Helping Kazakhstani Orphans
Ken Pierce, who blogs at Redneck Peril runs the CCCP foundation, which help orphans in Kazakhstan. Right now, they are setting up youth houses for former orphans in Karaganda so that these kids have somewhere to go. He also puts his money where his mouth is, and has adopted a few Kazakhstani orphans.
Here is a list of the foundation’s needs
Here are ways to help out.
I note also, that unlike a lot of other religious groups acting in this area, proselytizing and converting are not goals of the CCCP Foundation.
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Thank you very much for the blurb. If you ever find yourself down Karaganda way, let me know and I’ll ask Marina Yurievna Turapina to show you around some of those youth houses. She’s really the one to be admired, more than are we; she pretty much devotes her life to these kids and has done so for more than a decade now.
Comment by Kenny — 25 September 2006 @ 4:48 am
I’ve been a supporter of CCCP (way to go Kenny, Dessie & Marina!), and also of another project that focuses on support for orphanage kids after they “age-out” of the system; it is managed by an American adoption agency, World Partners. There is a Youth House in Almaty, and a sponsorship program in Uralsk. The money for each child goes into a fund for living expenses and college tuition, but many students have not had sponsors for long enough to build up more than a semester or two of support, so they are fund-raising to help keep these kids in college after their sponsorship funds run out. Like CCCP, it’s faith-based but they don’t proselytize (I wouldn’t be involved if they did). Both foundations are amazing in what they have done, and can continue to do. http://www.worldpartnersadoption.org/project_ec.html
Comment by Anna — 25 September 2006 @ 7:33 pm
Aw, shucks, KZBlogger — thanks for the link to Gulnara’s and my site (News from the Caravan — I write, it’s her store). Blush blush.
Comment by Anna — 25 September 2006 @ 7:37 pm