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Project Sasha Update


Everything is super great here! God is with us, He doesn't leave us during the hardships. There are a lot of kids coming, sometimes up to 20 per day and all of them with difficulties. There is one family, coming to us, they have 12 children (6 of them come to us) and they only have a mom. They come to eat every day. This is a very poor family.
 
Recently I opened new boxes with clothing and I'd like to express my gratitude. Thank you to everyone who is trying hard to help us. I felt tears coming to my eyes when I opened the boxes, I just could feel the care that people took to gather those things. I bow down to all of you! I dressed up almost all of the children. At least I was able to give them everything, except for shoes. We can't buy them shoes. But I think that the Lord will also take care of that.
 
Then, more good news. We sent 2 guys to the rehabs and found a job for another one. We didn't send anyone to the rehab for quite a while. We sent a girl to Dneproderzhinsk and a boy is here, not far from Simferopol.
 
We have a good time here. We are a very active organization! We also decided to make a tour through schools where our children study. The tour has already started and of course, we are not very much excited by the information that we get from the teachers about the families and parents. As a rule, the parents are drunk addicts, don't pay any attention to the children's upbringing. That's why children come to our project. We work every day and so don't have much time to get to this matter. But we are trying.
 
We also had a disco at the project, though we danced with the TV, but everyone liked it. Now we are thinking about Christmas party, what would this party be like? Well, this might be all for now. Write, when you have time. We love you and look forward to see you, blessings.
 
Respectfully, Galina.


Project Sasha

In late 1997, we began feeding street children in an abandoned cafe in Simferopol, Ukraine. The children were fed two days a week and invited to attend bible studies.

The ministry was named Project Sasha in order to give it a U.S. identity, but the name caught on in Simferopol. Project Sasha became well known as an effective, although unregistered ministry to these throw-away children.

In 2001, the ministry moved into its own building and began feeding children five days a week. Classes were offered in literacy, health, and computers as well as continuing the daily bible lessons and worship. Project Sasha registered as Pilgrim and became an official advocate with Youth and Family Services as well as in Juvenile Court.

Pilgrim now includes help developing life skills, returning to school or securing employment in addition to providing food and clothing.  Christian mentoring, one-on-one counseling and bible study remain the focus of Pilgrim.

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