/childrenatrisk-ee
Rainbows of Hope:http://www.wec-int.org/rainbows/resources/links/index.phpEastern European Adoption...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: East-West Church and Ministry Report |
Street Children In The Former Soviet Union A very informative article by Kelsey Hoppe.
http://www.comissionforchildren.com/articles/files/Street_Children_Paper.pdf
Russian National Network The National Network of Christian Organizations For Children at Risk desires to mobilize and unite many organizations whose passion is to help the most disadvantaged group of people in Russia;orphans and homeless children. The main goal of the network is not to create a new structure, but to improve resources that the network partners already have and to share valuable information with each other....
| Type: Partnership Opportunity | | Related Organization: The Russian National Network |
Radio Rossii This website provides lots of information (in Russian) on orphans in Russia. It is updated regularly.
Russian Ministries' Summer Camps Bringing a lifetime of change to the hurting children of the former Soviet Union
Summertime for children in the Soviet Union meant an escape into nature combined with atheistic propaganda at one of the 40,000 campsites which the Communists built for this purpose. Most Russian evangelical pastors and their children didn't participate in those state-supported atheistic youth-training programs. But...
| Type: Service | | Related Organization: Peter Deyneka Russian Ministries/Association for Spiritual Renewal |
Hotels Russia Online reservations for hotels across Russia. www.hotelsrussia.com/
Long Distance Phone Cards and Plans All of the following sites provide long-distance plans for calling internationally from the U.S. Some offer rates from other countries as well. Most of these plans can be purchased online. This listing is not an endorsement, but we hope that the information provided will save you money.
Things to look for: Some phone cards have surcharges, connection fees and/or monthly fees that should be...
Hotels Guide of St. Petersburg This is a practical guide to information about hotels in St. Petersburg with on-line hotel reservations at competitive rates. In most cases these rates are lower than those that you get directly from hotels. They also provide visa support for their clients.
Explore the website. The Hotels Chart allows you to compare brief statistics of various hotels and make your...
From Trajectories of Despair to Trajectories of Hope I would like to say a few words of introduction about myself and the organization with which I work, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). All I ever say about myself is that I am a nurse and a social scientist by intention and a baroness by astonishment. It is God's sense of humor, because I have to confess I do not like politics. When I received a summons to Number Ten Downing Street by the then...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Christian Solidarity Worldwide |
A Theme Issue on Children at Risk The theme of this issue of the East-West Church & Ministry Report, children at risk in post-Soviet societies, draws heavily upon presentations given at the National Summit of the CoMission for Children at Risk, held in Atlanta, GA, 9-11 November 2000. At that meeting more than 200 participants representing over 120 church and parachurch agencies gave concentrated focus to practical questions...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: East-West Church and Ministry Report |
Bless the Children The Biblical Mandate
Children at risk in Russia and the former Soviet Union are coming over the hill. Do we see them? They cry to us. They are running to us with hope in their hearts that we will hear their cries, that our arms will be open for them, that we are eager to touch their lives in blessing. Children in crisis draw from us a new commitment to see to it that they receive the blessing...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Salvation Army |
Networking to Address the Need No doubt we all want to make a difference. What can we learn from the experience of Nehemiah in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem in terms of making a difference? And how is Nehemiah's experience in Jerusalem like our experience with children in Russia and Eastern Europe? Let me suggest several parallels. First, Israel's Babylonian captivity parallels the plight of families in the former Soviet...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Mission Specialties, Inc. (MSi) |
An Epidemic of Hopelessness Among Children at Risk in Eastern Europe Russian children fill my life. They are my family, my ministry, and my professional work. I work for the Centers for Disease Control and I want to share about an emerging epidemic of hopelessness in Eastern Europe. I want to share with you first how the Lord gave me a concern in this area; second, evidence of an emerging epidemic; and third, what we as believers can do to put an end to...
Child Helpline In Russia? The Railway Children is a UK NGO supported in the main by the railway industry. It focuses on early intervention offering help to street children and runaways, funding partners to have a presence on railway and other transport stations worldwide. The aim is to reintegrate children with their families or into a caring organisation before they are exploited, abused or corrupted. It...
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Coalition For Homeless Children In Kiev If you are a mission or church working with homeless children in Kiev, you will want to find out more about an exciting opportunity to network with like-minded believers. Nineteen churches and organizations have joined together to form an expanding coalition of those serving the city's street children.
On April 20, 2004 Hope Now International and the Kiev City...
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Children and the Development of the Church Viva Network has launched an online discussion forum to encourage church-planting agencies and organizations working with children at risk to find ways to partner. The forum examines where and how such partnerships have already taken place, as well as the underlying holistic principles apparent in case studies and reports. It is easy to use and free to...
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Skoro.info - CIS Christian Events Calendar Один преподаватель задал вопрос своим студентам: "Сколько церквей в вашем городе?"Они начали считать и давать возможные ответы.Он улыбнулся и сказал:"Я знаю, сколько у вас церквей – одна!"
За последние десять лет в СНГ появилось огромное количество христианских организаций, церквей, ассоциаций. Но между ними очень мало взаимодействия. Зачастую Христиане одного города...
Forgiven and Set Free: A Post-Abortion Bible Study for Women Christian Camping International/Russia has recently published the book "Forgiven and Set Free" by Linda Cochrane. It is available in Russian from their St. Petersburg office.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Christian Camping International |
Bibles for Non-Slavic Peoples Living in the CIS Bibles for Non-Slavic Peoples Living in the CIS
In 1973 the Institute for Bible Translation (IBT) was founded in Stockholm, Sweden with its main aim being the translation and publication of the Bible in the languages of non-Slavic peoples living in Russia and other countries of the CIS. 130 different languages are spoken in these countries, and since its founding, IBT has...
| Type: Bible | | Related Organization: Institute for Bible Translation |
Our Family - Foster Care Program In Moscow, "Our Family" is a foster care program run by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). Up to 14 children live in a family-style home, where they receive professional support, as well as loving care, to prepare them for foster family placements. Based at the same site, the foster-care program services, recruits, assesses, and trains prospective foster parents. Both...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Christian Solidarity Worldwide |
Portable Dental Equipment If you are involved in providing dental health care in the former Soviet Union, you may be interested in the lightweight, portable dental equipment that Trailside Dental has developed. They have all the equipment needed to administer standard dental care anywhere and any time. Products include complete and partial dental units, portable chairs, and electricity-generating units...
| Type: Service | | Related Organization: TrailSide Dentistry |
Christian 12-Step Treatment Program (Moscow) Dr. Protsenko is the director of a Christian 12-step treatment program located near Nagornaya metro.
Partner with International Orphan Foundation International Orphans' Foundation (IOF) promotes adoption by recruiting prospective adoptive families and creating a comfortable environment in which they can consider adoption through:
Child Sponsorship
Short-Term Missions Trips
Summer Hosting Program
IOF seeks mutually beneficial partnerships with Christian organizations that:
Offer year-round Christian...
| | | Related Organization: International Orphans Foundation (IOF) |
U.S. Ambassador to Russia Remarks on International Adoption #17 - JRL 9106 - JRL HomeRemarks - International Adoption Round TableAlexander Vershbow, U.S. Ambassador to RussiaMoscow, March 28, 2005
I would first like to thank Ambassador Lukin and the organizers of this round table for providing me the opportunity to express my views on the very important topic of the rights of a child to a family. For most of us, there is nothing more important in life...
Christian-Oriented Psychology Training in Russia Christian-Oriented Psychology Training in Russia
Greetings in Christ! Do you, or someone you know, have an interest in the psychological and spiritual health of people in Russia and the CIS? If so, then we would like to inform you that it is possible to have Christian-oriented graduate training in psychology and psychotherapy in Russia.
The Moscow Christian School of...
Restoring Children of the Streets Restoring Children of the Streets
Now also available as a download... (Adobe Acrobat Reader required. File size: 3.7 MB)
Restoring Children of the Streets: A Guide for Mobilizing and Equipping God's People Around the World is a 154-page manual/workbook authored by Jeff Anderson of ACTION International. It is designed to assist Christians in ministering the Gospel to the 160 million...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Action International Ministries |
How to Adopt Internationally Mesa House PublishingPress Release
New Book Aimed at Growing Number of Hopeful Parents Looking to Adopt Internationally
Numbers for 2002 show continued growth despite travel concerns and economic uncertainty
Fort Worth, TX - Despite a sagging economy and lingering nervousness over foreign travel, the popularity of international adoption seems to be holding tight.
Tight enough that authors...
Russian Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt a Child from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan The Russian Adoption HandbookHow to Adopt a Child from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstanby John H. Maclean
Now Available at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide!Adopting a child can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life, yet complex policies, legal risks, and fewer available children make adopting domestically a difficult choice. International adoption offers a...
Adopting In Russia: Your Rights and the Law Adopting In Russia: Your Rights and the Lawby Irina M O'Rear
This is a book that contains clear and comprehensive information about adopting in Russia and the Laws that apply. These important Laws have been translated from Russian into English and provide the readers with true and accurate content in order to understand their legal rights as they apply to adoption in Russia. It is...
So You're Getting Married "So You're Getting Married" by Dr. Norman Wright (in Ukrainian)
This book provides bibilical wisdom and a rock-solid plan to help couples make sure that their life together will be the best it can be.
Readers will discover how to:
Be free from their past
Communicate
Understand themselves and their mate
Control anger...
The New Testament for Children (in Russian) Are you looking for resources for your ministry to children? The Association for Spiritual Renewal in Moscow has an excellent bookstore, full of materials like:
The New Testament for Children (in Russian)By Gilbert Beers, 368 pages containing 49 stories, color illustrations, hardcover
No Apologies: The Truth About Life, Love and Sex (in Russian)By Focus on the FamilyThis book...
| Type: Bible | | Related Organization: Association for Spiritual Renewal |
The Story of Jesus for Children The Story of Jesus for Children, adapted from the original "JESUS" movie classic, will give every child, both churched and unchurched, a chance to see and hear the gospel in a way he/she can understand, in every possible language worldwide.
This 62-minute video entertains, educates, and introduces children to the life of Jesus of Nazareth, giving them a chance to see and hear the...
Book of Hope (The Gospels for Children) Book of Hope International is an organization about presenting the Gospel to children in a way that they can understand. They have taken the gospels . . . Matthew, Mark, Luke & John . . . harmonized them chronologically, repeated nothing and omitted nothing. They then added the first two chapters of Acts, along with 100 study questions. These questions lead the reader back to key...
| Type: Bible | | Related Organization: Book of Hope International |
MAP International (Medicine and Medical Supplies)
International Medical resources
International / U.S. Programs
MAP's International Medical resources (IMR) team procures and distributes both donated and purchased medicines and medical supplies to hundreds of mission...
Funds Available for Campers in Tatarstan Pioneers has a new project to help get non-Christian Russian kids who live in Tatarstan and other regions bordering Tatarstan to attend Christian camps.They will pay half the cost, up to $35 per child, for non-Christian kids to attend a Christian summer camp. Pioneers works with local churches who must come up with the other half of the support for the kids and who must make at...
| Type: Service | | Related Organization: Pioneers |
Online Bible In Multiple Languages
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Commentary on Russian Law Esther Legal Information Service is planning to publish a book of comments on Russian law in Russian and English. This book will be invaluable for anyone living or working in Russia, with information on visas, marriage, adoption, and starting a business or non-profit organization in Russia. If you are interested in obtaining a copy please contact Ekaterina Smyslova for more...
Brigada Today Each weekend, Brigada Today comes to your inbox filled with resources, ideas, and mobilization news about missions and unreached peoples. This newsletter contains lots of helps for people involved in making missions happen. To start receiving it, enter your email address below. Please be assured that your email address will be kept private, and that Brigada...
Siberian Shivers Stuff your stockings with Siberian Shivers!
"My teeth were chattering, lungs bursting, body roasting alive..."
The story of a Californian's first exposure to a Siberian steam bath is something to laugh about-later. Siberian Shivers shares Bill Harris' adventures in Siberia, humorously recounting cross-cultural predicaments and offering spiritual insights...
The Great Siberian Rail Adventure Stuff your stockings with The Great Siberian Rail Adventure!
"We fought our way yard by yard back toward the train...."
Frantically boarding was just the beginning. The story of the Harrises' journey by car, ship, and rail across Russia is a hilariously heart-stopping tale. Come along and you'll find a dragon, an axe-wielding conductor, a supersonic clothes washer, and a van...
Communications Officer Needed COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
As with most mission organizations, a large amount of time is necessarily spent on communications. We acknowledge the necessity of keeping current supporters informed as well as the need to promote the organisation to potential supporters. An exciting and challenging opportunity awaits an intelligent, enthusiastic, mission minded Christian in the position of Communications...
| | | Related Organization: Living Hope |
A Model for Western - National Partnerships In his new book, Hank Paulson, founder and president of New Hope International, shares a practical model of partnership for western and national believers working together for the cause of Christ. Global Partnerships: Networking and Nationals explains why this new model of missions is needed to replace less effective traditional methods. Through examples from the experience of New Hope...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: New Hope International |
The Struggles and Successes of Trans-Racial, Cross-Cultural Adoptions JUST RELEASED OCTOBER 2004
The Struggles and Successes of Trans-racial, Cross-Cultural Adoptions
Nineteen years in the making, Butterflies in the Wind: The Truth About Latin American Adoptions, by Jean Nelson-Erichsen, LSW-MA, spans the lives of three children adopted at infancy and elementary school age. With sensitivity and humor, this personal record tells of their development, along...
TntMPD Free Support Raising Software TntMPD is a free program, developed by Campus Crusade for Christ, that is designed to help missionaries strengthen relationships with their ministry partners. Although others might also find it useful, it is especially beneficial for those who raise their own support.
Find out more and download it from here for free:http://www.tntmpd.com
Apartment - St. Petersburg (Chkalovskaya) MIR, a Christian non-profit organization, rents out a guest flat in an older part of St. Petersburg. This flat is a 5 minute walk from Metro Chkalovskaya, not far from the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Two rooms of the flat serve as the MIR office during the day, but there is very little activity after 5pm. The other two are standard Russian rooms: a bedroom with two bunkbeds (sleeps 4) and a small...
| Type: Apartment/Hotel | | Related Organization: MIR/МИР |
Software Donations For Non-Profits The right technology products can greatly benefit your organization, but it is often a challenge to obtain them easily and affordably.
TechSoup Stock helps nonprofits acquire donated technology products for administrative fees as low as 4% of retail value. You'll find essential products, from office software and operating systems to volunteer and donor management databases. TechSoup...
Unrestricted Global Healthcare After more than eight years of searching for ways to provide truly global medical coverage, Talent Trust Consultants (TTc) has now launched the Omega Program. This program provides both missionaries (or church workers) serving in their home countries, as well as those ministering abroad, with full worldwide healthcare coverage at wonderfully cost-effective rates. If you...
Courses In Christian Economic Development Do you minister to the poor in the U.S. or in the 2/3 World? If so, training that you need is available now via email-based distance courses and live events. Learn innovative, holistic economic development strategies and methodologies to help the poor and build the local church. For information on live events or their email-based distance learning, visit their website or email them today!
The...
Apartment - St. Petersburg (The Ark) Need a place to stay in St. Petersburg? Host your visiting family, friends and mission teams in our centrally located Students for Christ national office/student ministry center/internet cafe, called the Ark. The Ark can sleep up to 8 people on beds, more on mats on the floor. We provide bed linens and towels. Fully-equipped kitchen (microwave, coffee maker). ...
Narnia Project (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe) In December 2005 a new version of the beloved story, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be coming to theaters all across America. Millions of kids and their parents will be exposed to C.S. Lewis's timeless story of children who enter a different realm through a wardrobe and find another reality, where good and evil collide and a Lion triumphs and brings redemption.
Within weeks of its...
| | | Related Organization: Global Opportunities for Christ |
Meeting the Needs of Russia's Children in Crisis I am simply one who has been called by God to do something I enjoy a lot: serve people I love. In late 1994 I left the International Bible Society and made the decision that I would start Children's HopeChest with the help of Katya Celinina and Jenya Polonskaya [Haps]. My heart was deeply moved by the needs of kids coming out of orphanages in transition to independent living. There was no...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
Orphanage Assistance I was not a Christian when a U.S. CoMission team of the Mission Society for United Methodists came to Khabarovsk, Siberia, and asked me to teach Russian. God just showed me Christ through all the people in this group. I made a commitment to Christ and I asked Rev. Jack Stevenson from the CoMission team to baptize me. Since then I have worked with this team in Khabarovsk.
Mutual...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: The Mission Society |
Foster Care for Russian Orphans Buckner International Adoption and Maternity Services was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1879 to provide help to post-Civil War orphans. It now has some 1,000 employees working across Texas in childcare programs, residential and foster care, counseling, and both domestic and international adoption. Buckner Orphan Care International provides services to children in Romania, Russia, China, and...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Buckner International |
Microenterprise Development for Children at Risk Mission Specialties has a small project in St. Petersburg that we started in 1998. It is a byproduct of another project that allowed the Easter story to be shared in hundreds of Russian orphanages. Children competed in a crafts and essay contest on the theme of Easter. We received many hundreds of entries from orphans all over Russia. A committee in Moscow selected ten winners whose grand prize...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Mission Specialties, Inc. (MSi) |
Transition Centers for Orphanage Graduates In 1994 Children's HopeChest was founded to provide practical help and God's hope to Russian orphans. We started in the Vladimir Region and expanded to the Kostroma Region in 1999. Currently in the two regions we are ministering to 2,500 children from ages four to eighteen. We have developed a holistic approach to address the physical, medical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of the...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
Reaching Out to Street Children Rainbows of Hope has the privilege of working in 16 countries across Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe. We work with abused and battered children with deep psychological traumas. This, of course, includes children who are living on the streets. We praise the Lord that we are able to reach out and touch these children. I think this is one of the most exciting developments in missions...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
How Well Do Children Adopted from Eastern Europe Fare? Prospective adoptive families frequently ask how well adopted children adjust. The myriad of adoption stories families hear by word of mouth, on the Internet, or in other media run the range from wonderful to nightmarish. Anyone who is considering adoption wants to know that they are doing the right thing and that adopted children are doing well in their new families.
Rainbow House...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Holt International |
Appropriate Giving Editor's Note: The National Summit on Children at Risk held in Atlanta, GA, 9-11 November 2000, included many valuable discussion periods. Below are excerpts of insightful comments from participants on "appropriate giving."
Vic Jackopson, Hope Now, Southampton, England
Hope Now works with ten orphanages and two rescue shelters as well as seven of our own cottage homes. These homes are...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: East-West Church and Ministry Report |
Paying Taxes in Ukraine - A Testimony to God's Blessing Dear fellow workers,
When Hope Now registered as a Ukrainian charity we were, for the first time, faced with the issue of paying local taxes. Believing the Scriptures, as we do, this presented no moral dilemma. We did have some difficulty explaining to our own donors that although we were looking after orphans and homeless children who would otherwise be wards of the state, we were charged...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Hope Now |
