The staff at EZREKLAMA has just returned from its summer Ukraine trip in August 2011. Coincidently, our staff members also hold positions with the Ukrainian Canadian Social Services-Manitoba Branch (UCSS-MB) agency in Winnipeg, Canada. In this context, we took the opportunity to visit an orphanage. The children’s orphanage “Oranta” is located in the city of Drohobych, Lvivska oblast (province). First established in September of 1997, the institution cares for about 35 children, aged 3 to 17. However, the orphanage does not meet all the standards required for housing orphanages.  We asked then Pani Vera Kruhlij, the long time director of this orphanage, to identify which needs were most critical to their daily operation (See copy of official letter further below). The following list of equipment was provided:

1.                  Heating system

2.                  Hot water boilers

3.                  Automatic Clothes Washing machine

4.                  Freezer

5.                  Refrigerator

6.                  Electric Meat Grinder

7.                  Tonometer for measuring blood pressure, and an

8.                  Inhalator – a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be

                 inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion.

The orphanage relies on private contributions from individuals and organizations to help with changes necessary to maintain standards. Government subsidies simply do not keep pace with existing needs. This reality has prompted EZREKLAMA and UCSS MB to initiate a cash plea and campaign, dubbed “Operation Oranta”, to help the only orphanage house in Drohobych. EZREKLAMA is issuing a call to all individuals, friends and social service agencies to help improve the living conditions of these children and staff that care for them. UCSS-MB concurs that current interventions are inadequate in meeting the long-term care needs of the orphaned children. 

We need your help with this campaign. Together we can make a difference. The goal of this campaign is to help improve the living conditions of the only orphanage house in Drohobych, Ukraine. Your donations will help offset the costs of purchasing this equipment. Your gift of support is the catalyst for change. Help make a difference in the lives of these children now. Those wishing to send financial assistance to the orphans in Drohobych can do so now by selecting one of the options below. How much you want to donate is entirely up to you. UCSS-MB has offered to issue you a receipt for income tax purposes for any donation over $15 dollars towards this effort.

Remember our campaign and help us give these children the care they need. You can help make this campaign more visible by telling others about it and by linking to this page of our site. The Oranta orphanage attends to the total welfare of these children. Orphaned, abandoned, or otherwise not supported by their parents, Oranta provides these children with a home, and programmes that help strengthen them and keep them together. These children only receive other things they might need through the kindness of donations. So, be kind to the less fortunate. Let us not forget these children. See further below to donate now. Thank you kindly for your support and encouragement! Thank you for caring.

DONATE

Toys and Clothing

Money Gift

In Ukraine

Bank UDK u Lvivskij oblasti

MFO 825014

rozrakhunkovyj rakhunok 35423002002490

fax/tel: (244) 22695

For Ukrainians in Ukraine, your payment must be made in Ukrainian funds only, the Hryvnia. Donations to this operating account directly fund the day-to-day costs of the orphanage and are used in areas of greatest need.

Outside Ukraine By Mail

To send a donation via check or money order, please use the following mailing address:

Checks and Money orders should be made payable to UCSS-MB and in the memo put towards “Operation Oranta”. Do not forget to provide us with your full name and return address if you are expecting a receipt for income tax purposes in Manitoba, Canada. Receipts are issued for donations of $15 dollars and more.

Outside Ukraine by PayPal

You can also make a gift online by clicking the GoFundMe/Oranta link below. Enter any amount you want. Do not forget to provide us with your full name and return address if you are expecting a receipt for income tax purposes in Manitoba, Canada. Receipts are issued for donations of $15 dollars and more.

Legal

UCSS-MB is an affiliate branch of UCSS, Inc which has it’s head office in Toronto. Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (Toronto) Inc. is a non-profit organization registered with the Canada Revenue Agency. (See http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/sec/SrchLogin-e?searchType=Registered.

BN/Registration Number:   129974572RR0001

Category Code: 03. (Welfare) Charitable Corporations

Designation:  A. Public Foundation

Date of Registration: 1971-01-01

For more information about Ukrainian Canadian Social Services – Manitoba Branch in English, See http://articlesandblogs.ezreklama.com/articles/ukrainian-canadian-social-services-ucss-manitoba-branch-26.htm and in Ukrainian, See http://articlesandblogs.ezreklama.com/articles/suspil-na-sluzhba-ukrayintsiv-kanadi-ssuk-manitobs-ka-filiia-25.htm..

To visit the Ukrainian Canadian Social Services – Manitoba Branch web site Home page in English, click this link http://www.mts.net/~mbucss/ or click here for the Ukrainian language link http://www.mts.net/~mbucss/index.uk.html.

Funds Raised (Outside Ukraine) Toward “Operation Oranta” Project

A Visit to Oranta in August 2011

The Vice-President Ihor Cap and Recording Secretary Dariya Dyryk-Cap of the Ukrainian Canadian Social Services-Manitoba Branch (UCSS-MB) have just returned from their summer trip to Ukraine in August 2011.  They took the opportunity to touch base with the only orphanage in the city of Drohobych. We met with “Oranta’s” financial officer and Acting Director Oksana Dmytrivna Datsyuk at the time of our visit and she informed us of the orphanage’s most urgent needs.

It was a timely visit, because the orphanage was in danger of being shut down within a week’s time given that the roof top beams and columns were not coated with a fire resistant paint. This is something that needs to be done every couple of years or so.  This issue was resolved the  very next day. The treatment of the wood beams and columns came at a cost of approximately 3,839.62 hryvnia. Another 8,363 hryvnia  was provided towards the installation of a fire alarm system for one of the orphanage buildings.  Project receipts were obtained from the local "Derzhavnyj Oshadnyj Bank Ukrayiny" chapter No.6307 in Drohobych. The total costs of these services and installations, a box of pampers notwithstanding,  amounted to $1500 CDN dollars (12,202 hryvnia) paid for by UCSS-MB by way of money raised in the city of Winnipeg by individuals who wished to sponsor the “Oranta Project” campaign. The orphanage now accepts Toys and Clothing for their children.  We thank all individuals and friends of UCSS-MB who help improve the living conditions of these children and staff that care for them.

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