As a child growing up, I don’t remember going without food to eat, clothes to wear, or a roof over my head. Whenever I was in need of medical or dental care, the best care in the world was available to me. I was fortunate to have hard working parents that lived and worked in a society of opportunity and prosperity.
In the country of Ukraine, the world that I grew up in and the life I live is only a fantasy to most. Opportunity is often bleak, prosperity is only a dream, and poverty is real and widespread throughout the country. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, poor economic conditions and high unemployment left many parents unable to provide for their children. Alcohol, drug abuse, and prostitution are rising at an alarming rate.
The absence of social welfare programs, the rise of alcohol and drug abuse, and the spread of poverty has left thousands of children in desperate need. Babies are abandoned at hospitals soon after they are born, many suffering from alcohol syndrome and birth defects. Thousands of children are abandoned at struggling orphanages, and thousands more are left on the streets to survive on their own.
Angels for Orphans is currently working to provided humanitarian aid, mentoring, education and hope to children at the Krasnodon Children's Orphanage, Novapovlovka Children's Orphanage, and Lugans'k Children's Orphanage in eastern Ukraine. We are also working with the Caritas Organization in Kiev to provide food baskets to homeless and neglected children.
Angels for Orphans also works with our local Washington State Department of Social and Health Services to meet the needs of children in our local community.
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Eric R. Hall
President
Angels for Orphans