The NGO "BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS", Ternopil, Ukraine invited all people from over the world to participate in a big event "Together with Ukrainian orphans to better future". The Event will be held on September, 2004. For more info please contact: Andriy Nazarenko, executive director by e-mail: nazardc@yahoo. com
The purpose of the event "Together with Ukrainian orphans to better future" is to raise funds and material aid for boarding schools in Ternopil region, where the 400 orphan children located.
(PRWEB) November 20, 2003
B R O T H E R H O O D O F O R P H A N S
(46004, Ternopil, Ukraine, phone/fax: +38 (0) 352 432-321)
Brotherhood@orphans. utel. net. ua, nazardc@yahoo. com
A new birth in Ukraine
The history of the public organization “BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS” goes back to September, 1998, when socio-economic situation in Ukraine had a negative impact on orphans’ life conditions (difficulties surviving; violation of rights, freedoms, and guarantees; absence of lodging; mass unemployment; lack of communication and support; lack of ways for personal development and for adjusting to life in the family and in the society).
“BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS” decided to work in the main following directions: unify the youth and orphan children on the basis of spiritual, national, patriotic and cultural principles which would allow one to form a mature high-minded surety of one's personality for creating one family, performing social, cultural and law-governed activity whose goal is support and protection of living, social and other rights of orphans and the children abandoned by their parents and which are stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine and other international agreements ratified by the Supreme Council of Ukraine.
Orphans whose rights and freedoms were violated felt a need of orphansÂ’ organization for further mutual help and defense in order to solve new problems on their own. It was something new and strange that orphans organized themselves and were the first to create such a union.
““BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS” plays a great role in the process of democratic development of growing generation, and especially among biological orphans in open society. Teaching and passing over the experience on law basics, personal freedoms, orphans together with qualified experts involve other orphans into active participation and protection of their rights and freedoms, guaranteed by the state.” Carlos Pascual, US Ambassador in Ukraine, 2002
Passing on the experience to other cities of Ukraine led to further creation of similar organizations: NGO “Orphan Association” (Odessa), NGO “Protection of rights “Faith in the Future” (Ivano-Frankivsk), Transcarpathian regional youth Orphan Community “Fate” (Uzhgorod), NGO “Orphan Union of Ternopil” (Ternopil).
Presentation Organization:
«Brotherhood of Orphans» is a non-government public-youth organization created on the basis of uniting orphans for mutual assistance and solving urgent problems.
«Brotherhood of Orphans» has set its activity in September 1998 in Ternopil as it is here where a large number of institutions, boarding schools and orphanages are concentrated.
The founders of the «Brotherhood of Orphans» are students-orphans, the inmates of the Koropets boarding school, which is in Ternopil region that united 23 student-orphans. So, a new non-government public-youth organization «Brotherhood of Orphans» was registered, resolution #122 dated by February 15, 1999, by a Ternopil City Executive Committee in commercial register office, as non-profit and non-partisan unit.
The aim of the organization «Brotherhood of Orphans» is to unite youth and children orphans on spiritual, national-patriotic and cultural 'basis in order to found a mutual family and conditions for social-cultural and legal activity directed at supporting orphans and abandoned children and protecting of their rights, freedoms, interests provided by the Constitution of Ukraine and international agreements, ratified by the Supreme Council of Ukraine.
“BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS” unites former graduates of the orphan establishments, who know all the hardships of life after graduating from school and experienced them all the problems themselves. “BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS” registers 112 members – biological and social orphans aged 14-16, 39 of them are active members.
The subject of activity of the «Brotherhood of Orphans» is:
O to provide social, material and psychological support to children-orphans to further their adaptation in the society;
O assistance in providing dwelling/housing and job;
O assistance in providing medical, legislative help, promoting a healthy way of life;
O to participate in a charitable activity, fulfill social programs and promote the harmonious development of personality;
O to establish informational and creative contacts between persons and organizations, including international ones which favor the process of Ukraine's entering the world's community of nations.
O uniting orphans and protecting their rights and interests, that are provided by a Ukrainian state legislation;
O Participating in volunteer work, leading social programs, assistance in concordant individualÂ’s development;
O Accumulation of informational and artistic contacts with individuals and organizations in Ukraine, as well as abroad;
O Leading different artistic, scientific, informational, and promoting activities, that correspond t* the tasks of the “BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS”
The highest leading body of the «Brotherhood of Orphans» is General meeting of the members of the organization. The board directs the activity between General meetings. The president of the “Brotherhood of Orphans” who is elected by General meeting heads the board.
Where, when and why were we founded?
Taking into acknowledge all the harsh conditions of orphan life outside the orphan school (adapting difficulties in open society; problems with providing housing and jobs; lack of conditions for self realization, need in communication, support, personal development; feeling of being left out, unprotected; unawareness of the rights; and, generally, uncertain future of orphans) in September 1998, 23 young students, graduates of the KoropetsÂ’ orphan school in Ternopil region, became the initiators of uniting orphans and gathering orphan youth, orphan kids and kids who are left without parentsÂ’ care, around this unit.
D e c l a r a t i o n
We, the representatives of the Brotherhood of Orphans Public Youth Organization, realizing our responsibility for the future of orphan children, understanding that protection of the rights and improving of the quality of life are decisive for the destiny of orphan children, believing that orphan children should be absolutely prepared for independent lives in families and the society, taking into consideration that, as it is pointed out in the Declaration of the Children Rights, "it is the society and bodies of public authority who must carry out the duty of taking special care of children who don't have their own family nor have any means for existing", recognizing that for full-bodied and harmonious development a child should be reared in a family, in the atmosphere of happiness, love and mutual understanding, being aware of the orphan children's problems and our own experience, reminding people that the United Nations Organization has proclaimed in the Common Declaration of Human Rights that children have right for a special care and help, being confident of the fact that orphan children will eventually find their place in society, recognizing the importance of the international cooperation in order to improve the life level of orphan children are declaring the establishment of the new organization in Ukraine - namely the Brotherhood of Orphans Public Youth Organization.
We are putting forth our efforts in order to:
Unify the youth and orphan children on the basis of spiritual, national, patriotic and cultural principles which would allow one to form a mature high-minded surety of one's personality for creating one family, performing social, cultural and law-governed activity whose goal is support and protection of living, social and other rights of orphans and the children abandoned by their parents and which are stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine and other international agreements ratified by the Supreme Council of Ukraine. Based on the principles mentioned above and directing our efforts toward the achievement of the common goal we are applying to different public organizations, charitable funds, the bodies of the state authority and local government, international institutions and business structures both in Ukraine and beyond its borders with a proposition to support our mission.
General activities characteristics of the youth public organization
“BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS” during 1999-2002
Informational presentations
6 informational presentations about activities of the “BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS”
Trainings, new elaborations
New training-seminars, educational courses on 15 topics for orphan youth and kids(“I am in the family”; “I am in the society”; “How to choose future occupation”; “Make your life easier”; “Development of life perspectives”; “Me and everything around”; “Active teaching methods in leading trainings-seminars and their monitoring”; “Writing the projects”; “Building a team and its success”; “Courses of democratic leadership for social workers”; “Friendship, love and sex: unknown aspects”; “Healthy person—healthy nation”; “A hymn to Love”; “A first date”; “Your choice-healthy relationships and healthy way of life”) were worked out.
Round table discussions
3 round table discussions for the members of “BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS”, NGO, city establishments (Orphan kids; problems and ways of solving them; Discussing work experience of the “Adaptation Center of Orphan kids”, that was acquired during the Project; Graduates of the orphan establishment in the open society; problems of adaptation and their solution).
Conferences: 2 regional conferences for orphan kids on the topic “Social protection of orphan kids” and 1 international scientific conference “Orphan youth’s reproductive health protection: problems and perspectives”
Consultation Over 740 consultations on different topics
Evaluation of the needs and carrying out the observations
Psychological peculiarities of vital perspectives development of the orphanÂ’s establishments; investigating the peculiarities of psychological maturity for a family creation. Sociological researches were made, where 120 respondents were involved.
Publications
“Orphan kids: rights, guarantees, protection”, a list of normative acts in Ukraine (40 copies, 2001), annual reports (168 copies, 2000, 2001-2002, 1999-2000), over 980 booklets and brochures, over 340 cards-memorandums, teaching-methodical manuals “Reproductive health preserving of the orphan schools’ students” (300 copies, 2002), Manual for the orphan kids “Your sexual and reproductive health” (153 copies, 2002)
Projects and programs
We finished carrying out three projects: 1999-2001 - Ternopil center of orphan kids, adaptation and professional orientation, 2001 – 2002 - Medical-psychological service for orphan kids, 2002 - one aspect of program in Lviv region, 2002 – 2003 - Service of Legal Protection and Mutual Help “BROTHERHOOD OF ORPHANS”
Experience exchange and acquiring the knowledge
We took part in more than 60 measures (2 forums, 6 international conferences (Poland, The Netherlands, Finland, Belarus, USA), 2 international seminars, 5 conferences, 10 seminars, 6 educational courses, 1 briefing, 5 round table discussions, 2 public hearings, 15 trainings, 3 informational presentations, 6experience exchanges and consulting)
Fundraising and volunteering activities We organized 6 charitable actions (“Christ’s resurrection!”, “St. Nicholas for Orphans”, “Give some joy to the orphan”, “New joy has come”, “A step towards you”, “St. Nicholas’ blessings”), a summer school for 30 volunteers “Dialog of the equal” was organized.
Our new prospects for orphan children of Ternopil region, Ukraine
“Computer training for orphans in Ternopil region” (2003 – 2004) - started in October
“English summer school for Orphans” (Summer 2004)
“Housing for biological orphans” (2005)
We are looking for partners who whish to join the projects.
Donations can be sent to the following accounts:
Beneficiary and account: 2600030012282/840 Brotherhood of Orphans 1 YUNOSTY St, Ternopil, Ukraine, Beneficiary bank and account: 04094040 Ukrsotsbank, Kyiv Swift Ukrsuaux Correspondent bank: Bankers Trust Company, New York, NY SWIFT BKTRUS33
Our partners and sponsors:
Koropets public secondary boarding school for orphan children and children left without parental care
International Foster Care Organization (the Netherlands, USA, Canada)
Fund “Everychild” (Kiev, Ukraine)
Fundacia “SOS” help to children (Swidnic, Poland)
Counterpart International (Kiev, Ukraine)
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. (Pennsylvania, USA)
