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Posted at 2:31pm Friday 16th January 2009
The boy who cannot live with his family
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.
Posted at 9:26am Thursday 15th January 2009
Anya’s clan fill me with hope for future
FOR a final delivery of present-filled shoeboxes, the Operation Christmas Child team headed to Saki, a port city in the west of Crimea.
Posted at 4:32pm Tuesday 13th January 2009
A gift for the little boy who can never know his own brother
AFTER five days I have finally found someone to hand over the heavy shoebox I have been carrying in my luggage.
Posted at 10:21am Monday 12th January 2009
Operation Christmas Child
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.
Posted at 4:15pm Friday 9th January 2009
Bedridden Russian children say ‘thank you’ for Samaritan’s Christmas
BRINGING presents to sick children in hospital is something that takes place all around the world at Christmas.
Posted at 10:58am Thursday 8th January 2009
Corey feels chill in Yalta
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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