Reviews
Helen Pearce, June 07
My host family were great and really treated me like a member of their family. I was lucky enough to have my own room (although there were always people walking through it to get washing off the balcony). The apartment had hot water, shower, washing machine etc.
We were only allowed to go to the orphanage between 11.00-13.00 and 17.00-19.00, which was a shame, but this allowed us to experience more of the way of life as well as helping at the orphanage.
Rebecca Jones, 17th Jan- 13th Feb 07 One memory that I will treasure is when the Shoeboxes arrived at the orphanage. As a primary school teacher my class participates every year in the filling of shoe boxes that are sent to disadvantaged children all over the world so it was lovely to be able to see where the boxes actually end up and to see the children's faces as they opened them. One little girl in particular stays in my mind. Her name was Christina and she was three years old. Inside her box was a toothbrush that flashed when you pressed a button and two pairs of gloves that had snowflakes on them. She put on both pairs of gloves and then went around the room laughing and smiling and babbling in Ukrainian showing everyone her flashing toothbrush and her pretty new gloves. It brought tears to my eyes.
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