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Kostya Continues to Show Improvement

Kostya Continues to Show Improvement

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When the occasion presents itself, we try and help those families who are seeking better medical care for their children. Kostya is one of those children. Please read the note below from Tatiana and let us know if you would like to help.

Thank you to everyone who helped us!

Because of your help we able to do two operations which were very successful. Now we will go through recovery and rehabilitation. After the first course he will be more confident in standing on his feet. It has such a desire to run and walk independently!

We have a lot more work to Kostya may live a full life and serve our Heavenly Father.
The next course of rehabilitation ahead of us in November 2011. Its cost 250,000 rubles, or 8950 dollars. We already have $ 4,300!

I appeal to all who care about the future of Kostya. Your every 100 – $ 200 to help Kostya walk and run on his own! It brings great happiness to us, believe me!

If you are aware of anyone else who might be able to help us, please forward this letter to them.
Thank you very much for your consideration.

Sincerely
Tatiana Smirnova

The time has come: Team Yearn launches the Master Plan

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This Spring in 2011, after years of hard work and careful preparation, Yearn will begin laying down the foundation for the implementation of the first Social Adaptation Program in the Far East.

A small team has been assembled to spend at least one week with a handful of meticulously selected orphanages. The team will be rallying support among local social workers, as well as introducing training and teaching materials. The program, modeled after MiraMed’s “Mi Sami” courses, has been widely successful in Moscow, endorsed by the State Duma, and extended to state-run institutions throughout the West of Russia.

It is time it reached the Far East.

For years, orphans have graduated from Russia’s children’s homes at the ages of 16 and 17 with little or no understanding of how to cope with life in the outside world. Currently, 15,000 orphans graduate from state care each year. Statistics show that only one in ten of these becomes a functional member of society while the rest resort to crime, drugs, prostitution, and suicide.

By teaching simple social skills, as well as techniques for supporting oneself in a community, the Social Adaptation Program equips these children with the skills necessary to thrive once out on their own.

In addition to launching the Social Adaptation Program, Yearn will be initiating a rigorous awareness campaign by illuminating the subject of Russian orphans through a documentary film. The Yearn team will include an experienced documentary filmmaker who will bring the extremity of the orphan’s plight to viewers across the globe.
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