"The Forgotten" - Our new facilty
This facility is home to 350+ children and adults. It is a warehousing faciity for severely disabled, and mentally challenaged people. Though adoptable, no one has ever come to this facilty to adopt a child. **We forewarn you, these photos may be diffic
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The sleeping room for 'mobile' children.
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When we came to this facility, we had no idea what we would see. In this room there were 30 children, with one worker. Most of
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Children were naked from the waist down. Most had just a sheet, if that to cover themselves. The smell of death was in the air
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This 14 yr. old girl has a sister at the Novgorodsk Internot.
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His Kids, Too! director and daughter Alla, visit with a child from the Artemivsk baby Home, met in Spring, and later transferred
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We always asked if the child wanted their photo taken, some said yes, others, not. We always respected this.
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This adorable child has CP, she is 7 yrs. old.
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This facility is home to adults too. All these are ladies.
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These 2 ladies insisted I take there photo, one is 23 and the other is 28.
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Nastia was very eager to have her photo taken.
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These 3 ladies were a delight to speak with.
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These 2 ladies, 19 and 22 are confined to bed.
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Children were everywhere at this facility. Here some are resting in the shade of the covered porch.
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Groups of children were in the grass without underwear or shorts/pants. Many were eating grass, or picking at one another.
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These children try to entertain one another.
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This group of boys sit in the grass, enjoying the day.
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These teen girls wanted their photo taken!
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Here, other children joined together to form a group that wanted with photo taken.
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This young fellow seemed mentally fine, though he has a cleft pallette, and malformed hands and feet.
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These 4 young friends are ages 16-9. All have CP .
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Since this was our first visit, we brought only a few items to donate. The assistant director was happy to give us a list of it
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Our second visit 10 days later, allowed us to make necessary purchases. Please see our Travel Report for a comprehensive list o
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Here, His Kids, Too! board member, Rich Fillmon, and volunteer Lydia, carry much needed supplies to the facility.
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We were thrilled to have David and his new wife Angela along with us.