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Children in Crimea receiving their donated gifts
Corey Stephenson »
The boy who cannot live with his family
Posted on 2:31pm Friday 16th January 2009
ALTHOUGH it won’t help them meet the costs of heating their single room home this winter the shoebox delivered to 14-year-old Slava in the poorest part of the Crimean capital Simferopol certainly brought some hope to the teenager.
Corey Stephenson »
Anya’s clan fill me with hope for future
Posted on 9:26am Thursday 15th January 2009
FOR a final delivery of present-filled shoeboxes, the Operation Christmas Child team headed to Saki, a port city in the west of Crimea.
Corey Stephenson »
A gift for the little boy who can never know his own brother
Posted on 4:32pm Tuesday 13th January 2009
AFTER five days I have finally found someone to hand over the heavy shoebox I have been carrying in my luggage.
Corey Stephenson »
Operation Christmas Child
Posted on 10:21am Monday 12th January 2009
AS news of a warming resolution for some of the gas related troubles between Ukraine and Russia is reported on TVs across Simferopol, two nights of snowfall have left a freezing white coat across the capital of Crimea.
Corey Stephenson »
Bedridden Russian children say ‘thank you’ for Samaritan’s Christmas
Posted on 4:15pm Friday 9th January 2009
BRINGING presents to sick children in hospital is something that takes place all around the world at Christmas.
Corey Stephenson »
Corey feels chill in Yalta
Posted on 10:58am Thursday 8th January 2009
Although I often donate loose change and sponsor friends and colleagues who take part in the occasional marathon, skydive or fire walk, I have to admit that I probably don’t make a great effort when it comes to supporting charities.
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